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Immediate Action Alert
TAKE URGENT ACTION TODAY.
The New York State Department of Health is undertaking a woefully inadequate Review of DEC's "health impact analysis" in the Revised Draft SGEIS (Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement).
The DOH Review is being conducted in total secrecy without any public participation. See press: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale
If the DOH Review is completed, a Final SGEIS and DEC's Revised shale gas Rulemaking proposal could both be adopted by 2/27/13. DEC has stated that it hopes to complete all three undertakings by that rulemaking deadline.
HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE DOH REVIEW IS DELAYED, SCRAPPED OR SENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR EXTENDED COMMENTS.
I. Please use this simple self-explanatory letter to require Governor Cuomo to rectify the total lack of public participation in the DOH Review proceeding.
See formatted version of the letter below: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/node/37327
Email Governor Cuomo: http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact/GovernorContactForm.php
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Governor of New York
The State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
Dear Governor Cuomo:
Your New York State Department of Health and three outside experts are conducting a Review/Assessment of the Marcellus Shale fracking "health impact analysis" conducted by the Department of Environmental Conservation as part of its Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS).
That Review/Assessment is being conducted in secrecy without any public participation whatsoever. That is shockingly improper and an affront to open and transparent government decision-making.
I respectfully request that you require:
a) immediate public notice of the intent and scope of DEC's "health impact analysis" and DOH's Review/Assessment;
b) a 30-day minimum immediate public comment period;
c) at least one public hearing to require the reviewers to hear testimony from interested parties; and
d) a restart of the SGEIS proceeding to allow public comment about how best to resolve all the concerns documented about DEC's "health impact analysis" and DOH's inadequate Review/Assessment.
The DOH Review/Assessment is critically important because no final decision will be made about permitting shale gas fracturing in New York until it is completed. That is why it is imperative that DOH's Review/Assessment be comprehensive in scope and properly undertaken. Until the DOH Review is finished, no Final SGEIS will be adopted and no shale gas revised rulemaking will be finalized.
Add here anything else your heart desires:
Very truly yours,
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I wrote the Governor a detailed letter about this matter. The DOH reviewers and members of DEC's Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel were cc'd.
See: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/documents/letters/2012/12/...
II. Sign a New Coalition Letter
You can sign a new coalition letter about the DOH Review and DEC’s Revised Rulemaking proceeding that now has more than 2,800 signatories, including elected officials, physicians, scientists, academic researchers, environmental groups, civic organizations and concerned citizens. See: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2012/11/28/cuomo
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