![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
DEC extends public comment period on the future of the Marcellus Shale
Thomas F. O'Mara
![](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/Cross-Creek-Park_rig_3_0.jpg?itok=_ekUI1B_)
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced yesterday that the comment period for the public to weigh in on the future of the Marcellus Shale until January 11, 2012.
Share this In the News
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom![“The public has a right to know and, most importantly, a right to the protection this registry would provide. The Assembly Democrat leadership needs to start putting victims’ rights ahead of violent criminals,” said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/domesticviolence_newweb_0.jpg?itok=IyyxLbvG)
!["This legislation offers a commonsense, proactive, economically and environmentally sound approach to managing photovoltaic waste and keeping it out of landfills,” said Senator O’Mara, Chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/cleanenergy_1.jpg?itok=M_UzgSUi)
![Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/weeklycolumn-image2_53.jpg?itok=DJOAI0X0)