From: SPR Environmental Law Blog
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(”DEC”) has released its draft Supplemental Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (”SGEIS”) for natural
gas drilling activities in the Marcellus Shale
formation. The draft SGEIS supplements the existing
1992 Generic Environmental Impact Statement (”GEIS”)
and analyzes the range of potential significant adverse
environmental impacts of shale gas development [...]
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