The Tuttle Story, Fracked Gas Infrastructure Problems @GADCLuzerneCounty

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Clean Air Council produced stories about people living with problems and health concerns near compressor stations pipelines, and other natural gas facilities. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf

$The Tuttle Story, Fracked Gas Infrastructure Problems Clean Air Council produced stories about people living with problems and health concerns near compressor stations pipelines, and other natural gas facilities. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Jameson Lisak at Stop the Frack Attack Rally http://www.gdacoalition.org A video by Scott Cannon Stop the Frack Attack was the clear message sent by some 5,000 protesters at the first national demonstration against hydraulic fracturing held in front of the Capitol Building July 28. Under a blistering hot sun the fractivists, as they are known, from 30 states and Australia demanded an end to the new process for deep shale gas exploitation that harms public health, water, and air. The opinions expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Families Speak Out On Health Problems Linked to Fracking fracking, also spelled fracing or fraccing, also called hydrofracking, in full hydraulic fracturing, in natural gas and petroleum production, injection of a fluid at high pressure into an underground rock formation in order to open fissures and allow trapped gas or crude oil to flow through a pipe to a wellhead at the surface. Employed in combination with improved techniques for drilling horizontally through selected rock layers, fracking has opened up vast natural gas deposits in the United States and elsewhere. At the same time, the rapid rise of the practice, frequently in regions with no history of intensive oil and gas drilling, has raised concerns over its economic and environmental consequences. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Closing Arguments Chief Gas Metering Station, Dallas, PA Gas facility arguments conclude Dallas Twp. zoning hearing board will decide on Chief Gathering application Dec. 7. By Sarah Hite shite@timesleader.com Staff Writer DALLAS TWP. The final witness testified and closing arguments were presented Tuesday at a zoning hearing for Chief Gathering LLCs application to build a natural gas metering station off Hildebrandt Road. click image to enlarge Select images available for purchase in the Times Leader Photo StoreThe zoning hearing board will decide on the application at 6 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Sandy & Marlene Insalaco Hall at Misericordia University. Sonia Maslowski, of Fairground Road, said she had concerns about worksite safety, property devaluation, traffic and the effect an influx of workers from outside the area would have on her family and property located about 600 feet from the proposed site. Maslowski said her residence is the closest in proximity to the site, a fact that she felt Chiefs paid expert witnesses may have elected to ignore. She said the only safe option is to move the site to an area where there are fewer residences and no schools. Chiefs application for a special exception outlines the details of a metering station that would be about 1,300 feet from the Dallas School District campus. The meter would measure gas flowing through a not-yet-built Chief pipeline that will tap into the Transco interstate pipeline that runs through the township. Attorney Mark McNealis, who represents the Maslowski and Dottor families, said in his closing arguments the application doesnt apply to the criteria for special exceptions because he felt the type of activity was already addressed in the zoning ordinance. He said the metering station would fit into the definition of heavy industrial use, which would deem the activity be moved to an industrial zone. Chiefs facility would be in an agricultural zone. Attorney Tim Kelly, who represents the Dallas Parents-Taxpayer Group composed of several citizens, agreed with McNealis and also said the activity is hazardous to the community and the health of its citizens. Chief attorney Ken Komoroski said that while Chief has taken part in the proceedings under protest, the company has tried to address all concerns raised, especially safety issues. He said the company heard from opposing witnesses who mischaracterized testimony and misstated facts as presented, and he hoped the board would not be swayed or deterred by those witnesses in its decision. Read more: http://www.timesleader.com/news/Gas_facility_arguments_conclude_11-02-2011.html#ixzz1cY2COyu4 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$ $Garth Everett, Where Are You? WNEP Riverdale Story 5/23/12 Residents are being evicted for fracking operations. Some cant afford to move. We sent a petition with 140 signatures to their state rep. Garth Everett, Republican, 84th District, to help. He wont talk with us. