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Zoning Bulletin <br />September 10, 2012 1 Volume 6 Issue 17 <br />Zoning News from Around the Nation <br />NEW YORK <br />Reportedly, Lenape Resources, a natural gas drilling company, is <br />threatening to sue if New York regulators do not end moratoriums on <br />horizontal drilling and high -volume fracturing (i.e., "fracking"). John <br />Holko, president of Lenape Resources, argues that such moratoriums <br />violate a 1981 law that says state rules supersede local ordinances in <br />the regulation of gas development. Lenape argues that the state's <br />Department of Environmental Conservation has an obligation to take <br />enforcement action against towns that ban drilling. <br />Source: The Republic; htty://www.therevublic.com <br />The Cape Vincent Town Council has voted to adopt a new zoning <br />law that includes strict restrictions on wind turbines. <br />Source: WR VO; www. wrvo. fm <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />On June 30, 2012, "state legislators slipped a ban on drilling in the <br />South Newark Basin into a tax law, which passed. The ban on granting <br />drilling permits will extend to 2018 to give the state time to evaluate <br />the potential of the reserves and the impact on the environment." <br />Reportedly, the ban "was also an attempt to protect the region from the <br />new natural gas development law, Act 13." <br />Source: Warminster Patch; http://warminsterpatch.com <br />© 2012 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />