May 15, 2011
Published by Damascus Citizens at May 15, 2011
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Road Preservation Local Law: Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement

DELTA Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors

INTRODUCTION 
This Draft Scoping Document has been prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQR”), Article 8 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part …

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September 16, 2010
Published by Damascus Citizens at September 16, 2010
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NY DEC Information Requests

Prepared for: Independent Oil and Gas Association

Introduction
By letter dated April 12, 2010, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC), Division of Mineral Resources, requested additional technical information from the
Independent Oil and Gas Association of New …

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April 25, 2010
Published by Damascus Citizens at April 25, 2010
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State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills

State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills
By MIREYA NAVARRO, The New York Times, April 23, 2010

New York State environmental officials announced on Friday that they would impose far stricter regulations on a controversial type of natural gas …

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March 27, 2010
Published by Damascus Citizens at March 27, 2010
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Unanswered Questions About The Economic Impact of Gas Drilling In the Marcellus Shale:

 Prepared by: Jannette M. Barth, Ph.D. JM Barth & Associates, Inc

Don’t Jump to Conclusions

Introduction
In light of the undisputed potential for environmental harm from gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, the principal reason advanced for taking the environmental …

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December 30, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at December 30, 2009
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NYS Conference of Environmental Health Directors: Comments on dSGEIS

Conference of Environmental Health Directors (CEHD)

Comments on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) on Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale

Dear Mr. Dahl:

The Conference of Environmental Health Directors (CEHD) has reviewed the dSGEIS on Gas Drilling …

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December 15, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at December 15, 2009
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Final Impact Assessment Report of Natural Gas Production in the New York City Water Supply Watershed

Hazen and Sawyer, Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Executive Summary

This report presents the results of an assessment performed by the New York City Department ofEnvironmental Protection (NYCDEP) and its consultants, the Joint Venture of Hazen and Sawyer, P.C., and Leggette, …

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November 11, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at November 11, 2009
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Is NY’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?


Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Nov. 9, 2009, 5:10 a.m.

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially …

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October 10, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at October 10, 2009
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Report: Gas Drilling Imperils Water

Problems facing New York City watershed system are serious
By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN Special to the Times Union, Thursday, October 8, 2009

A preliminary report from a consultant hired by New York City warns that “nearly every activity” associated with natural …

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July 21, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at July 21, 2009
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NYS Department of Health Addresses Concerns on NYS DEC dSGEIS

Edward G. Hom, Ph.D., Director
Division of Environmental Health

To: Bradley Field, Director, Division of Mineral Resources

Dear Mr. Field:

On March 10,2009 you requested that the New York State Department of Health Center for Environmental Health (CEB) review information …

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March 1, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at March 1, 2009
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Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard

Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2009, 12:52 p.m.

Got bubbles? Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking water supplies, but recent reports of …

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January 14, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at January 14, 2009
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Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed

Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City’s Watershed.
by Dara L. Miles, The Gotham Gazette, Jan 12, 2009

Turn on the tap and New Yorkers get completely unfiltered H2O, flowing from the upstate streams and rivers to faucets from …

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