tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43106882205374859002024-03-14T04:31:14.373-04:00Citizen SaneCitizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-28507845185380138252016-06-20T13:26:00.000-04:002016-06-20T13:26:03.932-04:00The Politics of Water Contamination in a Rigged Economy<b>The Politics of Water Contamination in a Rigged Economy</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">From The Frontlines:</span></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Just as in Flint Mi, watch powerful, well heeled corporate interests, conspire to persuade the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to betray the public trust at a public hearing of the EPA's Science Advisory Board on June 14th and 15th, 2016</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This time it's the titans of the Fossil Fuel Industry dispassionately testifying that widespread, irreversible water contamination in places like Dimock, PA is simply not a result of hydrofracking….</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Really?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Environmental Activists provide stark testimony that the EPA has colluded with the Fossil Fuel Industry and arrogated their responsibility to protect citizens.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">ASK YOURSELF - WHY? WHO BENEFITS!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Follow the money and you will see the rigged economy at work. - Jay Wilcox</span><br />
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-2896376127891090472016-06-20T13:19:00.000-04:002016-06-20T13:19:03.118-04:00Rift Continues Between Drillers & Landowners re Royalty Bill<h2 style="background-color: #e5e5e5; clear: both; color: #515151; font-family: arial; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Or was the "smack" delivered through their legislative shills like Gene Yaw, Joe Scarnatti, Mike Turzai, and Jeff Pyle? I was wondering, is this one of those pieces of legislation that gets introduced on behalf of the constituents - so the legislator could say "<i style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">I tried</i>", knowing full well it won't pass? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By the way, landowners being screwed out of royalty payments is merely one reason <span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_5454" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;">"<span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_4899" style="background-color: #ededed; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px;">everybody hates oil and gas companies"</span></span><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6167" style="background-color: #ededed; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px;">. </span><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_5183" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_4981" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: #ededed; line-height: 19px;">The abusive taking of land via eminent domain, the lies, the bullying tactics used to get people to sign a lease or pipeline ROW, the poisoning of their drinking water, the toxic air quality, the loss of their property value, the total disruption of their way of life, etc., etc. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_5455" style="background-color: #ededed; line-height: 19px;">A real legislative "<i id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6222" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">champion of the people</i>" would surely introduce legislation to address those issues as well to make sure royalty owners, as well as their impacted neighbors and communities are treated "<i id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_7075" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">fairly</i>".</span><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6113" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"> Right? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;">Maybe State Rep. Garth Everett should take more aggressive action, rather then simply trying to "<i id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_9943" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">call attention</i>" or just "</span><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6115" style="background-color: #ededed; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px;"><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6432" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;">raise the profile of the issue.</span></span><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6792" style="background-color: #ededed; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px;">"</span><span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_6116" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"> (Sounds like your back-peddling.)</span></span></div>
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<span id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_10178" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: small;">Perhaps State Rep. Garth Everett should introduce a bill that would require PA to conduct independent health impact studies in the Marcellus shalefields, too - like New York and Maryland did. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: small;">Or, maybe he's afraid that would subject him to an actual public "<i style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">flogging</i>" and not just a symbolic "<i id="yiv5703022969yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466435684290_10326" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">smack on the knuckles</i>"? - JT</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">Last year yet another new bill was introduced by State Rep. Garth Everett to guarantee landowners get a minimum of 12.5% royalties–regardless of post-production deductions (see <a data-slimstat-async="false" data-slimstat-callback="false" data-slimstat-clicked="false" data-slimstat-tracking="false" data-slimstat-type="2" href="http://marcellusdrilling.com/2016/03/landowners-vs-drillers-pa-minimum-royalty-bill-gets-a-hearing/" style="text-decoration: none;">New Bill HB 1391 Will Guarantee PA Landowners 12.5% Royalties</a>). Organizations like the PA chapter of the National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) fully support the bill. However, drillers make the counterargument that duly signed contracts which allow for certain deductions should not be swept away with the stroke of a pen. The industry is steadfast against this and other bills like it. This spring HB 1391 got a brief hearing in the House (see <a data-slimstat-async="false" data-slimstat-callback="false" data-slimstat-clicked="false" data-slimstat-tracking="false" data-slimstat-type="2" href="http://marcellusdrilling.com/2016/03/landowners-vs-drillers-pa-minimum-royalty-bill-gets-a-hearing/" style="text-decoration: none;">Landowners vs Drillers: PA Minimum Royalty Bill Gets a Hearing</a>). But since then–nothing. That is, until Rep. Everett attached HB 1391 as an amendment to another bill. Everett quickly withdrew his amendment–the purpose was to “call attention” to it and reignite the discussion. Everett was quickly smacked on the knuckles by the drilling industry who is not happy with him for his action…</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">A bill aimed at ensuring oil and gas royalty owners are paid fairly made a fleeting appearance at the Pennsylvania Capitol this week.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">“I succeeded in bringing attention to the issue and to the bill,” says Rep. Garth Everett (R-Lycoming), who on Tuesday attached, and then quickly withdrew, his royalties bill as an amendment to another measure that ultimately passed the House and Senate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">In the wake of the Marcellus Shale boom, leaseholders have been complaining for years that they’re getting cheated out of royalty money by some of the nation’s biggest gas drillers. Before withdrawing the amendment, Everett spoke on the House floor and urged his colleagues to support changes to the state’s royalties law. He says the maneuver was simply to raise the profile of the issue.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">“I got immediate feedback from the the governmental affairs folks from the Marcellus Shale Coalition and other gas producers,” says Everett. “They disagree with the premise of the bill and said, ‘Why are you doing this again?’ I said, ‘I’m doing this because royalty owners aren’t getting paid fairly.’”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">“There’s a reason everybody hates oil and gas companies,” says NARO-PA president Jackie Root. “They got so outrageously greedy. If they can’t operate profitably, they should shut the wells in.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">Neither the Marcellus Shale Coalition nor the Pennsylvania division of the American Petroleum Institute would comment. Drillers have previously argued the bill could violate the state constitution by changing the terms of existing contracts they have with landowners.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;">Despite a failed attempt to get a different royalties bill passed last session, Everett says he’s pressing on with HB 1391, which has substantially different language. He is meeting with House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R- Indiana) next week to discuss it, but doesn’t expect it will advance before next fall.*</span></div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-6220258098133436662016-05-24T12:15:00.001-04:002016-05-24T12:15:29.081-04:00How Gas Drillers Rented Pennsylvania’s Government <div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_31397" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-top: 0.1em; padding: 0px;">
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_37497" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: small;">This report is a "<b style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">must read</b>" for every Pennsylvanian to understand the depth and the extent of corruption in PA politics. - JT</span></div>
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<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33324" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33323" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: large;">How Gas Drillers Rented Pennsylvania’s Government </span></b></div>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33680" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33471" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33628" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Governor Tom Corbett</b></span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33568" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> - </b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_34405" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">$794,884</b> </li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33897" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33487" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Governor Wolf's Chief of Staff Katie McGinty - </b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33607" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">$72,500 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33685" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33486" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Governor Tom Wolf - $59,500 </b></li>
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<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33515" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33524" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: small;">Top Legislative Recipients in 2013-2014: </span></b></div>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33716" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33494" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati* - $101,788 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33761" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33514" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">House Majority Leader Dave Reed – Cosponsor of Act 13 - $81,250 </b></li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33991" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33547" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa – $48,700 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33984" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33546" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Representative Jeffrey Pyle* – $44,745 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33990" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33495" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Former Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi – $43,000 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33985" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33545" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman – $40,750 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33737" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33549" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">House Speaker Mike Turzai – $27,500 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33762" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33550" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Senator Don White* – $25,200 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33986" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33496" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">House Majority Caucus Administrator Brian Ellis – Cosponsor of Act 13 – $21,550 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33736" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33695" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">Senator Kim Ward* – $18,500 </b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33721" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33551" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">House Minority Leader Frank Dermody – $18,000 </b></li>
