Hydraulic Fracturing (Hydrofracking): New York

Taryn L. Rucinski, 35 LAW LINES (LLAGNY), no. 1, 2011, at 11.

Beren Argetsinger Comment, 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 321 (2011).

Thomas Hooker, 40 Fordham Urban L. J. 869 (2012).

Jon A Czas, 11. Geo. J. L. & Pub. Poly 627 (2013).

Nicholas S. Cortese, 64 Syracuse L. Rev. 489 (2014).

Jordan Lesser, 28 Tulane Env. L. J. 315 (2015).

Robert A. Michaels & Randy W. Simon, 29 Env. Claims J. 253 (2017).
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Focuses on legal issues impacting the fracking industry. Represents clients involved in fracking.

SPR has regular updates on hydrofracking news in New York State. See Topic for Hydraulic Fracturing & Marcellus Shale.

Anschutz Exploration Corp. v. Town of Dryden, 2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 22037 (Sup Ct, Tompkins Co. Feb. 21, 2012)

Also available at Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield, 2012 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1420 (Sup. Ct. Ostego Co. Feb.24, 2012).

John Nolon, Anschutz v. Town of Dryden: Fight Over Fracking - Tows Win First Round, GreenLaw Blog (Feb. 24, 2012).

Mireya Navarro, New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking, N.Y. Times (Feb. 21, 2012).

Dan Wiessner, New York Judge Upholds Fracking Ban in Towns, Reuters (Feb. 21, 2012).

Mireya Nivaro, Judge Rejects Binghamton’s Fracking Ban, N.Y. Times (Oct. 4, 2010).

2014 Court of Appeals case in which the court determined that Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law (OGSML) did not preempt towns' laws and towns could create zoning laws that would ban hydraulic fracturing.

Third Department case in which the plaintiff sought to challenge the state moratorium on fracking as a taking. The court upheld the lower court ruling that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring the case.

Details the process of HVHF review in New York State which was completed with the issuance of the 2015 State Environmental Quality Report (SEQR) Findings.

DEC received over 260,000 comments to the two draft SGEIS issued and reviewed them in compiling the final report. The final report was worked on by DEC in concert with the Department of Health.

New text is underlined to indicate revisions to the 2011 revised draft SGEIS text and vertical lines are in the page margins to indicate the changes.

DEC received more than 13,000 public comments on the 2009 Draft SGEIS and drafted this version in response.

The Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) for potential natural gas drilling activities in the Marcellus Shale formation was issued September 30, 2009. The Draft SGEIS supplements the existing Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) and analyzes the range of potential impacts of shale gas development using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

The Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program, or GEIS, was prepared to review the DEC's program for regulating oil, gas, underground gas storage and solution mining wells of any depth, and brine disposal, stratigraphic and geothermal wells deeper than 500 feet. The GEIS was prepared according to the State's Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law.

Provides information on: Compulsory Integration Hearings; Notices of Intent to Issue Well Permits and Spacing Orders as well as links to New York On-line Searchable Database for Oil and Gas Information.

Excellent resource with information arranged by topic.

Provides links to local New York resources.

Brian Donnelly, White Plains Daily Voice (Dec. 11, 2012).

Open-File Report 2012-1162.

2014 Report on fracking that helped lead to the ban of fracking in New York.