![]() ![]() Zucker released the DOH's Public Health Report of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development (report PDF is in the press release - link leaves DEC's website). As the volume of new information on HVHF grew, the scope of the review expanded to broadly consider the public health impacts of HVHF.Īt a DecemGovernor's cabinet meeting, Dr. In September 2012, Commissioner Martens asked the Commissioner of Health to determine if the mitigation DEC proposed was adequate to protect public health. ![]() ![]() The proposed regulations have lapsed under State law. In all, DEC received 260,000 public comments on the SGEIS and the regulations. DEC held four additional public hearings around the state and received another 67,000 comments.įollowing release of the second draft, DEC also proposed regulations to supplement and reinforce the proposed permit conditions and received 180,000 public comments. In response to issues raised, DEC prepared and released for public review a Revised Draft SGEIS on September 7, 2011. BackgroundĭEC received more than 13,000 public comments on its Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SGEIS) issued in September 2009. Zucker recommended that New York should not proceed with HVHF. In December 2014, the Department of Health (DOH) completed a Public Health Review of HVHF, which DEC Commissioner Martens had requested. This concluded DEC's comprehensive, seven-year review and officially prohibits HVHF in New York. The SEQR Findings Statement for high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) was issued on June 29, 2015. ![]()
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