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Lobbying expenditures declined slightly to $9.1 million in 2014 from an all-time high of $9.6 million in 2012. The jump in 2012 spending likely reflected the efforts to pass and implement Act 13, but relatively stable levels in 2013 and 2014 demonstrate major ongoing attempts to influence policy. </div>
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<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33813" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33812" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: small;">Gas Industry Lobbying in Pennsylvania by year:</span></b> </div>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33855" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2007: $1,733,056 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33878" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2008: $2,941,195 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33877" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2009: $3,209,763 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33876" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2010: $5,260,532 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33875" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2011: $6,253,185 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33869" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2012: $9,568,046 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33860" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2013: $8,843,073 </li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464096689492_33859" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">2014: $9,060,665</li>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The AIM pipeline sparks multi-state resistance</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: black;">When you think about the kind of person who would blockade a backhoe with their body, Nancy Vann might not be whom you’d picture. Mild-mannered to the point of needing frequent reminders to speak up, her fine-boned body is surgically pieced back together after a long-ago car accident that left her walking with a cane and merits a handicap-parking permit. The former financial services lawyer is a homeowner in the Reynolds Hills community near Peekskill, New York.</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Nancy Vann of Reynolds Hills, NY, blocked tree cutting for the Spectra AIM pipeline out of concern over its proximity to Indian Point.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13057" style="font-weight: 700;">This bucolic bungalow colony</span> had been a peaceful place until the recent arrival of tree cutting equipment, brought in by Spectra Energy to clear a route for their Algonquin Incremental Market (<a href="http://saneenergyproject.org/infrastructure-invasion/proposed-projects/aim-pipeline/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13056" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">AIM</a>) pipeline. The pipeline path comes within fifteen feet of one of the Reynold Hills cabins and borders several of the backyards there.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13065" style="font-weight: 700;">Residents here have larger concerns than their own backyards:</span> Nancy and other advocates are deeply concerned about the wider impact of the pipeline, which would cross two fault lines, the Hudson River, and on the west and east sides of the river, rail lines that carry, respectively, “bomb” oil trains and propane trains.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13089">Compressor and pigging stations</span> that are part of the project would spew emissions over a wide swath of residences, schools and playgrounds. The pipeline would run through New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island to a Massachusetts hub that would connect shale gas supplies from Pennsylvania to an export facility in Nova Scotia.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13091">The biggest worry, however,</span> is that the high-pressure, forty-two-inch-diameter pipe would pass within one hundred and five feet of critical equipment that is part of the Indian Point nuclear facility. An accident there would devastate a wide area, including New York City.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13092">The tree cutting taking place now at Reynolds Hill is in preparation for pipeline construction.</span> Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who ran a pro-fracking campaign against Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014, has allowed Spectra eleven months to cut trees on county parkland. Had Astorino opted to give the company twelve months, it would have triggered a legislative vote.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Jess Rechtshaffer climbs a tree to protect it from being cut.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Just after dawn, on Thursday, Nov. 19th,</span> Nancy saw a tree cutting crane making its way towards her house. Realizing there was no one she could call in time to stop it, she walked outside and placed herself in the path of the cutter, under one of the larger trees. She was later joined by her local city councilwoman, and several other advocates.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">According to recommendations printed on the tree cutting crane, a distance of 300 feet should be maintained between the machine and people. Nancy remained on her own property, and therefore could not be arrested, but her proximity led to a work stoppage for the day.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">On Friday, the crews returned, this time with chainsaws. Eight advocates who’d signed a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rEA9kp-BOiXmyGTM1hp0hXVP2tzTjfRMGq4xwCWSMcY/viewform" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">pledge of resistance</a> joined the protest, including Jess Rechtshaffer, who climbed one of the trees. For unknown reasons, on this day, the tree cutting crane did not maintain a 300-foot distance to the demonstrators.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">A worker operating a chain saw began cutting trees within five feet of protesters. An arborist friend, someone who is familiar with how to take down a tree, urged them away, saying it was too dangerous to remain so close. Police at the scene did not interfere with the tree cutters and moved demonstrators back to a safe distance. Recounting the incident, Nancy said, “People got killed in the Civil Rights movement; you don’t stop because you could get hurt.”</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">A <a href="http://www.demotix.com/news/9112001/local-resistance-aim-gas-pipeline-intensifies#media-9111942" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">photographer</a> documenting the scene was struck by branches, captured on video by <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Cortlandt--NY-Homeowners-Battle-Energy-Company-Over-Pipeline-Project/352371281" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">NBC News 4</a>. The protest was also filmed by <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/11/20/westchester-gas-pipeline-protest/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">CBS News</a> and Westchester's <a href="http://westchester.news12.com/news/nancy-vann-of-cortlandt-manor-blocks-tree-removal-in-pipeline-controversy-1.11143447" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">News 12</a>, and ongoing coverage has been provided by <a href="http://patch.com/new-york/peekskill/pipeline-fight-court-date-standoff?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&utm_term=politics+%26+government&utm_campaign=recirc&utm_content=aol" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Patch.com.</a></span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">After two-years attempting to engage FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), as well as town, county, state and federal officials, residents in Peekskill and other Westchester communities who feel that Creative Peaceful Resistance (CPR) is now their only remaining option, recently formed <a href="https://resistaim.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Resist AIM.</a></span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Resist AIM organized last week's early-morning blockade of a ware yard in Montrose, from which Spectra workers launch their daily tree-cutting activities. Nine were arrested, and all pleaded “not guilty” at their arraignment this past Friday. Like the fishermen who <a href="http://www.eastbayri.com/news/lobster-boat-coal-blockade-charges-dropped/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">blockaded a New England coal ship</a> in 2013, the advocates feel they are acting out of necessity; on the principle that their actions prevent a greater harm to the larger society. December 11th is the next court date for the Montrose 9, as they are now called, and a $10,000 legal fee must be raised (contributions may be made at the <a href="http://www.senrg.org/donate/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">SenRG</a> website––notate donations as “Fight AIM.”)</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Like the We Are Seneca Lake (WASL) blockades, Resist AIM expects to run an extended campaign against the pipeline. The WASL model of themed blockades (mothers and grandmothers one day, faith leaders another) has been picked up by many allied groups fighting infrastructure.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The Westchester groups are only the latest to join a resistance that has already been active along the route of the AIM pipeline. To date, there have been sixty-seven arrests in the regional fight against Spectra. Groups such as <a href="http://swrl.info/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">SWRL</a> (Stop the West Roxbury Lateral) in Massachusetts, CVC (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CapitalismvsTheClimate/timeline" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Capitalism Vs. The Climate</a>) in Connecticut; BASE (Burrillville Against Spectra Expansion) and <a href="http://www.fangtogether.org/northeast" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">FANG</a> (Fighting Against Natural Gas) in Rhode Island, have dogged Spectra for more than a year. CVC member Bernardo McLaughlin locked down to Spectra equipment at the Chaplin, CT compressor station on November 16th, delaying construction for three hours. And as of November 14th, Spectra has halted construction on the Roxbury Lateral until at least next spring, moving SWRL members to call for its members to support other Spectra fighters.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Like the Westchester groups, FANG started out leading letter writing campaigns and visiting elected officials, before launching a direct action campaign. FANG Member, Sherrie Andre, was arrested last May for a <a href="https://risingtidenorthamerica.org/2015/05/tree-sit-launched-to-stop-spectra-energys-fracked-gas-pipeline-in-burrillville-ri/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">tree sit</a> to block expansion of the Burrillville compressor station. A large-scale <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1637107473210714/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">mobilization</a> is planned in Rhode Island for December 4th and 5th.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Mutual support among pipeline fighters is spreading along the eastern seaboard: FANG Northeast is networked not only with Westchester groups and the Northeast Pipeline Alliance, but with groups in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. BXE (Beyond Extreme Energy), the DC-based group that most recently organized a hunger strike in front of FERC offices, is supporting the AIM resistance and other front-line community efforts. And mainstream organizations such as New England chapters of the Sierra Club and 350 are joining the battle against pipelines as well.