In the revised version of the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement, released in
June and September, 2011, the NY DEC has recommended that neither Marcellus Shale drilling nor its
associated surface disturbances be permitted within 4,000 feet of either the Delaware/ Catskill watershed,
which supplies unfiltered water to New York City, or around Skaneateles Lake, which supplies unfiltered
water to Syracuse. Why?