Two environmental agencies concerned with protection released comments calling for further studies or halting gas drilling in New York State within a week of each other in December 2009. New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) cited its new technical study and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offered comments on the September 9, 2009 environmental impact statement by New York State of Environmental Conservation.

New York City Department of Environmental Protection Study Says Gas Drilling is Unsafe

On December 23, 2009 NYCDEP released a new 11-month technical study on the impact of drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale Rock formation. As a result of the purely technical assessment, the agency is calling for prohibition on drilling using present methods.

Marcellus Shale is Under New York City’s Watershed

Marcellus Shale Rock formation runs from Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and to New York. In New York State alone it extends for approximately 18,700 square miles, including under the City’s entire 1,585 mile West of Hudson watershed through the Upper Delaware River area, according to New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

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