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Emergency DEC email

Dear Commissioner Grannis/Governor Paterson/Region 2 Administrator Enck:

I am utterly shocked to learn that DEC just proposed to exempt New York City and Syracuse drinking water reservoirs from proposed Marcellus Shale horizontal hydrofracking regulations while failing to provide equal protection for other communities threatened by that practice.

DEC's proposal is a tacit admission that its draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (draft SGEIS) cannot provide adequate protection of public health.

If DEC's draft SGEIS cannot protect drinking water for New York City and Syracuse, it is inadequate for all New Yorkers.

I DEMAND THAT DEC PROVIDE EQUAL PROTECTION FOR ALL NEW YORKERS.

I request the draft SGEIS be withdrawn and revised so that it can safeguard the health of all New Yorkers in the Marcellus Shale region.

Yours very respectfully,

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