NYDEC Drilling Decision

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) has decided to require an environmental impact review for each well proposed to be sited in the Catskills watershed, according to this article in the NYT.  One probable reason:  "The decision by the State Department of Environmental Conservation also means that New York City will not have to worry about spending billions of dollars on a filtration plant to protect its water supply from possible contamination by the drilling."