US Forest Service https://fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5297819.pdf [From the Plan on page 3-15] …Over 900,000 acres on the Forest are available for federal oil and gas leasing. However, the Plan prohibits horizontal drilling. The Forest places a very high priority on water quality. There has not been any drilling in the Marcellus formation on the Forest or surrounding … Continue reading »
Posted on July 5, 2011 …
Proposed NY State Fracking Regulations Executive Summary (aka Preliminary Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program: Well Permit Issuance for Horizontal Drilling And High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing to Develop the Marcellus Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs)
State of New York , Dept. of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/execsumsgeis072011.pdf [From a Buffalo News article] …The expected drilling boom, however, will miss most of Western New York, with the likely exception of the westernmost portion of Allegany County. Geologists say that, unlike the layer across much of Central New York, the Marcellus Shale throughout most … Continue reading »
