Protect the Upper Delaware River Watershed from Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling

Stone Energy Corporation is requesting permits for two Marcellus Shale gas drilling projects in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. One is to legalize a natural gas exploration and development project at an existing well site and the other permit seeks to withdraw 700,000 gallons of water per day from the West Branch of the Lackawaxen River, a high-quality coldwater fishery.

Please tell the DRBC before March 12 not to issue any permits for Marcellus Shale gas drilling activities in the Delaware River watershed until it is has adopted 1) new regulations that include an analysis of, and take into account, the anticipated cumulative impacts of all gas drilling activities in the Delaware River watershed, and 2) an ecologically protective flow management plan for the Upper Delaware River.

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