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CommissionerJosephMartensJuly31,2012NewYorkStateDepartmentofEnvironmentalConservation625BroadwayAlbany,NY12233-0001Re:Lettertoyou(datedJuly26,2012)fromLenapeResourcesregardingAvon,NYLocalLawDearCommissionerMartens:IaminreceiptofacopyofaletterdatedJuly26,2012,addressedtoyou,inwhich(the“July26Letter”)LenapeResources,Inc.(“Lenape”)requeststhattheDECtakecertainactions,includingcertainlegalactions.IdonotrepresenttheTownofAvon.IamwritingyounowsoastoputtheDECon
formalnotice
astocertainfactualandlegalmattersthatproperlyoughttobeconsideredbyyouinconnectionwiththeDEC’sevaluationoftherequestsmadebyLenapeintheJuly26Letter.Outofrespectforyourtime,Ishallbebriefandtothepoint.
ByitsJuly26LetterLenapemakesmultiple,materialmisrepresentationsoffactandlaw,andomitsmaterialfactsnecessarytomakestatementsinthatLetternotmisleading.
ItappearsthatLenapehasmadethesematerialmisrepresentationsandomissionsinawrongfulattempttoinfluencetheDECtoundertakecertainpolicyandlegalactionsthatLenapehascalculatedwillserveitsfinancialinterests.Lenape’sstatementsandomissionsaremateriallymisleadinganddeceptiveasfollows:1.ItisafactthattheTownofAvonlawofwhichLenapecomplainsbyitsverytermsdoesnotaffectoperationofLenape’swellsasattheenactmentofthatLaw.GiventhespecificandparticularcircumstancessurroundingenactmentofthatLaw,itisnot
crediblethatLenapecouldnotknowthatitsoperationsinplaceatthetimeofenactmentoftheLawarenotaffectedbytheLaw.Similarly,itisnotcrediblethatLenapecouldingoodfaithbelievethatcontinuingtoconductoperations(ofthesamenatureasconductedasofenactmentofthecomplained-of-Law)atthe(legallyunaffected)wells“maywell”constituteaviolationofthatLaw,orcouldsubjectLenapepersonnel“toarrest,finesandpossiblyjailtime.”Lenapeisengaginginfraudulentanddeceptiveconductbydeliberatelymisrepresentingtheaffectofthecomplained-of-Lawuponits