Letter from the Canandailgua Lake Watershed Council to Commissioner Martens Dec. 6, 2011
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Moratorium Approved : On Dec 5, 2011, the Town Board approved an 18 month moratorium on hydrofracking. During this time the Board will create appropriate zoning laws that would block hydrofracking in the town of Canandaigua. Here is the pdf. http://www.townofcanandaigua.org/doc_tclerk/Compiled-Moratorium-11-9-2011.pdf
also - for more on legalities click here
The Resolution (below) was approved by the Town of Canandaigua Town Board on October 24, 2011 (after some changes had been made to the original version posted here earlier). Thanks to Marion Cassie, a past member of the Town Board (four years), for authoring the Canandaigua Resolution and working through the process to its final form.
The Ontario County Board approved a similar resolution Wed. Oct. 19, 2011.
Calling on the Governor, the Legislature of NYS, and the NYS DEC, to provide equal protection by prohibiting high volume hydraulic fracturing in the Canandaigua Lake Watershed and all Finger Lakes Watersheds the same as the DEC has indicated it will prohibit in the NY City and Syracuse Watersheds
WHEREAS, Canandaigua Lake and its surrounding watershed is the source of drinking water for over 60,000 New York State residents and the unfiltered source of water for thousands more residents of the Canandaigua Lake Watershed who do not have access to public water and obtain their unfiltered water directly from Canandaigua Lake, or from ground water wells within the watershed; and
WHEREAS, the pure, clean water of Canandaigua Lake and all the Finger Lakes is the region’s most valuable asset, upon which the local economy is dependent; and
WHEREAS, numerous contaminants associated with hydraulic fracturing can pass through our standard basic municipal water treatment plants and into our water supply; and
WHEREAS, replacing our existing water treatment plants with water treatment plants that could filter out contaminants known to be associated with hydraulic fracturing would be prohibitively expensive; and
WHEREAS, under the proposed regulations, the DEC will prohibit high volume hydraulic fracturing within the Skaneateles/Syracuse watershed and the New York City watershed; and
WHEREAS, the protection of the health, safety and economic well being of the residents of the Town of Canandaigua is no less important than the protection of the health, safety and economic well being of the residents of Skaneateles, Syracuse, or New York City; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Canandaigua calls on Governor Cuomo and Legislature of New York State to apply the same standards of prohibiting high volume hydraulic fracturing to the Canandaigua Lake Watershed and all the Finger Lakes Watersheds that the DEC has indicated it will apply to the New York City and Syracuse Watersheds; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution will be sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Leader Dean Skelos, NYS Health Commissioner Nirav Shah, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens, NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets Commissioner Darryl Aubertine, the NYS Association of Counties, State Senator Thomas O’Mara, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and NYS Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb.
From the Canandaigua Watershed Association:
CLWA’S POSITION ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/Frack_Actions_CanandaiguaLakeWatershedAssociationNY.pdf
And: from the Finger Lakes Land Trust
From the Canandaigua Watershed Association:
CLWA’S POSITION ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/Frack_Actions_CanandaiguaLakeWatershedAssociationNY.pdf
And: from the Finger Lakes Land Trust
PROPOSED GAS DRILLING PUTS FINGER LAKES REGION AT RISK
Andrew Zepp
Executive Director
Finger Lakes Land Trust
W. Stuart Schweizer
President
Finger Lakes Land Trust
Letter from the Canandailgua Lake Watershed Council to Commissioner Martens Dec. 6, 2011 click once or twice on pages to enlarge
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