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><br />But homeowners and advocates aren’t the only ones turning up the heat:Dirty energy companies––finding themselves blocked at multiple points along a given project––have taken to claiming restitution, such as the <a href="http://www.rifuture.org/spectra-bills-activists-for-burrillville-pipeline-project-delays.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">$30,000 fine</a> imposed on three FANG members after a lock down halted work crews for three hours this past September. (FANG’s legal fund can be found at their <a href="https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/7315/donate_page/fighting-against-natural-gas" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2585b2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">website</a>.)</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Pipeline builders often make "donations" to local police, fire and civic organizations, by way of engendering support for their projects. Rumor has it that Spectra has been making payments to the local Peekskill police force. Westchester and Peekskill police have been stationed at both ends of the Spectra construction area at Reynolds Hills since tree clearing began, with nighttime search lights so bright it is difficult for drivers to see the road. Last weekend, one officer appeared on private property, apparently "checking on" a community meeting. Senior Peekskill police at the scene promised that there would be no further incidents of that type. While it is proper that officers enforce laws that protect property, the question is whether the presence of a high-spending corporation affects the protection of free speech and assembly by law-abiding citizens.</span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Adding to Spectra's woes</span> is the recent <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/290193152/AG-Maura-Healey-s-Energy-Study" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">study</a> released last week by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy, which found there is <a href="http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/ag_healy_grid_reliability_fine.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_12973" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">no need for additional gas pipelines</a>, and that less expensive, less carbon-intensive options–especially efficiency measures–would be more effective in ensuring energy reliability. The study contradicts builders’ claims that the pipe would bring cheap energy to New England and lays bare their ambitions to use the line to reach export terminals further north.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The Spectra system map showing their network of upcoming pipeline proposals, which are segmented into smaller projects, thus avoiding a cumulative impact review by FERC.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The term “Blockadia,” made popular by author Naomi Klein in her book, This Changes Everything, was first coined by activists fighting the KXL pipeline in Texas who called their camps ‘Blockadia.’ Klein has said, “What I argue in the book is Blockadia is really this transnational space, roving space, where regular people are stepping in where our leaders are failing, and they are trying to stop this era of extreme extraction with their bodies or in the courts.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">This is a turning point.</span> As awareness builds, and having been burned by a gamed system run by industry-friendly agencies such as FERC, citizens are losing patience working within regulatory boundaries. Like Nancy Vann, people who never considered it before feel compelled to offer a direct response.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Earlier human rights struggles</span> moved society from a place where oppressive behaviors and policies were accepted and commonplace, to being looked upon as barbaric. Women, minorities and LGTB community members were once legally and socially ostracized as lesser human beings, a concept that civilized society now rejects. How then can it be acceptable to treat those who live near where energy is extracted, stored, or transported as collateral damage in the service of perpetuating the use of climate-destroying fossils fuels?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13131" style="font-weight: 700;">In the context of a world that <a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-earth-is-on-track-to-end-2015-with-an-average-1-degree-c-warming/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448280149551_13130" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">has already warmed one degree</a>,</span> allowing the continued harms to human health, the taking of private property, and the harassment of resisters is not only barbaric, but insanely self-destructive. People like Nancy Vann and other advocates who engage in peaceful resistance against dirty energy are–like the suffragettes, civil rights marchers, and Act Up leaders–a vanguard of ordinary people caught in an historical moment not of their own making, who nonetheless stand up for their inherent rights, and push to change the whole of society for the better.</span></div>
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The 12 member Board of Directors of the National Community Rights Network (NCRN) met at Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby, CO in October for their annual meeting during which they approved a proposed 28th amendment to the US Constitution. <br class="" id="yiv8316485854yui_3_16_0_1_1446731708300_126277" /><span class="" id="yiv8316485854yui_3_16_0_1_1446731708300_126412" style="line-height: 1.38;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="" style="line-height: 1.38;">Following historical movements that brought about the 13th, 15th and 19th amendments, this 28th constitutional amendment will liberate communities to make laws protecting health, safety and well-being free from state, federal and international pre-emption. Using the principles laid out by our founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence the amendment will codify our inalienable right to local community self-government free from regulatory commerce-based laws that provide only for corporate greed and the demise of sustainability.</span></div>
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“From the Declaration of Independence to the Articles of Confederation, securing the sovereignty of the people was the supreme goal. But from the adoption of the second constitution to the current day, the legislators, Supreme Court and the apathy of the people have taken us back past the tyranny we once took up arms against.” NCRN board president, Cindy Kudlik, stated, “This 28th amendment will codify the inalienable rights of the people to usurp and preempt corporate and political greed. For the sustainability of our communities, our lives, livelihoods and the very planet we live on we can no longer be complacent and accept the lies and distractions fed to us on a daily basis.”</div>
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The amendment was drafted by dedicated board members <b>Lisa Kochheiser from Ohio</b>, <b>John Trallo from Pennsylvania</b> and <b>Tom Groover from Colorado</b> with the expert assistance of <b>Thomas Linzey, Esq.</b>, Founder and Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF).</div>
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The amendment is divided into 3 sections. The first defines the core principle of the Declaration of Independence to alter, amend, or abolish current systems of government if they are failing to protect the liberty or well-being of the people living within the communities served by these governments. Under the existing law, the Declaration is not viewed as enforceable. The second section recognizes that the people, communities, and ecosystems have rights, and prohibits activities that violate these rights. The third section protects the local laws drafted by the people from being overridden by state, federal, or international laws if they do not restrict or weaken constitutional rights or statutory protections for natural persons, communities, or nature. The full text of the amendment can be found at <a class="" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalcommunityrightsnetwork.org%2F&h=nAQG-HOviAQH0ZrOweW6ttWcYqxvQlb_RxdWh-zoE8bIg_A&enc=AZMDve1q8VcKdayH_GB54-O6iu_Y1xwPsoUWlHGV_phdmhe_glYkJpTDswACtrKHI06FzWFrxWLzyxKmH4xKBD4T8cmaZb5ghJbGiyqUsthWNj2HQiWtr8rPFM8qvYH8HQEo-mekerGvqAVYQNM65a-aMflT4mA9H8zyEdMmWN7TVEZD4ygRJYISmZOYotR9QNQ&s=1" id="yiv8316485854yui_3_16_0_1_1446731708300_126285" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://nationalcommunityrightsnetwork.org/national-constitutional-amendment/</a></div>
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The NCRN is committed to providing education, outreach, and support for the development of additional statewide Community Rights Networks. The organization is partnering with state and local Community Rights advocates to build a grassroots, people-driven, Community Rights Movement that will democratize and humanize decision-making at all levels. The NCRN mission is to assist our state Community Rights Networks to educate people across the country on local, community self-governance and community rights; secure the inalienable rights of all people, communities, and ecosystems through local self-governance; assert community rights to empower and liberate communities from state preemption and corporate harm; and advance those efforts toward state and federal constitutional change.</div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-68134576215673006132015-08-09T07:27:00.000-04:002015-08-09T07:27:44.039-04:00Chief Oil and Gas: Their Numbers Don't Add Up - So I Did The Math<b><u>My Comment Regarding Project #2014-081
submitted to the SRBC August 6, 2015</u></b><br />
<br />
<b>Chief Oil and Gas Forksville 2M/gpd
Water Withdrawal Application</b><br />
<br />
According to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), their
decision will be based on 1) the impact to the Loyalsock Creek, and 2) the
needs of the applicant. <br />
<br />
I am not an aquatic specialist, so I will not comment directly on water
quality or aquatic life issues; however I will address the alleged “needs” of
Chief Oil and Gas for the taking of this water – our water. <br />
<br />
In Pennsylvania, Chief Oil and Gas has acquired 468 drilling permits
and has to date, drilled 281 unconventional gas wells, <u>81 of which have been
found in violation, and have accumulated 292 statewide violations, according to
the PA/DEP</u>. <br />
<br />
*Sources: PA/DEP, Marcellusgas.org, the Sullivan, Bradford, Lycoming County Prothonatary Offices, and FracFocus) <br />
<br />
Of these 281 drilled wells, water consumption has ranged from 2 million
to 9 million gallons of fresh water, averaging out to be approximately 5.5
million gallons of fresh water ‘consumed’ by each well. <br />
<br />
Chief Oil and Gas, like many other unconventional shale drilling
operators, boasts about their “recycling of produced water” (as much as 80%)
now used to drill new wells. <br />
<br />
Over the years, Chief’s operations have been diminishing for various
reasons: supply v. demand, low natural gas prices, and the lack of pipeline
infrastructure needed to move Marcellus gas to markets – many of which are
overseas markets. <br />
<br />
Many of Chief’s earlier lease acquisitions have either <u></u>expired<u></u>, or been
sold-off to other operators, most notably <b>EXCO
Resources</b>.<br />
<br />
Currently, in Sullivan, Bradford, and Lycoming Counties – the counties
where Chief claims they need this water to develop their outstanding units,
Chief presently has 105 outstanding permits for new wells. <br />
<br />
Therefore, when you multiply the number of outstanding well permits by
5.5 million gallons (Chief’s average water consumption p/well) that indicates a
“need” for 577,500,000 gallons of water. <br />
<br />
However, when you multiply the proposed 2 million/gpd, that Chief is
looking to extract from this watershed over a five year period, that totals
3,650,000,000 gallons of water. <br />
<br />
<u>That’s a difference of 3,072,500,000 gallons of water in excess of
their current “needs”</u>, and if the SRBC takes into account Chief’s intent on
recycling, the discrepancy between their application request and their actual
“need” is staggering and does <u>not</u> justify 2 million/gpd requested on this
application. <br />
<br />
That is, unless Chief is planning on “commodifying” this excess water –
our water, which they would not be paying for, and selling it to other
operators. (EXCO Resources, Anadarko Petroleum, and Southwestern Energy are
three operators that immediately come to mind.)<br />
*Chief claims that they have not discussed the possibility of selling
water from the Loyalsock, however they have stopped short from ruling it out,
or denying the possibility. <br />
<br />
Chief Oil and Gas needs to be transparent and forthright with their
intentions for the “taking” of our water, and if their actual and verifiable
“need” does not require this extreme volume of water, <u>then it is the SRBC’s
responsibility and duty to deny this application and not issue this permit</u>.