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Dayne Pratzky at Stop the Frack Attack http://www.gdacoalition.org A video by Scott Cannon Stop the Frack Attack was the clear message sent by some 5,000 protesters at the first national demonstration against hydraulic fracturing held in front of the Capitol Building July 28. Under a blistering hot sun the fractivists, as they are known, from 30 states and Australia demanded an end to the new process for deep shale gas exploitation that harms public health, water, and air. The opinions expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Fracking Construction Escalates Next to Colorado School The Costs of Fracking Add Up Fracking damages the environment, threatens public health, and affects communities in ways that can impose a multitude of costs: Drinking water contamination – Fracking brings with it the potential for spills, blowouts and well failures that contaminate groundwater supplies. Cleanup of drinking water contamination is so expensive that it is rarely even attempted. In Dimock, Pennsylvania, Cabot Oil & Gas reported having spent $109,000 on systems to remove methane from well water for 14 local households, while in Colorado, cleanup of an underground gas seep has been ongoing for eight years at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more. The provision of temporary replacement water supplies is also expensive. Cabot Oil & Gas reported having spent at least $193,000 on replacement water for homes with contaminated water in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Health care costs – Toxic substances in fracking fluid and wastewater – as well as air pollution from trucks, equipment and the wells themselves – have been linked to a variety of negative health effects. Residents living near fracking sites have long suffered from a range of health problems, including headaches, eye irritation, respiratory problems and nausea – potentially imposing economic costs ranging from health care costs to workplace absenteeism and reduced productivity. Fracking and associated activities also produce pollution that contributes to the formation of ozone smog and particulate soot. Air pollution from gas drilling in Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale region imposed estimated public health costs of more than $10 million in 2008. Habitat destruction and natural resources impacts – Fracking converts rural and natural areas into industrial zones, replacing forest and farm land with well pads, roads, pipelines and other infrastructure, and damaging precious natural resources. The clearance of forest land in Pennsylvania for fracking is projected to lead to increased delivery of nutrient pollution to the Chesapeake Bay, which already suffers from a vast nutrient-generated dead zone. The cost of reducing the same amount of pollution as could be generated by fracking would be approximately $1.5 million to $4 million per year. Gas operations in Wyoming have fragmented key habitat for mule deer and pronghorn, which are important draws for the state’s $340 million hunting and wildlife watching industries. The mule deer population in one area undergoing extensive gas extraction dropped by 56 percent between 2001 and 2010. Impacts on public infrastructure and services – Fracking strains infrastructure and public services and imposes cleanup costs that can fall on taxpayers. The truck traffic needed to deliver water to a single fracking well causes as much damage to local roads as nearly 3.5 million car trips. The state of Texas has approved $40 million in funding for road repairs in the Barnett Shale region, while Pennsylvania estimated in 2010 that $265 million would be needed to repair damaged roads in the Marcellus Shale region. The need for vast amounts of water for fracking is driving demand for new water infrastructure in arid regions of the country. Texas’ official State Water Plan calls for the expenditure of $400 million on projects to support the mining sector over the next 50 years, with fracking projected to account for 42 percent of mining water use by 2020. Fracking can leave lasting negative economic impacts Fracking can undercut the long-term economic prospects of areas where it takes place. A 2008 study found that Western counties that have relied on fossil fuel extraction are doing worse economically compared with peer communities and are less well-prepared for growth in the future. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Cleaner Act Press Conference Matt Cartwright Fracking Video by Scott Cannon Fast Facts: The CLEANER Act Congressmen Matt Cartwright and Jared Huffman introduce legislation ensure hazardous waste is disposed of properly. Issue: A Hazardous Exemption The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires the safe disposal of solid waste and hazardous materials. In 1980, RCRA was amended to exempt waste from the production and development of oil and natural gas (E&P waste) and geothermal waste. In 1988, the EPA issued a regulatory determination further exempting these wastes from RCRAs most stringent safety requirements. This left the task of regulating disposal of these wastes to states, with mixed results. Recent reports show the extent of the problem and highlight the potentially fatal consequences. Problem: Industry Waste Endangers Public Health and the Environment The regulatory determination was issued before the use of fracking, which uses particularly toxic materials, had become commonplace. Yet fracking remains exempt from RCRAs Subtitle C standards for safe disposal of hazardous waste. This means less scrutiny on the industrys waste disposal practices, posing unnecessary risk to public health and the environment. Exempted E&P waste includes: drilling fluids and cuttings, produced water, used hydraulic fracturing fluids, rigwash, workover