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        • Map of leased properties in the Finger Lakes
        • Panelists' PowerPoint Slides
        • Forum Video Clips
      • Senator Avella's Forum in NYC 7/18/12
      • REPORTS FROM ALBANY RALLY 8/27/12
      • REPORTS ON DC RALLY 7/28/12
  • SAVE SENECA LAKE
    • TOM WILBER'S SERIES June-July 2015
    • The DEC Issues Conference
  • TAKE ACTION!
    • REV: Reforming the Energy Vision
    • 2014 DRAFT NYS ENERGY PLAN
    • TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP & FAST TRACK
    • PROTECT HEMLOCK & CANADICE LAKES >
      • HEMLOCK-CANADICE UMP 2015
    • PETITIONS
  • INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NATURAL GAS & OIL
    • COMPRESSOR STATIONS
    • FRAC SAND MINING
    • FRACKING WASTE DISPOSAL >
      • AKZO-NOBEL SALT MINE
      • AUBURN, NY
      • EARTHQUAKES
      • HYLAND LANDFILL, ANGELICA, NY
    • GAS STORAGE >
      • LIQUID NATURAL GAS STORAGE AND EXPORT
      • LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS STORAGE
    • PIPELINES
    • SPREADING DRILLING WASTE ON NYS ROADS >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE & NEIGHBORING COUNTY ROADS
    • TRANSPORTING FOSSIL FUELS BY RAIL & BARGE
    • TRANSPORTING FRACKING WASTE BY BARGE
    • WATER WITHDRAWAL >
      • PAINTED POST WATER SUIT >
        • PAINTED POST HEARING IN ROCHESTER 2/24/14
  • NEWS
    • NEW YORK STATE BANS FRACKING! >
      • 101 Reasons to Ban HVHF
    • MONROE COUNTY >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE COUNTY ROADS
      • CITY OF ROCHESTER, NY
      • TOWN OF BRIGHTON, NY
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      • CA DROUGHT
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      • ALBERTA TAR SANDS AND THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
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    • BANS & MORATORIA >
      • LOCAL BAN LAWS
    • MAPS
    • FRACKING ART & POETRY >
      • NO FRACK ALMANAC
    • RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS in Fracking Waste
    • BIOFUELS
    • ECONOMICS OF FRACKING
    • EXPORTING NATURAL GAS
    • FRACKING WITH PROPANE
    • Government Resources >
      • INDUSTRY EXEMPTIONS
    • HOME RULE
    • INJECTION WELLS
    • INSURANCE
    • LAW SUITS
    • Leases & Compulsory Integration
    • Legal Resources
    • NY STATE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION >
      • DEC Commissioner Martens testifies 2/4/13
      • Health Commissioner Shah Testifies 1/30/13
      • NY Assembly Hearing 1/10/13
      • ABOUT THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES
      • DEC PROPOSED FRACKING REGS - RESOURCES & ARTICLES
      • DEC SGEIS 2011 FLAWS and OMISSIONS >
        • TESTIMONIES 10/6/11
        • DEC Public Hearings November-December 2011
        • A SAMPLING OF LETTERS TO THE DEC & GOVERNOR
    • Photos & Videos
    • POWER PLANTS
    • Public Health & Fracking Chemicals Documentation
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    • UTICA SHALE
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              LETTERS TO THE DEC AND GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE SGEIS


FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST OP ED LETTER: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/finger_lakes_land_trust_gasoped10_3_11.pdf

6/15/12: Press Release from Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York objecting to the 5-county fracking plan: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/nofa_hydrofracking_press_release.pdf


April 2012: letter to Governor Cuomo from Elected Officials: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/elected_officials_statement_to_cuomo_april_2012.pdf

5/3/12: Letter to Senator Libous: MAJORITES OPPOSE SHALE GAS THROUGH OUT NY STATE:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/letter_to_libous_-_majority_rejects_fracking_5-3-12.pdf

District 1 Healthcare Coordinating Council's response to the Commissioner's letter, 3/22/12:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/healthcare_coord_council_3-22-12.pdf

Response From Commissioner Martens to District 1 Healthcare Coordinating Council, 2/17/12: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/martens_response_to_healthcare_coordinating_council.pdf

1/27/12: Jannette Barth's Comments on the IHS Global Insight's study " The Economic and Employment Contributions of Shale Gas in the US: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/jmb_comments_on_ihs_gi_study.pdf

From the US Geological Society:
 /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/usgs-letter-to-dec.pdf

From NY Senator Abbaddo: http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/addabbos-statement-end-public-comment-period-hydraulic-fracturing-proposal

From Anna Sears: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/dec_comment_re_mortgages_aks_1-3-12.pdf

From Ron Bishop, Ph.D., C.H.O.: History of Oil and Gas Well Abandonment in New York: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/ron_bishop-ny_history_oil_and_gas_well_abandonment.pdf

From the Land Trust Alliance, NY Advisory Board:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/lta-nyab_comments_to_commissioner_martens_dsgeis.12.8.11.pdf

From Peter Mitchell (Rochester):
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/peter_mitchells_sgeis_comments.pdf

From economists Jannette Barth, Ph.D., Edward Kokkelenberg, Ph.D., Timothy Mount, Ph.D.:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/economists_letter_dec_14_2011.pdf

From Dr. Robert Howarth (Ithaca):
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/howarth_dsgeis_comments_nov._2011.pdf

From Peter Ciavarri (Rochester):
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/peter_ciavarri_comments.pdf

From Treadwell, NY:
• Transportation: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/transportation.doc 

From New York Water Rangers: The Twelve Days of Fracking: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12_days_fracking.pdf

From Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard N. Gottfried: Avoiding Another Love Canal: Support a Moratorium on Hydrofracking
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=hzxukecab&v=001J8BvtJGIt7s8QdCwSWP_Fc3FxYzHsf1ysoM0jIFhFf2gImXSYres3jWaMjQy-am_luc20YMqVJt2zqiynMtFDND7JwB130BAgGBa6cWxIRk%3D

From The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/tiar_sgeis_letter_protectwaterresources.pdf
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/tiar_sgeis_ltr__airquality_ltr-2-final.pdf
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/tiar_sgeis_ltr_frack_flowback.pdf

From Drs. Carol and Ted Barnett: 
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/barnett_sgeis_comments_nov_2011.docx

From Marvin Resnikoff, Radioactive Waste Management Associates, October 2011: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/radio_active_wast_comments_rdsgeis.pdf

From more than 250 doctors, medical authorities say hydrofracking review gives short shrift to concerns about public health, 10/5/11: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/doctors_lettertogovcuomo_re_sgeis_10-5-11.pdf

From James L. Northrup, 7/25/11:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/chip-northrup-comments-on-draft-sgeis2011.pdf

From William J. Podulka, 12/31/09:                                                                      /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/bill_podulk_sgeis_comments.pdf