Is Fracking Safe? @GADCLuzerneCounty

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From the documentary "The Ethics of Fracking" by Scott Cannon

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling - Director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Re-constructionist Rabbinical College

Marleen A. Troy, Ph. D. - Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Wilkes University

Bernard G. Prusak - Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at King's College The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf

$Is Fracking Safe? From the documentary The Ethics of Fracking by Scott Cannon Rabbi Mordechai Liebling - Director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Re-constructionist Rabbinical College Marleen A. Troy, Ph. D. - Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Wilkes University Bernard G. Prusak - Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at Kings College The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $VOCs in Emissions PVR Partners Chief Chapin Glycol Dehydration Unit Monroe Twp., PA In March, a glycol dehydration station was permitted on Monroe Township, PA, just off Rt 309 near the Beaumont Inn. The expert witness from Chief Gathering, told the zoning board and a resident who asked the question if the unit would emit benzene, toluene, or formaldehyde, he said that the station will emit only methane. The woman also asked if the emissions would affect her childrens asthma problems, she was I dont believe it does. This sounded wrong considering the research Ive done on these facilities, so I did a file review (which the DEP wants to do away with) and sent the information to two experts. Heres what they told me in regards to the expert testimony of the Chief employee under oath: Matt Walker, Clean Air Council mwalker@cleanair.org These are some photos that Scott took at DEPs office the tables show that not only methane would be emitted from the facility. This was a lie. This facility would emit quite a bit less than a compressor station would (which also usually include dehydrators), but keep in mind that recent research shows that low-level exposure to VOCs can be more damaging than higher levels, and that all emissions from this type of equipment add up fast. This is one facility among many that already exist or are projected for the area. Wilma Subra SubraCom@aol.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Subra I reviewed the information you provided. The permit limit allows VOC in the amount to 2 grams per bhp per hour. The overall permit limit for VOC (Volatile Organic Chemicals) in the permit is 10 tons per year. This is from the glycol dehydrators. The VOCs consist of benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, as well as a large number of other volatile compounds. The VOC emissions are described as total uncontrolled potential emissions rate of VOC must not exceed 10 tons/year. The statement that no benzene or toluene will be present in the emissions is not correct. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $FERC Hearing Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Lehman PA Scott Cannon 1st Dean Marshall 3:12 Adam Hahz 9:30 Rebecca Roter 14:32 Barbara Clifford 19:35 Duke Barrett 22:47 Andrew Kuklis 26:30 Julio Palomo Labor Union 34:47 Dave Horn Labor Union37:33 Dr. Thomas Byron 39:25 Joan Byron 42:59 Spencer Johnson 45:50 David Baloga 49:45 Audrey Gozdiskowski 58:28 John Friedberg 1:04:24 Alex Lotorto 1:09:40 LEHMAN TWP. — David Baloga told federal employees at a Thursday hearing he has lived with a pipeline under his front yard for years with no trouble. He’s just not crazy about the idea of another one. “We have runoff problems and trespassing problems already,” Baloga, of Lake Township, said. “It’s not gonna get any better, obviously, by doubling up.” The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held a hearing, or public scoping session, in Lake-Lehman High School Thursday night to take public comment on the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline expansion project. Plans, still in their infancy, show new pipelines laid through Wyoming and Luzerne counties to carry natural gas harvested in Northeastern Pennsylvania to a main pipeline artery where it passes through Lancaster County. Atlantic Sunrise is being proposed by the company Williams, which also owns and operates the Transco. Portions of the Transco have been operating in Luzerne County for more than 50 years. The scoping session was part of a series of sessions throughout the region where the pipeline is to be laid. FERC will end its scoping period on Aug. 18 before publishing its draft environmental impact statement for the five-member commission to consider. There will be more opportunity for the public to comment, and a Williams employee at the meeting said certainly they will be considered; however, FERC recommends it is best to submit comments by mail or online at www.ferc.gov to make sure they each receive adequate attention. Before Williams workers can begin the $3 billion project, the company needs a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from FERC, at which point the company will have eminent domain authority to purchase property the federal government has approved. Williams has yet to formally apply for the certificate, but plans to do so in March next year. If all goes according to plan, the company aspires to turn on the pipeline July 1, 2017. Hundreds of comments already have been recorded in this process. Apart from two representatives from the Laborers Union of North America, the dozen or so speakers to take the stand didn’t speak kindly of the project, and jeers followed comments made by union spokesman Julio Palomo who said the project would be a boon for its members by putting them to work. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Rally in Dimock WBRE WNEP 11 pm 12_6_11 A few residents in Susquehanna County find themselves in the middle of what is becoming a national controversy. A natural gas company that is drilling in the area had been supplying the homes with fresh drinking water, but the company has stopped, saying the communitys well water is safe. So many people disagree, however, that fresh water supplies are now starting to come in from some unlikely sources. A water truck from the city of Binghamton, New York showed up on Carter Road in Dimock Monday to deliver water. The mayor of Binghamton heard about Cabot Oil and Gas stopping water deliveries and said he wanted to help, and thats not the only out-of-stater getting involved in this situation. Its certainly not the Binghamton city streets this crew is used to. A water truck from the city 33 miles to the north was making its way from home to home along Carter Road near Dimock delivering water. That is what Cabot Oil and Gas was doing up until last Wednesday when the the state DEP said it no longer had to deliver water to residents on the road. I used what we had sparingly. Were just at the bottom now. If it didnt come today, I was out of water, said Carter Road resident Ray Hubert. Binghamtons mayor, an environmental lawyer, said this is just one community helping a neighbor, but Carter Road has become a national symbol for environmental groups. People there have been in a dispute with Cabot for three years. They said drilling contaminated their wells. Cabot said it didnt. Cabot said it has done the work to make well water there safe. DEP doesnt want a drink, EPA doesnt want a drink. Nobody wants a drink of it but they say I can. Hows that make sense, huh? Hubert asked. Other municipalities in New York state also said they are considering sending water trucks to Dimock. There are environmental groups lining up too, to help the people there get their water. No doubt the people up there treat us better than my own neighbors, thats sad to say, said Carter Road resident Craig Sautner. The water truck came to the Sautners house too. Another one is coming Tuesday. Celebrities and politicians are sending that one from New York City. The Sautners are heading to be part of that media event in the Big Apple. Right now, New York state is considering lifting a ban on gas drilling. The New Yorkers, they havent had any problems yet. They realize whats going on here. They come down and want to help us. We appreciate it, said Julie Sautner. The Sierra Club paid for Binghamtons water delivery Monday to avoid any legal obstacles involved in one municipality delivering water to another. Some Carter Road residents think Dimock Township supervisors tried to obstruct that. Supervisors said they did not. At a packed meeting Monday night, the township supervisors voted unanimously to not request mutual aid for water delivery. Most people who spoke at the meeting were against having water delivered from other municipalities. It has nothing to do with us, we all have private wells in Dimock Township and we have nothing to do with where they get their water delivered. We all pay our taxes, said Lettie Ellis of DImock Township. The mayor of Binghamton was at the township meeting. After the meeting, he promised some residents to continue trying to help. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Fracking boom in Ohio Fracking is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of bedrock formations by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of fracking fluid into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep-rock formations through which natural gas, petroleum, and brine will flow more freely.$ $Scranton Standing up for Standing Rock News Clips Description The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$

