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New Coalition Letter to Governor Cuomo: Oppose a Possible Southern Tier Fracking Demonstration Project and Require Full Enforcement of Executive Order No. 41

Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

Dear Governor Cuomo:

We, the undersigned, write to request that you take immediate action to fulfill the mandates specified by Executive Order No. 41. We ask you to:

1) Withhold issuance of shale gas drilling permits for any demonstration project in Broome, Tioga and Chemung counties, or any other areas of New York. The Executive Order requires that "pursuant to SEQRA, no permits may be issued prior to the completion of a Final SGEIS [Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement, not in the original]..."

2) Withdraw the Revised Draft SGEIS in order to expand its scope to address a) Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) hydraulic fracturing recently proposed for 135,000 acres in Tioga County and b) New York State mortgage lending programs involving properties with gas and oil leases. These two issues are not analyzed "comprehensively" by the Revised Draft SGEIS. As a result, your Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) cannot "ensure that such impacts are appropriately avoided or mitigated consistent with the State Environmental Quality Review Act..."

3) Require DEC to provide a report on "the status of the Final SGEIS and the regulatory conditions that are necessary to include in oil and gas well permits to protect public health and the environment." That report is mandated "subsequent to the conclusion of the public comment period..."

Executive Order No. 41

As one of your first official acts as Governor, you signed an official "continuation" of Executive Order No. 41: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/documents/cuomo-continuation

Highlighted below are the key provisions of the Executive Order referenced by our requests:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, David A. Paterson, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of New York, do hereby order as follows:

1) The Department shall complete its review of the public comments, make such revisions to the Draft SGEIS that are necessary to analyze comprehensively the environmental impacts associated with high-volume hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling, ensure that such impacts are appropriately avoided or mitigated consistent with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), other provisions of the Environmental Conservation Law and other laws, and ensures (stet) that adequate regulatory measures are identified to protect public health and the environment (emphasis added);

2) On or about June 1, 2011, the Department shall publish a Revised Draft SGEIS, accept public comment on the revisions for a period of not less than thirty days, and may schedule public hearings on such revisions to be conducted in the Marcellus shale region and New York City; and

3) Recognizing that, pursuant to SEQRA, no permits may be issued prior to the completion of a Final SGEIS, the Department, subsequent to the conclusion of the public comment period, shall report to the Governor on the status of the Final SGEIS and the regulatory conditions that are necessary to include in oil and gas well permits to protect public health and the environment (emphasis added).

Conclusion

In conclusion, you have gained national renown as a champion of equal rights for all New Yorkers. That is why we request that you afford all New Yorkers equal protection from horizontal hydrauic fracturing hazards. Shale gas extraction must not be allowed in the Southern Tier or any other areas of New York until it is safe for all areas of our state, including the New York City and Syracuse watersheds.

With that goal in mind, the status report mandated by the Executive Order would allow the public to know prior to the adoption of a Final SGEIS precisely how DEC would fully resolve the 40 pages of detailed technical comments submitted by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency since 2009 as well as the 17 critical shortcomings documented in the Withdraw the Revised Draft SGEIS coalition letter with more than 22,000 signatories.

See: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/sites/default/files/Marcellus_dSGEIS_Comm... ; http://www.toxicstargeting.com/sites/default/files/EPA%20R2%20Comments%2... and http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/cuomo/coalition_letter/2011

Until there is a consensus among local, state and federal government authorities as well as potentially impacted parties that these concerns have been fully resolved, we request that you maintain New York's horizontal hydraulic fracturing moratorium.

Thank you for your consideration.

Very truly yours,

Total Signatory Count: 3078

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166 West 22nd St, 4F
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50 Hickory Road
Ithaca, New York
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108 Elaine Drive
Binghamton, New York
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2510 Donna Drive
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6459 Reservoir Rd
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85 Mountain Top Lane
Deposit, NY
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1430 County Highway 8
Otego, NY
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246 Smith Rd.
Newfield, New York
Robert Lidsky
622 Ridge Road
Andes, NY
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301 Saint Catherine Circle
Ithaca, NY
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1581 Slaterville Rd.
Ithaca, NY
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901 Serenity Rd
Penn Yan , NY
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119 Montgomery St.
Canajoharie, NY
Kathleen and Thomas Chase
250 Red House Hill Road
Cooperstown, NY
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7221 Perry City Road
Trumansburg, NY
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89 River Street
Otego, NY
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999 Gillen Drive
Binghamton, NY
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New York, New York
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38 Devoe Road
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208 East 21 Street (6A)
New York, New York
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7604 NY RT 79
Whitney Point, NY
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1686 Hanshaw Rd.
Ithaca, NY
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405 Sheffield Court
Brewster, New York
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238 Mill Road
Cherry Valley, New York
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Marathon, NY
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Brooklyn, NY
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133 W 24 st
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435 N Aurora
Ithaca, NY
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958 Tallow Hill Road
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308 Patio Drive
Endwell, New York
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91 N. 4th St.
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66 Malling Dr.
Rochester , New York
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4741 Central Ave
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morris, new york
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27 E. 13 St. #5N
New York, NY
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5519 Hill Road
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2805 Hall St
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ithaca, new york
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Ithaca, New York
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trumansburg, ny
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New Rochelle, New York
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rochester , new york
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392 Locke Rd.
Groton, New York
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6899 US 20A
Bloomfield, NY
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28 Columbine Drive
Binghamton, NY - NEW YORK
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Coordiator PNW BOCES Center for Environmental Education
16 Wynkoop Lane
Rhinebeck, NY
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592 County Route 5
Otego, NY
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5066 Mott Evans Rd
Trumansburg, New York
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702 County Highway 5
Otego, New York
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Ms
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Beacon, NY
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313 NYS Rt 41A
Cortland, NY
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17 Center St
Cazenovia, NY
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FAIRPORT, New York
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ithaca , ny
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ithaca, NY
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108a heritage hills drive
somers, new york
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Old Rt 28
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4164 Abbey Rd
Honeoye , NY
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141 Westhaven Rd
Ithaca, NY
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Groton, New York
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3713 Highland Avenue
Skaneateles, NY
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Ithaca, NY
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227 s. Geneva st apt 1
Ithaca, My
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Ithaca, NY
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New York, New York
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Schenevus, Ny
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156 Spring St
New York, NY
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Canastota, NY
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Brooktondale, NY
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Maryland, NY
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12 S Marvine Ave
Auburn, NY
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Camillus, NY
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1425 Thickett Rd.
Castleton, NY
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210 Eddy Street
Ithaca, NY
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29 Library Ave
Warrensburg, NY
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1190 E Shore,Ithaca, New York 14850
Ithaca, N.Y.
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8202 Route 96
Interlaken, NY
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2609 stamford Drive
Vestal, NY
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7395 Barker Rd.
Clinton, NY
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5251 Hill Rd
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