On March 7, 2013, the New York State Assembly passed legislation to extend the moratorium in place on high pressure horizontal hydraulic fracturing - hydrofracking or fracking - of shale that has been in place since 2008. Though the bill, Assembly Bill 5424-A, passed...
Land Use Law
DEC “Incidental Take” Permit Regulations Survive Challenge
On July 26, 2012 the Appellate Division, Third Department affirmed the dismissal of a challenge to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's recently amended endangered species regulations. The regulations, contained in 6 NYCRR Part 182, included a...
Binghamton Fracking Ban Struck Down in New York State Supreme Court
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...