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    • The DEC Issues Conference
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    • 2014 DRAFT NYS ENERGY PLAN
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    • PROTECT HEMLOCK & CANADICE LAKES >
      • HEMLOCK-CANADICE UMP 2015
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  • 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
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      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE COUNTY ROADS
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      • TOWN OF BRIGHTON, NY
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      • 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
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      • INDUSTRY EXEMPTIONS
    • HOME RULE
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    • INSURANCE
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      • 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
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  Welcome to R-Cause: Rochesterians Concerned About Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction


INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS: 
LIQUID NATURAL GAS STORING AND EXPORTING

NEWS AND REPORTS ABOUT LNG:
1/28/15: Democrat and Chronicle: State Poised to Lift Ban on LNG Storage Sites: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2015/01/27/state-poised-lift-ban-lng-storage-sites/22443981/


12/11/14: Wall Street Journal: Oil Plunge Dims Outlook for LNG Projects: http://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-plunge-dims-outlook-for-lng-projects-1418283095?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop

6/25/14: TownHall: House Votes to Speed Up LNG Export Approval: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2014/06/25/house-votes-to-speed-up-lng-export-approval-n1855823

3/26/14: FERC.GOV: North American LNG Export Terminals Proposed: http://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/indus-act/lng/lng-export-proposed.pdf

3/25/14: MarketWatch: Lake Charles LNG Export Project Files FERC Application: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lake-charles-lng-export-project-files-ferc-application-2014-03-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp

3/24/14: Oregon Live: Feds Give Proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Coos Bay Conditional Approval to Export Natural Gas: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/03/feds_give_proposed_coos_bay_ln.html

3/24/14: Oil and Gas Journal: DOE Approves LNG Exports to Non-FTA Countries From Oregon Project: http://www.ogj.com/articles/2014/03/doe-approves-lng-exports-to-non-fta-countries-from-oregon-project.html

3/5/14: The New York Times: U.S Hopes Boom in Natural Gas Can Curb Putin: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/world/europe/us-seeks-to-reduce-ukraines-reliance-on-russia-for-natural-gas.html?hp&_r=0

12/16/13: Tompkins Weekly: LNG Rules Inadequate, Lifton Says: http://www.tompkinshosting.com/tompkinsweekly/TompkinsWeekly131216.pdf#page=1

11/29/13: Times Union: Beware LNG Lobby's Bait, Switch Tactics: http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Beware-LNG-lobby-s-bait-switch-tactics-5022165.php

11/14/13: Bloomberg News: Shell's LNG-Producing Monster Ship, Prelude:
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-11-14/2014-outlook-shells-lng-producing-ship-prelude


Times Union: Commentary by Keith Schue: Liquefied Gas Plan Offers Peril to State: http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Liquefied-gas-plan-offers-peril-to-4929510.php

"NY regulators proposed rules Thursday (9/26/13) that would allow new storage and truck fueling stations for liquified natural gas to be built in the state for the first time since a 1973 explosion that killed 40 workers at a Staten island storage facility." 
Read more here: http://www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2013/09/adding_natural_gas_fueling_sta.html#incart_river_default

US Department of Energy: Liquified Natural Gas Safety Research, Report to Congress, May 2012: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/03/f0/DOE_LNG_Safety_Research_Report_To_Congre.pdf

10/16/13: CNYCentral.com: Demonstration Outside DEC Public Hearing Outlining New Regulations on Storing Liquid Natural Gas: http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=959538#.UmFfOCgZzTQ

10/16/13: Syracuse.com: New Yorks' Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Stations Prompt Health, Hydrofracking Concerns: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/new_yorks_proposed_liquefied_natural_gas_stations_spark_health_hydrofracking_con.html

10/14/13: Syracuse.com: Tell NY What You Think About New Natural Gas Storage Facilities: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/tell_new_york_what_you_think_about_new_natural_gas_storage_facilities.html

10/9/13: The Wall Street Journal: GP Strategies to Build Thirteen LNG Fueling Stations for UPS: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131009-905397.html

10/2/13: Penn Energy: Enterprise to Build Second Liquified Petroleum Gas Export Facility: http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2013/10/enterprise-to-build-second-liquefied-petroleum-gas-export-facility.html

9/26/13: Democrat and Chronicle: Jon Campbell: New York Looks to Lift Ban on Liquified Natural Gas: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/09/26/new-york-looks-to-lift-ban-on-liquefied-natural-gas/2879121/

40 Years Ago: Staten Island LNG Explosion Killed 40 Workers: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/40_years_ago_today_staten_isla.html

Tanker Carrying Natural Gas Exploded in China, 10/8/13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQrVXEPQrM




HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON THE DEC'S PROPOSED LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS REGULATIONS:
50,000 comments delivered to Albany 12/4/13:
12/4/13: PressConnects: Jon Campbell: Anti-Fracking Groups Submit 50,000 Comments on LNG Rules: http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20131204/NEWS10/312040032/Anti-fracking-groups-submit-50-000-comments-LNG-rules?nclick_check=1
12/4/13: Democrat and Chronicle: Jon Campbell: Fracking Opponents, DEC Spar Over Liquified Natural Gas Plan (same article as above): http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/VoteUp/2013/12/04/fracking-opponents-dec-spar-over-liquefied-natural-gas-plan/3873253/

COMMENTS DUE 5 PM, DECEMBER 4, 2013!

HELP IN WRITING COMMENTS IS AVAILABLE HERE:
1. SANDRA STEINGRABER'S THE RETURN OF THRITY DAYS: THE INFRASTRUCTURE REGS: THE guide to submitting comments on the DEC's Proposed LNG Regs: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=b0a876ffaa&e=56040e0db1
THIS WEBSITE CLOSES DOWN Midnight, Monday 12/2 to allow time to copy and hand deliver all comments to Albany on the 4th.

2. Scroll down to read Summary of Concerns in Historical Context and the ambiguities in the regulations:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_York_LNG_regulations

3. New Yorkers Against Fracking LNG Fact Sheet: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/nyaf_lng_fact_sheet.pdf

4. Catskills Citizens for Safe Energy: this is SO simple!!  
http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5952/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15899


THE DEC REGS:
Read the DEC's Proposed regulations here: http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/93069.html

SYRACUSE INFO SESSION 10/30 with public comments, videotaped here by Bill Huston:  http://www.shaleshockmedia.org/2013/10/25/nysdec-lng-regs-info-session/

COMMENTS:
By Joseph Heath
By Catskill Citizens For Safe Energy