New York Proposes Throttle on Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling
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New York’s state environmental agency proposed moderating development of the natural-gas rich Marcellus Shale to ease the stress on small towns and rural communities from a drilling boom that may last 30 years.
Some well permits may include time limits on construction to relieve pressure on housing, schools, roads and other government services from an influx of workers, the Department of Environmental Conservation said today in a final draft of an environmental impact statement on methods used to extract gas from shale deposits.