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Oct 6, 2008 3:50 pm US/Eastern

NY Releases Plan To Assess Impact Of Gas Drilling

ALBANY (AP) ― The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released its proposed plan to review the environmental impact of natural gas drilling in the Southern Tier.

The 45-page document released Monday is the first step in developing supplemental guidelines for issuing permits for gas wells using new horizontal drilling technology.

Regulators decided a supplement to the state's 16-year-old generic environmental impact statement for gas wells was needed to address issues related to the huge volumes of water used in the new technology.

Public hearings will be held in coming weeks on the document, which is posted on the DEC Web site at www.dec.ny.gov.

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