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$Doug Shields at Stop the Frack Attack http://www.gdacoalition.org A video by Scott Cannon Stop the Frack Attack was the clear message sent by some 5,000 protesters at the first national demonstration against hydraulic fracturing held in front of the Capitol Building July 28. Under a blistering hot sun the fractivists, as they are known, from 30 states and Australia demanded an end to the new process for deep shale gas exploitation that harms public health, water, and air. The opinions expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Geri Caine French and Quebec Delegation, Health Impacts of Natural Gas Development Our group consisted of 24 Quebecers oppose the coming of industry and 21 French from France. 12 of these are part of a French association No Fracking France and 9 are elected in a region called Lot-et-Garonne in the southwest of France. sur cette technique dextraction , dexploration et dexp loitation dhydrocarbures liquides ou gazeux de roche-mère, Gaz et pétrole de schiste, de grès, de houille technique controversée, appelée, FRACKING, FRACK, Fracturation hydraulique. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$

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$Fracking Chemicals Are Contaminating Children & Migrant Children Detention Expanded Under Biden fracking, also spelled fracing or fraccing, also called hydrofracking, in full hydraulic fracturing, in natural gas and petroleum production, injection of a fluid at high pressure into an underground rock formation in order to open fissures and allow trapped gas or crude oil to flow through a pipe to a wellhead at the surface. Employed in combination with improved techniques for drilling horizontally through selected rock layers, fracking has opened up vast natural gas deposits in the United States and elsewhere. At the same time, the rapid rise of the practice, frequently in regions with no history of intensive oil and gas drilling, has raised concerns over its economic and environmental consequences. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $SRBC Public Comments Part 2 At a meeting on December 15, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) was to consider several water withdrawal applications from gas operators, and vote on proposed regulations that speed up approvals of gas development projects and the transport of hazardous drilling wastewater. Jay Sweeney, who testified at the hearing, filed this report: There was about an hour or two of awesome testimony. All opposing the withdrawals. After a break they began reviewing the applications one by one. One was recommended to be denied and a couple reduced volumes of water withdrawal, but, when they continued to recommend applications the crowd got confrontational. There were questions, calling out, finally a mic check. It ended in shouts of Whose water? Our water. The chairwoman called for a motion to approve the applications. There was a motion, a second, a vote and the meeting was adjourned. Then a demonstration ensued! This is what happened (see video above). People care about the river, and they care about water. Today they spoke up. Background: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission coordinates the use of water resources among Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania—the three states across which the river flows for over 400 miles—and the federal government. The Commissions work is governed by a Compact adopted in 1970 by the U.S. Congress and legislatures of the three member states. In November, the SRBC received a letter signed by more than 40 organizations across the region urging the Commission to stop its rulemaking on gas drilling until it conducts necessary comprehensive environmental studies. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$