wastes, tank bottom sludge, glycol-based dehydration wastes, amine-containing sweetening wastes, hydrocarbon-bearing soil, and many other individual waste products. In its 1988 Regulatory Determination, EPA admitted that E&P wastes contain toxic substances that endanger both human health and the environment and cause cancer. Despite noting that the benzene, phenanthrene, lead, arsenic, barium, antimony, fluoride, and uranium found in E&P wastes are of major concern and present at levels that exceed 100 times EPAs health based standards1, oil and gas companies are currently excused from requirements to dispose of them safely. Widespread evidence suggests public exposure to these toxins through air, soil, and local water sources. Simple Solution: Hold Producers to the Same Standard as Other Industries Regardless of which industry produces these harmful substances as waste, no one wants them in their drinking water. Fortunately, there is a simple solution: we must act today to eliminate this dangerous exemption. The CLEANER Act eliminates this 33 year old loophole to account changing technology and economic realities and protects public health and the environment from irreparable harm. 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$ $Arcuri Smith Benton Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Pipeline Issues Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline and its effects on local residents. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Ray Kemble French and Quebec Delegation, Health Impacts of Natural Gas Development Our group consisted of 24 Quebecers oppose the coming of industry and 21 French from France. 12 of these are part of a French association No Fracking France and 9 are elected in a region called Lot-et-Garonne in the southwest of France. sur cette technique dextraction , dexploration et dexp loitation dhydrocarbures liquides ou gazeux de roche-mère, Gaz et pétrole de schiste, de grès, de houille technique controversée, appelée, FRACKING, FRACK, Fracturation hydraulique. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Robert Kennedy Jr Dimock Craig Stevens part 3 2 19 24 It’s interesting to see how these two perspectives on fracking are playing out in Pennsylvania. Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK Jr.) visit to Dimock on February 19, 2024 highlights the ongoing health and water contamination concerns linked to fracking, which have been well-documented in that area. His messaging aligns with environmental advocates who have long warned about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. On the other hand, the push by Congressman Rob Bresnahan and Trump’s EPA head, Lee Zeldin, to lift the fracking ban in the Delaware Watershed shows a continuation of the pro-fossil fuel stance associated with Trump-era policies. If they succeed, it could open up new fracking opportunities in a region that supplies drinking water to millions of people. It’s a stark contrast in the Trump administration—one side arguing that fracking is making people sick, and the other pushing for deregulation to expand it. Given the history of fracking-related pollution in Pennsylvania, it’s likely to be a heated debate, especially in communities already dealing with contamination. This video contains the raw footage interviews from RFK’s visit to Dimock.$ $Salem Township Zoning Approval of Moxie Plant WNEP A proposed power plant for a part of Luzerne County has cleared another hurdle in becoming a reality. Moxie Energy wants to build that plant in Salem Township and at a public hearing Wednesday night the township supervisors approved a conditional use permit for that site. The proposed site is in a rural part of Salem Township and Moxie wants to build a natural gas fuel plant that it says would produce up to 900 megawatts of electricity. Moxie came before the Salem Township supervisors where it was approved for a conditional use permit for that land, but the project already has the disapproval of residents. “I’m very aware that these power plants have severe negative impacts on air quality and I think the community does not have all the information before being involved in the decision making in this process,” said Deirdre Lally. Residents say they`re already living under the cooling towers of the PPL nuclear power plant and they do not want yet other energy plant near their homes. “In Salem Township we already have a nuclear plant which has a lot of nuclear waste that we`re dealing with, so I have a concern about this,” said Cinda Hartman. “They`re going to use our water. They`re going to depreciate our land value and I don`t think it should be here. Build it somewhere else,” said Gary Sullivan. Moxie says its plant would only use a fraction of the water the nuclear plant uses since it doesn’t need water for cooling purposes. And it will not be installing any new power lines. It will ones already in place. “The transmission lines are already at the site so we have a new substation built, a new switchyard built to connect the power generation facility to the existing lines, so we`re not building new transmission lines,” said Aaron Siamson, the CEO of Moxie. Salem Township supervisors say Moxie still needs to get several other permits approved, both from the township and the state, but the project has the official go-ahead. 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$