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New York Compulsory Integration
March 6, 2013
New York Compulsory Integration.
A Critical Review of the Compulsory Integration Requirement
in New York Environmental Conservation Law
Title 9 of Article 23
William C. Fischer
let your local officials know of your plight as a landowner with a gas lease.Fleased
August 9, 2012
Contacting Your Town Board
Posted on August 7, 2012 by fleasedny
It is critical to let your local officials know of your plight as a landowner with a gas lease. Short of a state ban, a local moratorium or ban will be our only protection from the impacts gas exploitation will have on those of us with gas leases. Pro-drilling forces are pushing towns to enact resolutions favoring drilling. It is imperative that towns hear from citizens like you.
We have prepared some materials to make it easier for you to reach out and educate your local officials. A Town Board Packet is provided that includes a template letter, educational resources, and contact information. Visit our Resources page for additional information.
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
Homeowners and Gas Drilling Leases. by Elizabeth Radow. NYSBA Journal nov-dec2011.indd
October 29, 2011
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Homeowners and Gas Drilling Leases. by Elizabeth Radow. NYSBA Journal nov-dec2011.indd
Great article by Beth Radow –
In some Texas towns, the gas well setback is 1000 feet from a house, so mortgages/ homeowners liability less of an issue
In NYS, the setback of a gas well from a house is 100 feet = GEIS 17 A. 1. B. 1. b. = which would put any mortgage into default.
That plus NYS egregious CI law and a NY mortgage covenant could trip.
As evidence of risk increases, the mortgage and insurance guidelines will change
Meaning the lender’s mortgage /insurance setbacks will increase for houses on water wells in particular.
As gas wells age, they leak on the outside of the outermost casing. This introduces methane into groundwater. Which pollutes wells.
Not much of a problem in Texas, New Mexico or Colorado = no ground water wells. In NY, a problem.
So mortgage / insurance guideline/ covenants are apt to become more stringent for NY rural residences on water wells. ]
Would not let this go unremarked . . . .http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=DSGEIS_Responses
Jim Northrup
GDACC 
