Fracking proponents recently succeeded in overturning Local Law 11-006 the city's ban on fracking, but this ruling is unlikely to drastically alter the landscape for municipal fracking regulation in New York outside of Binghamton.In a decision dated October 2, Broome...
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“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Update – Federal Regulations
Since our last post regarding the current federal regulations of high-volume hydraulic fracturing (i.e., "fracking") for extraction of natural gas from shale, there have been several developments on the federal level.President Obama Issues Executive Order Establishing...
“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Part 4 – Summary of Federal Regulations
So far in our blog series on "Fracking NY," we've presented a general background of the issues, a summary of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's ("DEC") Draft Revised SGEIS on fracking, and a summary of the DEC's proposed regulations for...
“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Update – DEC Extends Public Comment Period
On December 1, 2011, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("DEC") announced that it is extending the public comment period on its environmental impact study of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."The public comment period...
“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Part 3 – Summary of DEC’s 2011 Draft Regulations
In our first two posts (here and here) in the Fracking NY Blog Series, we considered the general background of fracking in the Marcellus Shale region of New York and the 2011 Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Study ("Revised Draft SGEIS")...
“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Part 2 – Summary of DEC’s 2011 Revised Draft SGEIS
As mentioned in our last NY Fracking Series post, hydraulic fracturing as a method of extracting natural gas is nothing new in New York State. But the type of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," now being considered for the Marcellus Shale...
“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Part 5 – Delaware River Basin Commission Proposed Regulations
We've discussed proposals from the State and Federal governments for the regulation of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing of shale for natural gas (i.e., "fracking"), but there is another level of authority that has something to say about fracking operations...
“Fracking NY” Blog Series: Part 1 – Overview of Fracking in the Marcellus Shale Region of New York
Introduction to 's "Fracking NY" Blog Series does not represent clients on any side of this, the most significant environmental controversy in New York at this time - not the companies drilling for gas, or...