SGEIS on Hydrofracturing

Hello Bob:

I love reading the Chronicle, even though I live in Craryville.  It connects me, a disabled adult, with the community somehow.

 

I want to bring to the readers' attention the following: The DEC is prepared to release the SGEIS on Hydrofracturing (FRACKING) any day now.  It will be downloadable at the DEC website.  However, they are only allowing a 60 day comments period from the public!  The text is at least 1000 pages of techno-speak that the average Joe/Jane will have to slog through to comprehend the full meaning in order to be able to respons with cogent comments.  Please petition the DEC to expand the comments period to 180 days.  For those who are unfamiliar with the fracking process, be sure to get to Roe-Jan on 9.24.2011 3-5pm to see Gasland the movie.  And while we don't expect that fracking will be done in our immediate area, it has concerns for ALL NYS residents, not the least being: how do the deep drilling processes used in fracking affect the stability of the Atlantic Plate - you know, that huge plate under our feet that rocked and rolled in August, producing the largest earthquake in NY since God was a boy.  (OK, I am exaggerating...)  PLEASE everyone: bone up on the fracking procedure(s) and understand what it means to our state.  Thank you.

 

Yours,
Morgana Washington