ALBANY (AP) -- Landowners along New York's southern border who support natural gas drilling are cheered by reports that the Cuomo administration is considering allowing hydraulic fracturing on a limited basis only in towns that want it.
The New York Times on Wednesday quotes a senior official at the state Department of Environmental Conservation as saying the administration is pursuing a plan to limit the controversial shale gas drilling technology to portions of Broome, Chenango, Steuben and Tioga counties. That's the part of the Marcellus Shale considered most likely to yield significant quantities of natural gas.
The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York, which is seeking to lease land for drilling, has persuaded several dozen towns to pass resolutions supporting drilling. Many more towns have passed bans or moratoriums on drilling.
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