On November 29, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) released revised proposed regulations that would govern high volume hydraulic fracturing – “hydrofracking” – in the state of New York, together with the agency’s assessment of and response to the nearly 66,000 public comments received to date.
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Governor Cuomo instructed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to consider the Bradford County, Pennsylvania natural gas blowout in its horizontal drilling review, which Cuomo said should be completed by July 1, 2011.

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