<br />
<br />
I would also
like to suggest that for all future water withdrawal applications, the SRBC
require all applicants to agree not to sell and/or "commodify" this life-sustaining
resource or allow it to be included as part of the sale, or selling off, of corporations
assets. <br />
<br />
I hereby
would like to remind the SRBC that this resource is owned by the people of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and must be protected and <b><i>preserved</i></b>, as clearly
stated in the Pennsylvania Constitution – which the SRBC as a <b><i>“trustee”</i></b>
of these resources is bound to uphold. <br />
<br />
<b>Article 1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania
Constitution<u>:</u></b><br />
<br />
<i><b>"The
people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the
natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values of the environment.
Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all of the
people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the
Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the
people."</b></i><br />
<br />
<br />
<b>John A. Trallo,
Sr.</b><br />
Sonestown, PA 17758<br />
<br />
<br />
<b><u>Chief Oil and Gas Forksville 2M/gpd
Water Withdrawal Application</u></b><u></u><br />
Project
#2014-081<br />
<b> <u>Permits</u> <u>Wells Drilled</u> <u>Wells to be Determined </u> <u> Sites</u></b><br />
<b><u>Sullivan County </u></b><b>(All) 87 50 20 39</b><br />
<b><u>Bradford County </u></b><b> 160 92 68 59</b><br />
<b><u></u><u>Lycoming County</u></b><u> </u><u></u><u> </u><b><u>23 6 17 7</u><u></u></b><br />
<b><u></u>Totals: 270 148 105 105 <u></u> </b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Sullivan County Townships</u></b><br />
Cherry 24 20
7<b><u></u></b><br />
Colley 0 0 0 <br />
Davidson 0 0
0<br />
Elkland 40 21
15<br />
Forks 6 3 5<br />
Forksville 7 2 6<br />
Fox 21 24 6<br />
Hillsgrove 0 0 0<br />
Laporte 0 0
0<br />
Shrewsbury 0 0 0<br />
<br />
·
Average water
consumed for each well = 5,500,000
gallons<br />
·
Estimated water
needed to drill 105 proposed wells = 557,500,000 gallons <br />
·
Potential 5 year
withdrawal @2M/gpd = 3,650,000,000 gallons<br />
·
<u>That’s
3,072,500,000 excess gallons than is needed for all of Chief's operations in Sullivan,
Bradford, and Lycoming Counties.</u> <br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Chief O&G PA statistics to date: </b><br />
·
<b>468 well permits issued</b><br />
·
<b>281 wells drilled</b><br />
·
<b><span style="color: red;">81 wells with violations</span></b><br />
<br />
·
<b>2010 inspections revealed <span style="color: red;">292
statewide violations</span>.</b> Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-20865236065335552702015-07-12T14:03:00.000-04:002015-07-12T14:03:27.627-04:00The Oil and Gas Industry Want it All... <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_51701">
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Years ago I mentioned that there were as many as sixteen 'known shale layers' beneath the Marcellus that were potentially 'rich with oil' and that is what the industry was really going after. </div>
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Among the known deep shale plays not mentioned in this article are: the Tennessee, the Matata, the Heron, the Horizon, the South Beach, and the Devonian. </div>
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One industry operator candidly told me that eventually they are planning on drilling down into shale layers as deep as 43,000 feet! </div>
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Now the oil and gas industry is aiming at going after twelve of them, and the PA/SEP is already issuing permits for about 900 new wells. </div>
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This industry, with the co-operation of our corrupt legislature - [*<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_51704">now ranked the fifth most corrupt state legislature in the US</i>,] will turn all of Pennsylvania into a third-world fossil fuel extraction colony. </div>
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If the citizens of Pennsylvania do not find the courage and conviction to rise up en mass to stop this industrial insanity now, we will be left with only two options: 1) Adapt to living in a toxic, polluted, industrial extraction colony, or 2) move away. </div>
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Once again, I'd like to pose the question to those who think this can be effectively managed/regulated - "<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_51713">Where is the regulatory model to support that thinking?</i>" </div>
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<span style="color: white;">The Marcellus Shale put Pennsylvania on the map as a gas-producing state,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> <span id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13593" style="background-color: #fdf869;">but other rock layers have the potential to keep it there far into the future.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13632" style="background-color: #fdf869;">Drillers have sought unconventional well permits for 12 geological formations other than the Marcellus, according to state records compiled and organized by MarcellusGas.org. The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued permits for about 900 wells, site developer Carl Hagstrom said. Most of those are in the western part of the state; about 520 of those have been drilled.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Other than the Marcellus, which has more than 15,000 well permits, the most popular target formations in Pennsylvania are the</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13663" style="background-color: #fdf869; color: #333333;">Utica Shale with 258 permits, the Burket/Geneseo Shale with 246 permits</span><span style="color: #333333;"> and the P</span><span id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13674" style="background-color: #fdf869; color: #333333;">oint Pleasant Shale with 159 permits.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: white;">Although sometimes listed separately, the Point Pleasant is technically considered part of the Utica, according to a presentation by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“They are all classic formations that have new life due to horizontals with classic hydraulic fracturing,” Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural Gas dean Richard Marquardt said in an email. “They are all basically silty shales.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">These black shales with high organic content were formed over hundreds of millions of years ago when organisms, most likely algae, died then settled to the bottom of the ocean, said Allegheny County petroleum geologist Gregory Wrightstone, who has more than 35 years’ experience with unconventional formations in the Appalachian Basin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Over millenia, heat and pressure broke down this organic material and formed natural gas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The amount of oil and gas in a rock layer is dependent in part on how much heat or pressure affected it, a trait known as “thermal maturity.” Gas companies have to drill exploratory wells to learn how thermally mature a </span><span style="color: white;">formation is in certain sections.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Though the Utica/Point Pleasant and Burket/Geneseo formations lie under most of the state,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13732" style="background-color: #fdf869; color: #333333;">including all of Northeast Pennsylvania,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: white;">most of the recent exploration has focused on the west and southwest.</span></div>
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<a class="yiv7752029750" href="https://marcellus.com/news/id/125609/marcellus-permit-activity-in-pennsylvania-12/" id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13707" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; color: #cd2227; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Related: Marcellus permit activity in Pennsylvania</a></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Still, companies such as Seneca Resources Corp. and Shell have drilled into them as far east as <b>Tioga</b> and <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_56877">Lycoming</b> counties.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“The question is how far east can you push the Utica in terms of thermal maturity,” Mr. Wrightstone said. “That’s a multibillion-dollar question.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Although persistently low gas prices have driven down profits and forced many gas companies to cut back on drilling new Marcellus wells, they may try exploring some of these other formations, Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association president Louis D’Amico said in an email.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“They would like to see what potential for the future lies with these formations,” he said. “It’s one way to justify not further reducing their staffs during these tough times.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">With massive amounts of gas locked up in the Marcellus, Utica/Point Pleasant and Burket/Geneseo, Pennsylvania has many decades of production to come, Mr. Wrightstone said.</span></div>
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<span id="yiv7752029750yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_13809" style="background-color: #fdf869;">The industry considers the threshold for a “supergiant” gas field to be 30 trillion cubic feet, he said. The Marcellus holds more like 800 trillion cubic feet, </span>he said.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">“We should really coin a new term for the Marcellus,” he said. “We should probably call it something like a<b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436717342101_56878"> megagiant</b>.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The Utica/Point Pleasant is also a world-class reservoir and, while the Burket/Geneseo is like the Marcellus’s “little brother,” it still likely holds more than 30 trillion cubic feet , he said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“In any other time it would have been this absolutely incredible field, and it’s a yawner,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">One secret to the productivity of East Coast shales relative to others lies in their brittleness, said independent completions consultant Larry Fulmer, who has worked on naturally fractured oil and gas reservoirs for 40 years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“The East Coast is blessed with ancient, ancient rock,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">While hydraulic fracturing does create new cracks in the target rock, unconventional well production is tied to existing fractures, he said. An old, brittle shale holds more existing fractures than the pliable shales seen in many other parts of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“Shales are barriers in a lot of the rest of the world,” he said. “On the East Coast, shales are formations.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Searching for wells by formation is now available on MarcellusGas.org. Mr. Hagstrom plans to add new information that will help users compare production from various layers.</span></div>
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<span id="yiv7646288216yui_3_16_0_1_1435951061932_5490">You've seen the TV commercials and heard the sound bite ad nauseam: "Natural gas offers American energy independence." It stands to reason, therefore, that a resource developed to offer energy independence to the United States ought to stay within U.S. borders. So why is the industry pushing so hard to liquefy America's natural gas and ship it overseas? Increased profits, of course. Right now, consumers in China, Japan and elsewhere are paying 400% - 500% more for natural gas than Americans. The industry wants to keep investors happy by making the most of the higher global prices, and par for the course, the industry is talking out of both sides of its money-hungry mouth.</span></div>
