Sentences with phrase «before drilling permits»

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«Any action to lift the moratorium is premature and at a minimum, New York should wait until the EPA completes its own study on hydraulic fracturing before even considering whether the state should permit this type of drilling activity.»

Nadeau says it may be the 2013 session before any of the bills are taken up again, and it's likely that any new permitting staff or new taxes or fees on the drilling industry will be imposed in Governor Cuomo's next budget, which also is not due until January 2013.

When Antero Resources announced plans in the spring of 2009 to drill 200 more wells in Battlement Mesa, a golf - course community almost within sight of Wallace - Babb's old home, about 400 residents petitioned the county to study the potential health impacts before they permitted the drilling.