DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

13
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 2011 Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Commissioner Joe Martens NYS Department of Environmental Conservation July 1, 2011

description

PowerPoint slides from the July 1, 2011 press conference held in Albany, NY by DEC Commissioner Joe Martens to announce the new drilling regulations that will allow gas drilling in New York's Marcellus Shale.

Transcript of DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

Page 1: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

2011 Supplemental Generic

Environmental Impact Statement for

High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing

Commissioner Joe Martens

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

July 1, 2011

Page 2: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

States with High-Volume Fracturing

States with:

Page 3: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Marcellus

Shale

Page 4: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Prohibited in NYC & Syracuse Watersheds,

Primary Aquifers and State Lands

Page 5: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Intermediate

Well Casing

Protecting Drinking Water:

Page 6: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Protecting Drinking Water:

Containment Measures

Page 7: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Protecting Drinking Water

Page 8: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Protecting Drinking

Water:

Flowback Water

Measures

Page 9: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Protecting the Air

Page 10: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Mitigating Community &

Local Government Impacts

Page 11: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Initial Members:• Stan Lundine, former NYS Lieutenant Governor

• Kathleen McGinty, Former Chair of White House Council on

Environmental Quality under President Clinton

• Eric A. Goldstein and Kate Sinding, Senior Attorneys, Natural

Resources Defense Council

• Robert Hallman, Board Chair, NY League of Conservation Voters

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President of the Waterkeeper Alliance

• Robert Moore, Executive Director, Environmental Advocates

• Mark Brownstein, Chief Counsel, Energy Program, Environmental

Defense Fund

• Heather Briccetti, Acting President & CEO of the Business Council

of New York State, Inc.

• Robert B. Catell, Chairman of the Advanced Energy Research and

Technology Center at SUNY Stony Brook

• Mark K. Boling, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary, Southwestern Energy

• Senator Tom Libous, Deputy Majority Leader

• Assemblymember Donna Lupardo

Advisory Panel

Page 12: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

•Complete socioeconomic & community

impact research

•Release updated SGEIS and 60-day public

comment period begins

•DEC review of public comments begins

Next Steps in the Process

Page 13: DEC Press Conference July 1 - PowerPoint Slides

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Questions