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On the other hand, the oil and gas industry is pushing for more LNG exports to Free Trade Agreement countries (FTA) and non-FTA countries as well. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IT103g5ALd0VJF_f8zvtbWZMs_7hgD_FQoOu7mlycavieR3rHR97dbsyQInE-2-1_bopvVsy7j62l1zgDPsLQlVAgRFdLGOGQjMp-RwM-REUEkWfBnZhsv5mFrpE7U_5E-cRgX6oTPIgE_y7-tYIJI--8W1Hum_OTCeayR1rDTABt6LSmG2IxIXgVtOV0RFIq4Iwv4bAr5bhVo022Voam5EXK56vsj3pZx1mvWrLN8LxcaempUJJV0aODuj4IDRNL0N56eezkjCNkxz-Y2HgIzOquO8ZCKr3fFoU7DiPhfIyiegl0bQ1nQ==&c=l_yNV2-g2gsf_OkMD2FrHJNYu20M_3MGIb06MZHsHaS6ommOJAbRYA==&ch=uXynsqZ1VETJHwWAjwi7sAOpI3HBmcem-KL08cSYzFRWKrVqR9nHEA==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: transparent; color: blue; cursor: text !important; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">The push is enough to raise concerns among U.S. consumers and manufacturers.</a></div>
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the agency that oversees and permits interstate pipelines. (NOTE: FERC receives zero dollars in congressional funding and 100% of its funding from the fossil fuel industry.) With FERC approval comes the power of eminent domain, defined as authorization "for the government or the condemning authority, called the condemner, to conduct a compulsory sale of property for the common welfare, such as health or safety. Just compensation is required, in order to ease the financial burden incurred by the property owner for the benefit of the public." <span style="font-size: 10pt;">This definition begs the question: How is exporting a natural resource to foreign countries a "benefit of the public"? In reality, it isn't.</span></div>
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1) "<span class="yiv0450380517" id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_128587" style="font-family: Arial;"><span id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_128621" style="font-size: small;">Greenfield projects on undeveloped property are much more expensive, involve more construction risk, and take longer to build than brownfield projects, which re-purpose existing LNG re-gasification sites. <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428540841089_43722">Greenfield projects are also frequently challenged by local opposition and occasionally by untested laws and regulations."</b></span></span> </div>
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<span class="yiv0450380517" id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_128653" style="font-family: Arial;"><span id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_128652" style="font-size: small;">2) "</span></span><span class="yiv0450380517" id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_128658" style="font-family: Arial;"><span id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_128699" style="font-size: small;">China will be the biggest variable and most important driver of global LNG in that time frame. India will see rapid growth, but not be as big of a player as <b id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_129126">China</b>. Other more mature LNG markets in <b id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_129091">Japan, South Korea and Europe</b>, which represent the bulk of demand, will have flat growth".</span></span> </div>
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Moody's Investor Service has released a new report "Lower Oil Prices Cause Suppliers of Liquefied Natural Gas to Nix Projects," which predicts that low LNG prices will result in the cancellation of most of the gas liquefaction and export terminal projects currently proposed in the United States and Canada. The report also predicts that such projects "already under construction [worldwide] will continue as planned, which will lead to excess liquefaction capacity over the rest of this decade." Read more in the <a class="yiv0450380517" href="https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-Liquefied-natural-gas-projects-nixed-amid-lower-oil-prices--PR_322439?WT.mc_id=AM~RmluYW56ZW4ubmV0X1JTQl9SYXRpbmdzX05ld3NfTm9fVHJhbnNsYXRpb25z~20150407_PR_322439" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #f25e21; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">press release</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">New York, April 07, 2015 -- Liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers are curtailing their capital budgets, amid low oil prices and a coming glut of new LNG supply from Australia and the US, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report, "Lower Oil Prices Cause Suppliers of Liquefied Natural Gas to Nix Projects."</span></div>
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<span id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_122050" style="background-color: #fdef2b;">Moody's says low LNG prices will result in the cancellation of the vast majority of the nearly 30 liquefaction projects currently proposed in the US, 18 in western Canada, and four in eastern Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"The drop in international oil prices relative to US natural gas prices has wiped out the price advantage US LNG projects, reversing the wide differentials of the past four years that led Asian buyers to demand more Henry Hub-linked contracts for their LNG portfolios," says Moody's Senior Vice President Mihoko Manabe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">However, projects already under construction will continue as planned, which will lead to excess liquefaction capacity over the rest of this decade. Notably, through 2017, Australia will see new capacity come online from roughly $180 billion in investments, which will result in a 25% increase in global liquefaction capacity. Likewise, the US is poised to become a net LNG exporter after the Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (Ba3 stable) project goes into service in the fourth quarter of 2015.</span></div>
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<span id="yiv0450380517yui_3_16_0_1_1428492722480_122142" style="background-color: #fdef2b;">Moody's expects Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi project will be the likeliest project to move forward this year, since it is among the very few projects in advanced development that have secured sufficient commercial or financial backing to begin construction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Lower oil prices will result in the deferral or cancellation of most other projects, especially this year. While some companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. (Aaa stable) can afford to be patient and wait several years until markets are more favorable, most other LNG sponsors have far less financial wherewithal, and some may be more eager to capitalize on the billions of dollars of upfront investments they have made already, sooner rather than later.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdef2b; color: black;">Greenfield projects on undeveloped property are much more expensive, involve more construction risk, and take longer to build than brownfield projects, which re-purpose existing LNG regasification sites. Greenfield projects are also frequently challenged by local opposition and occasionally by untested laws and regulations.</span> <span style="color: white;">Based on the public estimates of companies building new LNG liquefaction capacity, the median cost to build a US brownfield project is roughly $800 per ton of capacity, compared with the more advanced Australian greenfield projects, now estimated at around $3,400 per ton.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Through the end of the decade, Moody's expects LNG demand will grow more slowly versus supply.</span> <span style="background-color: #fdef2b; color: black;">China will be the biggest variable and most important driver of global LNG in that timeframe. India will see rapid growth, but not be as big of a player as China. Other more mature LNG markets in Japan, South Korea and Europe, which represent the bulk of demand, will have flat growth.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: white;">The report is available to Moody's subscribers at URL:</span></div>
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George Stark, of Cabot Oil and Gas, LLC, like most of the other company officials in charge of Marcellus operations in PA, like to talk about the "vast quantities of natural gas in the Marcellus". What they seem to consistently fail to mention is that only 10% is economically recoverable. </div>
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Shale formations are notoriously short-lived with a life span of 7 to 10 years, in comparison to 'conventional' oil and gas wells which can have a life-span of up to 100 years. Unfortunately, we depleted the conventional oil and gas reserves in a little more than 100 years, and the shale oil and gas... or as it's sometimes referred to "tight oil" or "tight gas" is all that;'s left, and what some call, "the last days of the petroleum age".</div>
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The Barnett Shale play is a perfect example being nearly depleted after only 8 years. </div>
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<span style="color: white;">What part of a <i>“boom/bust”</i> cycle don’t people understand? This industry has always been a classic “boom/bust” operation. This state was foolish to ever think this would last “for decades”. The sad reality is, that so many people were willing to believe the industry’s ‘talking points’ of “energy independence, lower energy costs, and job creation”, that they failed to see the “big picture”, and now it’s getting too real to deny. They also didn’t take into consideration the massive jobs that have been lost in the once permanent industries that economic engines that have been the mainstay of PA for over a hundred years in: tourism, agriculture, forestry, recreation, new home construction, and the hardwood industry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Anytime a region relies too heavily on a single industry for their economic security, when that industry finally moves on, their economy suffers greatly, and sometimes irreparably. Hence the term <i>“boom/bust”</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The industry and the state have known this all along, but refused to publicly discuss it, and many of the people were too blinded by the “promise of wealth” to see the truth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The proof is in the Penn State <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427471225117_163984">“Marcellus Shale Workforce Needs Assessment”</b> study that was conducted in 2011, and commissioned by the Corbett administration and the Marcellus Shale Commission. Below is an exact excerpt copied from that study that appears on page 22 of the report. You can see this for yourself by using this link:</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><a class="" href="http://www.shaletec.org/docs/PennsylvaniaStatewideWorkforceAssessmentv1_Final.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427471225117_152248" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; cursor: text !important; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">http://www.shaletec.org/docs/PennsylvaniaStatewideWorkforceAssessmentv1_Final.pdf</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: white;">New York did the prudent thing by 1) waiting to see how things worked out in PA, 2) Conducting an independent public health study, and finally 3) banning this unsustainable unconventional drilling process. - JT</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427471225117_152291">Drilling
Phase
Jobs
vs.
