Lease termination workshop -Delphi Falls, NY Nov. 22, 2011
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Gas Drilling Tools for Municipalities
November 10, 2011
Gas Drilling Tools for Municipalities. Tompkins Co. Planning
Click on “Municipal Tools” for a comprehensive list of measures that municipalities need to take to address impacts of shale gas drilling.
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Municipal Tools for Addressing Potential Gas Drilling ImpactsThe information presented here is the result of a yearlong collaboration between the Tompkins County Council of Governments (TCCOG) and Tompkins County Planning Department. The TCCOG Gas Drilling Task Force has met regularly since May 2010 and has been discussing how municipalities can address issues related to gas drilling. An additional planner position, supported by Park Foundation funding, was added to the Planning Department staff to assist with this effort. Even though NYSDEC regulates the well pads and drilling processes, there are a number of other uses that could only be regulated by municipalities including such uses as truck terminals that may cause traffic congestion, dust, and so on. Municipalities can require such uses to be located only in industrially zoned areas or use the site plan review process to ensure compatibility with adjacent uses. In order to begin to understand the potential impacts that natural gas extraction and ancillary uses might have on communities, we encourage municipalities to take the following steps:
Scroll through the Municipal Tools and you’ll find these topics:
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Letter: Drilling in residential areas may be possible | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com
November 10, 2011
Letter: Drilling in residential areas may be possible | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com.
Letter: Drilling in residential areas may be possible
12 Comments
Recent Guest Viewpoints by Binghamton Mayor Matthew T. Ryan and Victor Furman spoke about gas drilling in city or residential areas.
It appears to me that drilling under residential areas could readily occur without permission of residents. Here is how:
A typical Marcellus drilling unit will be two miles long and one-half mile wide.
Drilling from a leased well pad outside a residential area and going more than three-quarters of a mile under residences could easily occur without permission of those landowners using the eminent domain-like legal procedure of Compulsory Integration.
It would only be necessary for the driller to have leased 60 percent of the land outside the residential area.
According to New York environmental conservation law, permission for the rest of the drilling unit can be acquired simply on the request of the driller.
Stanley R. Scobie
Binghamton
N.Y. roads expected to take a beating from gas drilling | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com
October 29, 2011
N.Y. roads expected to take a beating from gas drilling | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com.
Vehicle weight limit quoted off by a factor of 10X –80,000 lbs. is the fed max for any truck,
Not the threshold for a road use agreement
Any truck over 10,000 lb. should be subject to permit if the frequency/number of trips to the site are over a certain amount
State law is 10,000 for a road use permit – 8,000 lbs (Ford 350 unladen) has been used for road routing ordinances
For example – New Lisbon =- http://www.townofnewlisbon.com/uploads/documents/TownLaws/T_NL_LL1of2009.pdf
Conditions that trigger a permit need to be defined -as number of trips x time x weight limit
Nutshell if your town and county have not enacted road use laws by D (Drill) Day 1 – you can kiss your roads goodbye
Depending on the benevolence of drilling contractors is not advised.
GDACC 
