Committee on Environmental Protection

Name: Committee on Environmental Protection
Start: 2009-10-23T00:00:00
Location: Committee Room - City Hall

Friday, October 23, 2009 · 10:00 AM

Committee Room - City Hall

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T2009-1651

Oversight Filed Committee on Environmental Protection

Oversight - The Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement Relating to Drilling for Natural Gas in New York State Using Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing.

Introduced: Oct 23, 2009

Actions at this hearing:

• Filed, by Committee

• Hearing Held by Committee

Resolution Adopted Committee on Environmental Protection

Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass H.R. 2776 of 2009, removing the exemption for hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act; on the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reassess its 2004 study of hydraulic fracturing with respect to its risks to unfiltered drinking water systems and to apply stringent regulations to protect drinking water supplies from any risk due to hydraulic fracturing; on the New York State Department of Health to study the public health and regulatory risks of hydraulic fracturing to the New York City water supply system and to propose any necessary actions to protect public health; on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Legislature, and New York State Governor David Paterson to prohibit drilling for natural gas within the boundaries of the watershed; and on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to extend the public comment period on its draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement relating to high-volume hydraulic fracturing to February 28, 2010.

Primary James F. Gennaro Co-sponsor Jessica S. Lappin Co-sponsor Daniel R. Garodnick Co-sponsor Christine C. Quinn Co-sponsor Gale A. Brewer Co-sponsor Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. Co-sponsor Lewis A. Fidler Co-sponsor Vincent J. Gentile Co-sponsor Sara M. Gonzalez Co-sponsor Melinda R. Katz Co-sponsor G. Oliver Koppell Co-sponsor John C. Liu Co-sponsor Michael C. Nelson Co-sponsor Annabel Palma Co-sponsor James Sanders, Jr. Co-sponsor Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Co-sponsor David I. Weprin Co-sponsor Alan J. Gerson Co-sponsor Helen D. Foster Co-sponsor Thomas White, Jr. Co-sponsor Bill De Blasio Co-sponsor Melissa Mark-Viverito Co-sponsor Letitia James Co-sponsor Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. Co-sponsor Elizabeth S. Crowley Co-sponsor Mathieu Eugene Co-sponsor Maria Del Carmen Arroyo Co-sponsor Robert Jackson Co-sponsor Helen Sears

Introduced: Mar 11, 2009 Council Vote: Nov 16, 2009