Production
Phase
Jobs
:</b><br class="" />The
natural
gas
development
process
is
such
that
a
large
proportion
of
the
total
industry
workforce
will
<br class="" />be
required
during
the
well
drilling
phase,
while
a
small
minority
of
the
workforce
will
be
required
for
<br class="" />the
long‐term
production
phase.
Pre‐drilling
and
drilling
phase
jobs
are
grouped
together
for
purposes
<br class="" />of
this
section
of
the
assessment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><b>Pre-drilling
and
Drilling
Phase
Jobs:</b><br class="" />The
phase
of
natural
gas
development
during
which
the
natural
gas
wells
are
drilled
and
the
associated
<br class="" />pipeline
infrastructure
is
put
into
place
is
an
extremely
labor‐intensive
process.
</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427471225117_152448" style="background-color: #fdf869; color: #212121;">In
actuality
over
98%
of
<br class="" />natural
gas
exploration
and
development
jobs
are
found
in
the
pre‐drilling
and
drilling
phase
of
bringing
<br class="" />a
well
into
production,
and
this
segment
of
the
workforce
will
no
longer
be
needed
once
the
process
of
<br class="" />drilling
gas
wells
and
affiliated
infrastructure
in
an
area
is
completed.
In
the
oil
and
natural
gas
<br class="" />industries,
this
drilling
phase
period
is
often
referred
to
as
“the
boom”
as
vast
work forces
are
often
<br class="" />suddenly
required
to
perform
tasks
associated
with
natural
gas
development.
Conversely,
the
drilling
<br class="" />phase
can
suddenly
decline,
which
is
often
referred
to
as
the
“the
bust”.</span><span style="color: #212121;"> </span><span style="color: white;">Given
the
level
of
mobility
<br class="" />required,
many
employees
in
the
drilling
phase
of
gas
development
maintain
temporary
residency
in
a
<br class="" />given
area
–
such
as
in
motels/hotels,
RVs,
“man
camps”,
monthly
apartment/house
leases,
etc.
<br class="" />No
one
can
accurately
estimate
how
long
the
drilling
phase
will
last
within
Marcellus
Shale
or
within
<br class="" />specific
areas
of
the
shale
formation.</span></div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-43018368738907052162014-12-19T00:55:00.000-05:002014-12-19T00:55:38.512-05:00New York Bans Fracking. What About Pennsylvania? <div class="yiv7986142668" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418909762956_51553" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">
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<span class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_30256" style="font-weight: 700;">1)</span> "<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_30257">Wolf’s spokesman Jeff Sheridan says the incoming governor continues to oppose a ban on fracking</em>." </div>
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<span class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7630" style="font-weight: 700;">2)</span> “<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_30258">Governor-elect Wolf will work to strengthen the rules governing drilling, increase enforcement of the rules, hire more inspectors, and create a health registry to monitor health issues</em>,” he wrote in an email."</div>
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<span class="" style="font-weight: 700;">*</span>In other words, Wolf will allow PA residents to be used as '<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7127">lab rats and guinea pigs</em>' as Wolf '<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_6662">monitors</em>' the already well documented health impacts in PA and other states. That is like saying, there is an acceptable number of people who will become seriously, chronically ill, and may even die, that is fair exchange for the tax revenue fracking may generate for the state. I submit that Wolf can not possibly "<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7634">strengthen the rules governing drilling</em>" when there is no regulatory model that exists anywhere that demonstrates that it can be regulated safely, and as history has taught us that whenever a state becomes dependent on an activity for tax revenue, enforcement becomes more lax in order to encourage more of that activity to generate more tax revenue. PA residents and activists need to wake-up and realize that their "<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7635">seat at Wolf's negotiating table</em>" is meaningless. At best it will result in more empty, feel-good, and toothless regulatory language intended to quell the growing resistance to unconventional oil and gas extraction and allowing it to continue as Wolf "<em class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7351">monitors health issues</em>" as more people, including our children, become seriously ill, and die.</div>
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<span class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7131">*</span><span class="" style="font-weight: 700;">It's important to remember that Tom Wolf accepted $273,000 in direct "<i>campaign contributions</i>" from the oil and gas industry, and currently sits on the board of, and is a major shareholder in the IREX Corporation, a construction company that stands to profit by building the Keystone XL Pipeline, as does Tom Wolf personally. </span></div>
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<span class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_7941">Wolf's *severance tax will not cost the oil and gas industry one dime as it will ultimately be passed on to the consumers in rate increases. What it will do is create a "cash cow" for the state to milk and become dependent upon as a source of revenue for "<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418965215428_42430">other programs</i>" and essentially institutionalize unconventional oil and gas exploration, extraction, and development. Keep in mind, Wolf is first and foremost a "businessman", and as such, will do what he believes is necessary to generate more tax dollars. In order to accomplish that, we will soon see more regulations "on paper" and enforcement become even more lax than it already is. </span></div>
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<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418965215428_42431"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418965215428_42445">(*The Act 13 impact fees were <u>not</u> allowed by law to be passed on to the consumers and had to be absorbed by the industry, and would have expired over time. <u>This rule does not apply to any severance tax which is in place forever</u>.)</i></span></div>
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<span class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_12766">The <b>ONLY</b> way to stop this industry from advancing and expanding in PA is for the people to begin adopting "home rule charters" ASAP that will render weak and corrupt township supervisors powerless so communities can enact Community Rights based ordinances that will by-pass the ineffective regulatory agencies like the *DEP, the **EPA, and ***FERC making them irrelevant. </span></div>
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<span class="" id="yiv7986142668yui_3_16_0_1_1418931895095_14068"><i>(</i><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418965215428_24722">*The PA/DEP is funded by the PA Department of Oil and Gas whose operating revenue is generated from "permit fees" for oil, gas, and coal extraction. **The EPA is funded by congress, and congress is now funded by the energy industry lobbyists. ***FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is <b><u>NOT</u></b> a true federal agency since they receive $0 in congressional funding, and 100% of their funding from the oil, gas, and coal industry, the very industry whose activities they are commissioned to "regulate"!</i><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418965215428_37418">) </i></span></div>
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I would also like to point out that the job of "regulatory" agencies is to issue permits that will allow a measured destruction of the environment by simply attempting to control "<i>the rate of damage</i>", without controlling "<i>the amount of damage</i>" in order to allow destructive industrial activities to continue. </div>
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It's the classic example of the "fox guarding the hen house", which is exactly how it is meant to be. The regulatory system has been designed to keep concerned citizens trapped inside the "<i>regulatory box</i>", navigating the rules that in most cases were written by the industry, implemented by agencies funded by the industry, and supported by politicians who are either deeply invested in, and/or stand to profit personally from the industry's continued expansion (like Tom Wolf), or reliant on "<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418965215428_46171">campaign funding</i>" from the industry to get elected/re-elected (like Tom Corbett) and/or the corrupt pro-industry shills in both parties in the house and the senate whose "<i>campaigns</i>" were funded by the oil and gas industry. </div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-256772505011555742014-08-13T09:20:00.000-04:002014-08-13T09:20:28.519-04:00Benton resident Dean Marshall rightfully calls out Press Enterprize editor, Jim Sachetti <div id="yiv2451182406yui_3_16_0_1_1407883587349_28365">
Dear Sir; </div>
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The Editorial published 8-12-14 in PE has numerous factual errors and achieves a new low in journalism.</div>
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It begins by labeling the "green" left as "irrational", "knee-jerk conservatives" with "closed minds", "leading any fair-minded observer to conclude that they did not feel the need to ascertain facts." </div>
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I must conclude that you sir, are the epitome of the previous descriptions. The commenters you have cited and who were named in the 8-7-14 article by your own Susan Schwartz, (Public decries pipeline plan), included Teachers, Healthcare workers, a Restoration Ecologist, a Professor with published works on Ecology, Local Residents, and concerned citizens of no particular Political Party, as you allude. We have taken the time to find the facts. We have attended these meetings and hearings for several years. Were you at the FERC mtg. Mr. Sachetti, or did you arrive at your narrow-minded opinion based on the work of Ms. Schwartz?</div>
