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Callicoon adopts frack-friendly comp plan; Move to form committee abandoned

The River Reporter
By Fritz Mayer

May 15, 2013 —
After promising to appoint a committee to examine the issue of fracking in the proposed town comprehensive plan, the board did an about-face and adopted the plan at the town meeting on May 13.

At the March meeting, supervisor Tom Bose said a panel with five to eight members would be appointed to study whether the language that many believed invited gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing into the town was necessary or should have been removed.

Incredible Citizen Letter

Finally, see below a wonderful letter from a local resident that you can use for a guide and inspiration. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Dear Eric and Kate,

Misleading Panel Member Response

See below a response by NRDC that notes: "...the Advisory Panel on High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing was given a narrow scope of work, focusing primarily on identifying resources that would be needed if (emphasis in the original) a fracking program were to move forward in New York State (emphasis added).

NRDC added: "As such, the Panel has had no role to play with regard to the on-going health study being conducted by the Department of Health (emphasis added)."

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