Public Hearing: Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Techniques

ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

SUBJECT:

Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Techniques

PURPOSE:

To review the potential health effects of hydraulic fracturing techniques used in natural gas and oil drilling.

ALBANY
Thursday
May 26, 2011
9:30 a.m.
Hamilton Hearing Room B, 2nd Floor
Legislative Office Building
(Oral Testimony by Invitation Only)

Hydraulic fracturing involves the high-pressure injection of water and chemicals into rock to stimulate the production of oil and gas. There are a number of concerns regarding the potential health effects of exposure to such chemicals. This hearing will examine those potential health effects.
Oral testimony will be accepted by invitation only. Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committees would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.
In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Robert K. Sweeney
Member of Assembly
Chairman
Committee on Environmental Conservation

Richard N. Gottfried
Member of Assembly
Chairman
Committee on Health