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Furthermore, the fact that fracking, was "denounced", was and is Central to the Pipeline issue due to the fact that if FERC approves Williams plan as a "Public Convenience" it will grant Eminent Domain rights for the taking of Right of Way when the truth is that Williams fracking partners intended to fill this pipeline with a steady supply of Marcellus Gas for Export. This is a known fact and the proof is readily available by reading the "Forward Looking Statements" on the Stock pages of Cabot, Range Resources, Anadarko, and all the other fracking Companies also listed by Williams as contracted customers for the 42" LNG Export Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.</div>
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It seems that you, Mr Sachetti, have undermined your credibility by failing to do your homework, and disclosing your bias. We do not feel that using any and all forums to educate the public so they can make an informed decision is "Grandstanding" as you put it. Fracking for Unnatural Gas has become a huge investment and this project is aimed at making a huge return, by peddling it to Asia and thus raising the prices here. So much for "Cheap, Abundant, American Energy Independence". If these greedy corporations invested in Sustainable Energy development we "Greens" would not "behave badly". </div>
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Dean H.Marshall</div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-64313332454752811242014-07-24T00:30:00.000-04:002014-07-24T00:41:40.672-04:00Auditor general criticizes DEP oversight of shale gas industry and the DEP goes into damage control mode.<h1>
Auditor general criticizes DEP oversight of shale gas industry</h1>
<span class="storydate">July 22, 2014 11:23 PM</span><br />By Laura Legere / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<br />
<br />Read more: <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2014/07/22/Auditor-General-criticizes-DEP-oversight-of-shale-gas-industry/stories/201407220147#ixzz38M8yzkO9" style="color: #003399;">http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2014/07/22/Auditor-General-criticizes-DEP-oversight-of-shale-gas-industry/stories/201407220147#ixzz38M8yzkO9</a><br />
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MY COMMENT: This report serves to emphasize the immediate need for a statewide moratorium on unconventional shale gas drilling/high volume-slick water hydraulic fracturing (aka: fracking) until comprehensive independent public health and environmental studies can be completed, peer reviewed, and publicly discussed, and if these studies can not produce evidence that this extreme fossil fuel extraction process can be done safely, then it needs to be banned. PA ran recklessly head-on, with eyes closed into this development and rolled the dice on public health and safety, as well as our environment and they lost. Clearly, the PADEP is still woefully, if not willfully unprepared to manage, regulate, control, or even efficiently monitor this industrial practice, let alone protect the people in it's path. Last year, the democrat party of PA voted overwhelmingly in favor of a statewide moratorium. Unfortunately, only one democrat gubernatorial candidate was willing to support that resolution. Now, with the evidence revealed in the Auditor General's report, and the newly released documents that clearly state that the gas industry has damaged PA water supplies at least 209 times, and with at least 161 "documented" cases by the DEP of people's well water being contaminated from gas drilling - as discovered via a right-to-know request, and over a thousand more cases still being reviewed, the case for a statewide moratorium becomes even more compelling. The democratic nominee for governor, Tom Wolf instead of institutionalizing fracking in PA by imposing a severance tax that will only create another cash cow for the state to rely on, needs to pay attention to these reports and support his party's resolution. No amount of tax revenue is worth sacrificing the health and safety of rural Pennsylvanians and their children. Tom Corbett's chances for re-election are practically non-existent. Therefore, we need for every registered voter -democrat, republican, independent, to flood Tom Wolf's with calls and emails demanding he do the right thing and embrace the precautionary principle, by agreeing sign a statewide moratorium, and if fracking can not be proven safe, agree to a ban. It's not just the right thing to do, it's also the smart thing to do. The cost of fracking in terms of health care, property loss, environmental clean-up, is going to be catastrophic. Not to mention the permanent jobs that are being lost in tourism, agriculture, forestry, real estate, and new home construction due to the industrialization of rural PA. Renewable energy will create permanent, family sustaining, good paying local jobs in manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and system upgrades, while not poisoning our water supply, polluting our air, or threatening the health and safety of our families. <br />
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Yet, somehow, the PADEP is trying to "spin" this into some bizarre vindication of their performance. It's almost as if they read a completely different report! <br />
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Here's their headline on the DEP website: <br />
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<span class="thread-subject" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1406173356201_23615" title="PA DEP News Release : Auditor General Performance Report Validates DEP’s Work Reg"><a href="javascript:PTWCControl_3_1.WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions('114532', 'form1_114532', new PTWCControl_3_1.WebForm_PostBackOptions("ctl04$ArticleTitleLink", "", false, "", "NewsReleases.aspx?id=20580&typeId=1", false, true))" id="ctl04_ArticleTitleLink">Auditor General Performance Report Validates DEP’s Work Regarding Unconventional Gas Drilling Activities</a> <span class="nrPreviewBody" id="ctl04_ArticleDate">7/22/2014</span> </span><div id="ctl04_ArticlePreviewText" style="font-weight: bold;">
<span class="thread-subject" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1406173356201_23615" title="PA DEP News Release : Auditor General Performance Report Validates DEP’s Work Reg"><span class="nrPreviewBody" id="ctl04_ArticleText"> <em>The Auditor General’s Office today released the Special Audit of DEP’s Performance in Monitoring Potential Impact to Water Quality from Shale Gas Development for the period 2009 through 2012, finding no instances where DEP failed to protect public health, safety or the environment.</em> </span></span></div>
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<span class="nrPreviewBody">However, the DEP failed to include the actual 158 page report. </span></div>
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<span class="nrPreviewBody">You can download and read the entire 158 page report by going to this link: <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1227039/dep-response-to-auditor-general-report.pdf">https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1227039/dep-response-to-auditor-general-report.pdf</a></span></div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-80330339980369524872014-06-12T01:41:00.001-04:002014-06-12T01:41:52.681-04:00The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Regulatory Trap. <div id="yiv8940922574yui_3_16_0_6_1402492202239_22">
The oil and gas industry, as they work towards turning rural North America into a 'third-world' style extraction colony, is now in the process of expanding their pipeline infrastructure on an unprecedented scale. </div>
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The agency that is trusted with overseeing and permitting this infrastructure is the Federal Regulatory Commission [aka: FERC], but really their job is to issue permits and although they are obligated by law to allow 'public input' and consider public comments before making their decision to issue a permit, at the end of the day, public opinion carries no weight and has never influenced their decision, or caused them to deny a permit. - NEVER. </div>
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Here's why. You may, or may not, be aware that FERC is NOT really a government agency, anymore than say the Federal Reserve Bank is. Just because they have the word "Federal" in their name does not mean they're the government. Where I grew up in Philadelphia, their is a soft pretzel maker called "The Federal Baking Company", and they weren't a government agency either. </div>
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The truth is, FERC is a private entity largely funded by the API and ANGA, and chaired in part by former O&G representatives, that is licensed by the US/DOE to issue permits. Their job is to see that every application meets the minimum criteria to justify FERC approval. </div>
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<br clear="none" />I learned this when I registered as an "intervener" in the Inergy/CNYOG Marc-1 pipeline project in North-East PA. The short version of this experience was as follows.</div>
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<br clear="none" />The Marc-1 pipeline is a 39 mile connecting hub between the Tennessee and the Transco pipelines. It involved the clear cutting of 650+/- acres of greenfield forest, the removal of 250,000+/- trees (many were old growth), disturbance of protected wildlife habitat, 122 sensitive HV/EQ stream crossings, and intrusion on 104 private properties.</div>
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<br clear="none" />Myself, and other concerned citizens launched a massive campaign to stop the Marc-1. We submitted 22,093 signatures opposing the project, in addition to a bi-partisan coalition of 35 PA State Representatives, 2 State Senators, and even the EPA stepped in and declared the project un-necessary since the natural gas in the region was already being moved to market via the Tennessee and the Transco. </div>
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<br clear="none" />After we effectively stalled the project for 18 months by demanding justification for the project, environmental impact statements, and concerns about eminent domain abuse, etc., The three willfully incompetent Sullivan County PA Commissioners, along with a few US congressman with no connection to Pennsylvania, asked FERC to "<em>overlook the localized concerns</em>" and expeditiously approve the project. </div>
