Looking Down from Above: Mapping Potential Drilling Activity in Tompkins County How would the Town of Enfield look with active drilling in the area?
Thursday August 25, 7:00-9:00pm Enfield Community Building – 2nd Floor 182 Enfield Main Rd.
Presenters from the Tompkins County Council of Governments Task Force on Gas Drilling: Darby Kiley – Tompkins County Planner Art Pearce – Task Force Member •
See aerial views of landscapes in states where drilling is active.
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Envision where well pads might go in Tompkins County and the Town of Enfield given 40 acre drilling units versus 640 acre units.
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Referring to currently proposed NYS DEC regulations, see well placement possibilities as they relate to houses, streams, steep slopes and schools.
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Understand how access roads and pipelines affect the landscape.
Using the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s draft supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement GEIS, the Tompkins County Council of Government’s Mapping Working Group has developed a set of photos and maps to help residents visualize how drilling might change the landscape in this county. Based on rates of drilling development in Pennsylvania and using experts in Geographic Information Systems, the group hopes to provide a quick tour of areas where drilling is already active and what it might mean to our area.