Adirondack Mountain Club * Adirondack Council * Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve * Advocates for Cherry Valley

* American Lung Association of the Northeast * Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy * Catskill Mountainkeeper * Center for Environmental Health * Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY * Citizens Environmental Coalition * Citizen Action of New York * Citizens For Water * City of Buffalo Environmental Management Commission * Clean and Healthy New York * Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes * Common Cause NY * Concerned Citizens of Otego * Concerned Health Professionals of New York * Consumers Union * CWA District One * Damascus Citizens for Sustainability * Delaware Riverkeeper Network * Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition * Earthworks * Empire State Consumer Project * Environmental Advocates of New York * Environmental Integrity Project * Fiscal Policy Institute * Gas Drilling Awareness for Cortland County * Healthy Schools Network * Hudson River Sloop Clearwater * Hunger Action Network * Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Inc * Labor Religion Coalition * Long Island Environmental Voters Forum * Long Island Pine Barrens Society * Long Term Care Community Coalition * Marcellus Accountability Project * Middlefield Neighbors * MoveOn.org * Natural Resources Defense Council * New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage * New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness * New Yorker Lawyers for the Public Interest * New York Public Interest Research Group * NYH2o * NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers * Otsego 2000 * Otsego Neighbors * Police Benevolent Association of New York State * Riverkeeper * Residents Opposing Unsafe ShaleGas Extraction * Shaleshock of Central New York * Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter * Southern Cayuga Anti-Fracking Alliance * Sullivan Area Citizens for Responsible Energy Development * Tri-State Transportation Campaign * Working Families Party

January 17, 2014 Senator Skelos Legislative Office Building, Room 909 Albany, NY 12247 Senator Klein Legislative Office Building, Room 913 Albany, NY 12247 Dear Senators Skelos and Klein: The regulatory rollback package proposed by the Majority Coalition is dangerous public policy and we urge you to withdraw the bills in the interest of public health, communities, and the

environment. The proposal would undermine longstanding, finely-tuned public interest protections, by creating a fast-track process favorable to commercial interests that is not conducive to fair, informed treatment of environmental, consumer and public health concerns.!! Regulations cannot be promulgated on a whim. They often are in response to statutory obligations. Agencies, comprising practicing experts, follow the science and the law when adopting standards to protect public health, worker safety, the environment, and our communities. State law then requires that agencies follow a rigorous process that provides for public review and opportunity to comment, thereby ensuring public and affected industry involvement in promulgating regulations. Should the Legislature ultimately believe that agencies are not properly interpreting statutory authority, it may amend laws to address any issues. Special interests complain that regulations cost them too much, but that narrow view discounts well documented benefits to the people, the air, the water, and the lands of New York State. Many of the standards are critical to keeping our air breathable, our water drinkable, and our workplaces safe. Without them, New York would not be an attractive place to live, work, or do business. We urge that you table these proposals. Sincerely,

Neil F. Woodworth Executive Director and Counsel Adirondack Mountain Club David Gibson, Partner Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve Michael Seilback Vice President, Public Policy & Communications American Lung Association of the Northeast Wes Gillingham Program Director Catskill Mountainkeeper Susan Dooha Executive Director Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY

Diane Fish Deputy Director The Adirondack Council Lynn Marsh, President Advocates for Cherry Valley Jill Wiener Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy

Ansje Miller Eastern States Director, Center for Environmental Health Barbara Warren Executive Director Citizens' Environmental Coalition

Bob Cohen, Esq. Policy Director Citizen Action of New York and Public Policy and Education Fund Joseph A. Gardella, Jr., Ph.D. Representing: Chair, City of Buffalo Environmental Management Commission (BEMC) Melanie Steinberg Outreach Coordinator Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes Dennis Higgins Concerned Citizens of Otego Chuck Bell Programs Director Consumers Union B. Arrindell Director Damascus Citizens for Sustainability Judith Pierpont Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition (DRAC)

Joe Levine Director Citizens For Water

Kathleen A. Curtis, LPN Executive Director Clean and Healthy New York

Susan Lerner Executive Director Common Cause NY Mary Menapace Concerned Health Professionals of New York Bob Master Legislative/Political & Mobilization Director CWA District One Tracy Carluccio Deputy Director Delaware Riverkeeper Network Nadia Steinzor Eastern Program Coordinator Earthworks Peter Iwanowicz Executive Director Environmental Advocates of New York Fred Floss Executive Director Fiscal Policy Institute Claire L. Barnett, MBA Founder and Executive Director Healthy Schools Network, Inc. Mark Dunlea Executive Director Hunger Action Network of NYS Sara Niccoli Executive Director

Judy Braiman President Empire State Consumer Project Eric Schaeffer Director Environmental Integrity Project Sheila Cohen Gas Drilling Awareness for Cortland County

Manna Jo Greene Environmental Director Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Karen Joy Miller President

Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Inc. Jennifer Juengst President Long Island Environmental Voters Forum Richard Mollot Executive Director Long Term Care Community Coalition Kelly Branigan, RN Middlefield Neighbors

Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State Richard Amper Executive Director Long Island Pine Barrens Society Sandy Podulka Marcellus Accountability Project

Sandy Weber Regional Organizer MoveOn.org Heidi Siegfried, Esq, Project Director New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage

Frances Beinecke Executive Director Natural Resources Defense Council

Ronald Deutsch Executive Director New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness Laura Haight Senior Environmental Associate New York Public Interest Research Group Buck Moorhead Chair NYH2o Nicole A. Dillingham, J. D Otsego 2000, Inc. Paul Gallay President and Hudson Riverkeeper Riverkeeper

Miranda Massie General Counsel and Legal Director New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Michelle J. Stern Executive Director NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers Lawrence DiDonato Police Benevolent Association of New York State ! Thomas Huntsman, MD Otsego Neighbors

Roger Downs Conservation Director Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Karen London Sullivan Area Citizens for Responsible Energy Development Bill Lipton New York State Director Working Families Party

Hugh Kimball Shaleshock of Central New York Veronica Vanterpool Executive Director Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Lou Allstdat Trustee of the Village of Cooperstown Ronald Lytel Ronald L. Lytel Design

Julie Huntsman Councilmember Town of Otsego Beth Olearczyk, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians of Surgeons, New York, NY Attending Physician, Department of Medicine. Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY The Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes Pastor First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown

Allegra Schecter Roseboom Town Council