NY DEC Calls Propane Fracking “Unique Technology”; Wants More Info

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LPG Fracturing
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It only took nine months, but the New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC), which moves like a glacier, has finally responded to a request by a group of farmers in Tioga County, NY to use propane fracking technology (also known as LPG fracturing or "liquefied petroleum gas") on a shale well. Last July a group of landowners flying under the name of The Snyder Farm Group (five families make up the group) contracted with Tioga Energy Partners (based in Texas) to drill a fracked Utica Shale well, and follow it up with drilling a fracked Marcellus Shale well, using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane) and sand (see NY Landowners File to Frack Horizontal Well w/Waterless Tech and NY Heroes: More Details on NY Propane Fracking Proposal). The wells will not use water for fracking--and therefore, according to the landowners, avoid the ban on high volume fracking recently imposed by Andrew Cuomo. It's just coming to light that last month the DEC issued a "notice of incomplete application" for the proposal (see a copy below) and requested more information on things as truck traffic, how long it will take to frack, the type of storage tanks that will be used, etc. This is more Cuomo tried and true delay as long as you can, then delay some more. It's always worked so well for the corrupt Cuomo, why not keep doing it? Here's the details...

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