New York Proposes Ban on Fracking In New York City, Syracuse Watersheds

摘要

Albany, N.Y.-The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed regulations in September to ban hydraulic fracturing in the New York City and Syracuse watersheds and to establish limits on fracking throughout the state. The proposed rules, which are subject to public comment, would ban tracking within 500 feet of the state's 18 primary aquifers and within 4,000 feet of an unfil-tered surface water supply watershed (42 ER 2179, 9/30/11).