NY DEC'S REVISED FRACKING REGULATIONS:
Deadline for public comments is 5PM Friday, 1/11/13

THE PROPOSED DEC REGULATIONS:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/77353.html

NY DEC NOTICE OF REVISED RULE MAKING HVHF: http://www.scribd.com/doc/114905698/Notice-of-Revised-Rule-Making-HVHF

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You can make a difference by contacting the Governor’s office, as well as the DEC.

• Ask the Governor to live up to his promise to let science and the facts guide his decision on whether to allow fracking in New York and wait for the health and environmental reviews to be complete and made public before revised fracking regulations are proposed and finalized.
• Call for the DEC and the Governor to withdraw the fracking regulations that they have just filed without being informed by their on-going environmental and health reviews.

Call the Office of the Secretary to the Governor at 518-474-4246.

Call the DEC’s Office of Communications at 518-402-8000.

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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS:
DEADLINE for submission of comments: 5PM, Friday January 11.

ECOWATCH: Chip Northrup: Prevent a New York Fracking Train Wreck - Submit Comments to the DEC Today: http://ecowatch.org/2012/ny-fracking-comments-dec/

If you're submitting comments via the DEC website, the system is set to stop accepting comments after 5PM, Friday, 1/11/13. Submit online at  http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/76838.html

Snail mail responses are more effective. The online form does not address all the HVHF issues, in fact it ignores the new proposal to allow horizontal wells to be drilled under rivers and lakes. 
If you plan to hand deliver the messages - must be delivered to the Albany office only (not branch offices) by 5PM on Friday, Jan. 11.

If you plan to use snail mail - must be postmarked (not received) by January 11.

Do NOT Email comments - use the online submission form, hand deliver, or snail mail.

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RESOURCES FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTS:
- this is continually being updated so check back regularly: 

PETITIONS:
1. Catskill Citizens's 13 letters: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5952/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12409
2. Citizen Action of New York: http://action.citizenactionny.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7043
3. CREDO: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/cuomo_comments/?p=cuomo_comments&r=6993192&id=52869-3544798-Su5zhHx

GUIDES:
CHIP NORTHRUP'S GUIDE: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NY_Fracking_Regulations#How_to_Respond_to_the_DEC.27s_Proposed_Fracking_Regulations

DEC Comment Blank Template click here

Sample Comment Letter click here

30 DAYS OF FRACKING REGS: http://www.thirtydaysoffrackingregs.com/  Sandra Steingraber's "'Tis the Season to Send Your Comments to DEC About Their Fracking Regulations!" It works like an Advent calendar: each day during the thirty-day comment period, subscribers will receive information from Sandra about a different critical issue to comment on.

NEW YORKERS AGAINST FRACKING: http://nyagainstfracking.org/30-day-comment-period-opens/
 - One page of suggestions click here 
 - DEC Comment Form (one page) click here
 - Guide to submit more substantive comments: click here

SOURCES FOR REGULATIONS EXPLANATIONS:
Chip Northrup's Guide

Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy

The Marcellus Effect: NY Fracking Regs on Radioactive Waste

VIDEO: Responding to the New Fracking Regulations, Ithaca, 12/17/12: /

LETTERS BY OTHERS THAT YOU CAN USE PARTS OF:
Chip Northrup's Letters: http://www.scribd.com/northrup49

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/slpwa_response_on_proposed_regulations-final-01-08-2013f.pdf

No Fracking Way Blog hosted by ShaleshockMedia.org: http://blog.shaleshockmedia.org/2012/12/14/how-to-read-the-fracking-regulations/

Jannette Barth: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/barth_decregscomments_12-28-12.pdf

Keith Schue's many extraordinary letters: /

League of Women Voters: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/ny-lowv-on-fracking-regs.pdf

Andi Gladstone, Director of the NYS Breast Cancer Network: State Needs Independent Health Assessment on Fracking: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-14-12_ithaca_journal_health.pdf

12/11/12: Sign TOXICS TARGETING's Fracking Advisory Panel Letter:  http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/alerts/2012/12/11/panel

REPORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE REVISED DRAFT SGEIS 
A Human Rights Assessment of Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas commissioned by Earthworks' Oil and Gas Accountability Project: http://www.earthworksaction.org/library/detail/a_human_rights_assessment_of_hydraulic_fracturing_for_natural_gas

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ARTICLES:
12/11/12: The Democrat and Chronicle: Jon Campbell: Fracking Comment Period Set to Open: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-11-12_dc_comment_period_.pdf

12/2/12: The Democrat and Chronicle: Jon Campbell: What's Next For Fracking: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-2-12_dc_whats_next.docx

12/1/12: Times Union: Fred LeBrun Commentary: A Dose of Reality on Fracking: http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/A-dose-of-reality-on-fracking-4084063.php

12/1/12: Wall Street Journal (AP): Experts' Review of NY Fracking Soon to be Complete: http://online.wsj.com/article/AP0708f481ec2844cca10389aca8a10053.html

12/1/12: The-Leader.com (Corning): Peter Mantius: Doctors' Fracking Concerns Being Ignored: http://www.the-leader.com/opinions/x1922372214/Peter-Mantius-Doctors-fracking-concerns-being-ignored?zc_p=0

11/29/12: Senator Avella's letter to Governor Cuomo and Commissioner Martens: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/senator_avellas_letter_11-29-12_re_90-day_extension.pdf

11/29/12: Shale Gas Review (Tom Wilber's Blog): New York's Fracking Clock Reset for End of February: 

11/29/12: Toxics Targeting: New Coalition Letter Requests That Governor Cuomo Terminate Shale Gas Rulemaking/Restart SGEIS

11/29/12: Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter: Governor Cuomo Rejects Independent Health Impact Assessment for Fracking in the State

11/29/12: Albany Watch by Jon Campbell: DEC Unveils Revised Fracking Regs; Comment Period Begins Dec. 12

11/29/12: News OK (Oklahoma): Revised Fracking Regulations Released in NY

11/29/12: Bill Huston's Blog: NY Fracking Regs - All the links are here: http://williamahuston.blogspot.com/2012/11/ny-new-fracking-regs-all-links-are-here.html

11/29/12: Syracuse.com (AP): Revised Hydrofracking Regulations Are Released in New York State