Is your moratorium valid? Talk of the Towns article Dec. 2012

Is your moratorium valid?  Talk of the Towns article Dec. 2012

This is accurate and had been carefully reviewed before it was finalized.  It is also good that this is going to towns, as the land owner associations have been lying about it.  I hope it is not too technical    The important disctinctions about the Binghamton facts were that their law was not a zoning law and every other moritorium and ban I have seen is zoning.
So, this “dire necessity” test [which I feel was not the proper one and that is part of the appeal] does not apply to zoning bans.  Joe Heath, Esq.

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Current High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Bans and Moratoria in NY State

Current High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Bans and Moratoria in NY State.

40 bans, 104 moratoria, 86 movements for prohibitions

By my current tally, we’re up to 40 bans, 104 moratoria, 86 movements for prohibitions! Keep the good news coming in, and I’ll get your additions into the next edition of our map.
Here’s the permanent map link: http://www.fractracker.org/maps/ny-moratoria/
All the best,

Karen Edelstein
NYS Coordinator
FracTracker Alliance

Current High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Bans and Moratoria in NY State

Current High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Bans and Moratoria in NY State.

Animated map of NY Industrialization Bans and Moratoria

Lansing resident Roger Hopkins just put together this nice animation of the ban and moratorium maps I’ve been updating for the past year. You can really see how the home rule movement (absent of a real statewide ban) has kicked in.


Update on NY Bans and Moratoria

Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:30 PM
Subject: Waterloo moratorium voted in this week!

Hooray for Waterloo’s Town Board (in Seneca County), who voted in a 1-year moratorium. Thanks to Jan Quarles for the news…I knew the vote was coming on Tuesday night, but was waiting, waiting…

Attached are today’s map updates. We’ll have a permanent link for this newest one up on FracTracker soon (http://www.fractracker.org/fractracker-maps/ny-moratoria/)
By Jan’s tally, we’re now at 100 bans and moratoria across NYS!