Gas industry expressed disappointment Monday with the country's ongoing review of hydraulic fracturing, a trade group, said its trust in the state government have been "exhausted".
Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York sent a letter to the governor Andrew Cuomo (Andrew Cuomo),, urging him to his Department of Environmental Protection released a large-scale hydraulic fracturing of the long-awaited final report, and to push forward with the issue of permits.
The letter came ahead of the regulatory deadline of November 29, if you miss, you need to the DEC reopen its proposed regulations for public consultation.
"The lives and livelihoods of hundreds of New York families, now is a great risk," IOGA executive director Brad Gill wrote in the letter. "Unnecessary delay to the end of the rule-making process, the upstate economy is a serious problem."
Last week, the state Department of Health confirmed that the name of three outside experts who will assist in the review of DEC's efforts to limit or prevent the potential health impacts from hydrofracking, a technology in which water, sand and chemicals are injected into underground shale formation fracture rock and release natural gas.
One expert - Lynn, Goldman Sachs, dean of the George Washington University School of Public Health - said last week that she was told to be wrapped in the latest independent review in mid-February. "
The DEC launched is called Universal supplemental environmental impact report - report - permit must be completed before July 2008, high-volume hydrofracking issue. The report will not end the completed until specific health review, in accordance with deceleration.
The state of the natural gas trade group members to meet the deadline of November is "hope", but now "critical point."
A DEC spokeswoman did not immediately respond for comment Monday.
Director Katherine Nadeau, water and natural resource projects, environmental advocates, New York, said Como, to ensure damn many important questions, and then allowed to be treated as ".
"IOGA letter says it all - natural gas company believes that all countries should be more concerned about their bottom line than the public health and well-being of hundreds of millions of New Yorkers will be affected, if the hydraulic fracturing method allows, Nadeau said. '
Meanwhile, the the second Industrial Investment Group (Monday), the Department of Health mail, and criticism of their choice of external experts to assist in the review.
Depth of energy - co-authored by the efforts of the gas industry trade groups of - fracking Review report by Goldman Sachs, and Richard Jackson, University of California, Los Angeles, controversial results John Adgate, Colorado School of Public Health .
"Obviously, we believe that the three experts can provide valuable advice, in this review, the" energy depth executive director Lee Fuller wrote.
"However, in order to meet the needs of the residents of New York - who should be strong support for a fair, open and independent process - we encourage New York to consider the views of other experts, so that a real diversity."
Bring more transparency in the the Como management updates sent to its members on Monday, Catskill Mountainkeeper three scholars known as the "highly qualified medical experts." But this has called for a ban on fracking, process, and reveal whether the experts will be considered.
"Very high caliber of experts, has been selected for this task, there are still major problems in this process," wrote.
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