Gov. Cuomo may soon be forced to make a fracking decision.
A little-known bankrupt energy company plans to sue the governor and his Department of Environmental Protection if the state doesn’t shortly reveal when it will conclude its long-overdue review of the fracking process, according to a letter sent to Albany leaders on Monday.
Lawyers for Norse Energy Corp., which went bankrupt waiting for state leaders to make up their minds on whether to green-light fracking, are demanding DEP Commissioner Joseph Martens respond “within two weeks” and tell them when the environmental review will be complete — or they will take the matter to the courts, according to the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.
The DEP put out a draft impact statement more than four years ago, in September 2009. Norse has applied for 27 fracking permits.
Pro-fracking advocates believe Cuomo has delayed making a decision to avoid alienating environmentalists and drillers.