The fracking ban won't really take effect until the Department of Environmental Conservation says so. In order for the DEC to formally enact the ban, it needs to complete the supplemental generic environmental impact statement, which over the last six years has actually recommended fracking in certain areas of New York, provided safeguards were put into place, NBC Buffalo reported.
The manor in which the DEC changes the impact statement to reflect the new ban could also lead to lawsuits from those in support of fracking, NBC Buffalo said.
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