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<br clear="none" />FERC issued a pre-vetted statement thanking everyone for being involved and expressing their heartfelt thoughts and concerns, assured all property owners that eminent domain would "only be used as a last resort" and only if all negotiations between CNYOG and the landowners failed, and approved the project. All of which was done "class one" which means minimum safety standards, and no local, state, or federal oversight. </div>
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<br clear="none" />The very next day, eminent domain was filed against 89 of the private landowners, most of which never previously notified of a proposed ROW on their property, or had the chance to negotiate terms. All 89 property owners went to court - all 89 lost. </div>
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<br clear="none" />In FERC's history, they have <strong>NEVER</strong> denied a permit for any oil and gas infrastructure project unless the operator withdrew the application. </div>
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<br clear="none" />The ONLY way to stop these pipelines is by establishing Community Bill of Rights that essentially can either "zone out" this kind of activity, or restrict it and establish safety standards and set-backs in such a way that it is no longer economically worthwhile for them to build it.</div>
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<br clear="none" />The FERC regulatory/permitting process is designed and orchestrated to render public opinion meaningless, ineffective, and destined to fail.</div>
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Here's why: The Regulatory Trap (*excerpt from the CELDF Democracy School)</div>
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1. <u>The regulatory system guarantees that the environment will be damaged</u>, that the system actually permits it to occur, and that the system is built to recognize certain constitutional constraints.<br /> </div>
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2. Our “engaging in the regulatory system”, while limiting some of the harms done by corporations, cannot achieve the types of change we need, and that we are colonized to believe that it actually can.<br /> </div>
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3. Our thinking is colonized not only by the law – which establishes certain constraints that deny us the goals of our activism – but that <u>our thinking is colonized by a culture that is created by those who benefit from the way that the system operates</u>.<br /> </div>
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4. On the issue of land application of sewage sludge, we’ve been colonized that a bad is a good, through language used to frame the issue.<br /> </div>
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5. On the issue of the corporatization of agriculture, we’ve been colonized that a bad is a good, through language used to frame the issue.<br /> </div>
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6. Both the regulatory system of law and the culture produce <u>a system of activism that cannot stop a corporate minority from governing community majorities, and that the regulatory system of law and culture effectively drives us like cattle down to a point of activism where we cannot win</u> the issue that we’re working on.<br /> </div>
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7. A regulatory system of law governs employer-employee relationships, and that regulatory system of law codifies the rights of the employer over the employee.<br /> </div>
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8. Regulatory systems of law were created <u>not</u> to protect health, safety, and welfare, but as a governmental barrier to prevent majority governance.<br /> </div>
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9. The traditional use of the regulatory system of law, and the operation of today’s regulatory agencies, are <u>not</u> mistakes or errors, but a <u>logical use of the law to assert minority control over majorities.</u><br /> </div>
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10. Law itself has a long history of being used by a minority to govern, that it was used by William the Conqueror to create an English structure of law; and that the mere existence of Constitutions does <u>not</u> guarantee democratic government.</div>
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Therefore, it's important for people to understand that the "regulatory system" is designed only to regulate the rate of damage to public health and the environment, not the amount of damage. Hence the terms: "necessary sacrifice", and "unintended consequences".</div>
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That is not to say that citizens should not get involved with the FERC regulatory process. You should to get on record. You just have to also act outside the FERC process on the local municipality level to zone it out, or make it too expensive for the operator.</div>
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<br clear="none" />Myself, along with other members of the <strong>Shale Justice Coalition</strong> are now on the <strong>CELDF</strong> (Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund) <strong>PACRN</strong> (PA Community Rights Network) board working with communities along the 176 mile path of the proposed Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Project by Williams Midstream. <u>So far, we've got three municipalities to begin enacting community bill of rights ordinances.</u> *Now, the industry, and most local solicitors will claim that these ordinances "<em>will be challenged, inspire law suits, and be overturned</em>", however, in the communities in PA, TX, LA, where Community Bill of Rights have been established, this has <u>not</u> happened. The reason is, the "community bill of rights" brings into question "corporate personhood", and that is <strong>NOT</strong> a can of worms the industry wants to risk opening. </div>
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For more information visit these web sites:</div>
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<strong>Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) </strong><a href="http://www.celdf.org/">http://www.celdf.org/</a> </div>
Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-54925262791459491542014-06-01T01:27:00.000-04:002014-06-01T01:37:08.047-04:00DEP-Regulating the Natural Gas Industry in Pennsylvania - Not Protecting the Environment <strong>DEP-Regulating the Natural Gas Industry in Pennsylvania - Not Protecting the Environment </strong><br />
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First, watch this ridiculous and misleading video propaganda, <br />
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<strong>Published on May 7, 2014</strong> <br />
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<em>"DEP staff share their personal experiences conducting the important work of DEP's Oil and Gas Program across Pennsylvania</em>." </div>
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Then read my comments I emailed directly to: <br />
<strong>Scott Perry</strong>, <<a href="mailto:scperry@pa.gov">scperry@pa.gov</a>> <br />
<strong>Chris Abruzzo</strong>, <<a href="mailto:cabruzzo@pa.gov">cabruzzo@pa.gov</a>><br />
<strong>Dan Spadoni</strong>, <<a href="mailto:dspadoni@pa.gov">dspadoni@pa.gov</a>><br />
<strong>Patrick Henderson</strong>, <<a href="mailto:phenderson@pa.gov">phenderson@pa.gov</a>><br />
<strong>Arthur Weiland</strong>, <<a href="mailto:weilandart@gmail.com">weilandart@gmail.com</a>> <br />
and of course, the <strong>Governor of Pennzoil</strong>, <strong>Tom Corbett</strong>, <<a href="mailto:Governor@pa.gov">Governor@pa.gov</a>><br />
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I encourage those who read this and share my concerns and criticisms also email these individuals and tell them what you think of them, which is why I posted their email addresses.<br />
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<strong>Regulating the Natural Gas Industry in Pennsylvania - <em>Seriously?</em></strong><br />
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Regardless of what this agencies name implies, the job of the DEP is to issues permits that allow activity to be conducted that is detrimental to the environment, the ecological integrity, and ultimately public health and safety. <br />
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What the DEP "regulates" is the rate of damage done to the environment, not the amount of damage. <br />
The egregious half-truths and misinformation in this video is over-the-top.<br />
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<strong>Here's an example of their half-truths</strong>:<br />
"We're never going to take that casing out of there. That casing will always be there"<br />
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<strong>FACT:</strong> <br />
What was not mentioned was that the integrity of that casing will be compromised over time. 7% of well casings fail immediately - only 50% of the "squeeze jobs" that industry uses to attempt to repair that casing are successful - eventually all well casings will fail. The only issue is 'when'.<br />
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<strong>Misinformation:</strong><br />
"We want people to know that the DEP has 'world-class' regulations in place."<br />
Apparently, every state that allows O&G extraction has those same specious <em>'world-class regulations'</em>.... or at least makes that same arbitrary claim, and has the same complaints, contamination issues, reported illnesses, and ecological devastation that we're seeing in the shale fields of Pennsylvania.<br />
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<strong>FACT:</strong> <br />
The DEP has made it their policy to "partner with the O&G industry". It doesn't take much to realize that it is never in the best interest of one partner to regulate the other. On the contrary, it is in the best interest of any partnership to watch each others back, and in this case, run regulatory interference.<br />
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Many of the DEP's revised regulations are practically carbon copies of the regulations that have been established in other states that have been written, conceived, and suggested by industry lobbyists. [The "fox guarding the hen house" syndrome on steroids.] <br />
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It is interesting, and quite telling, albeit no surprising, that the 'comments and ratings' on this YouTube PR video have been "<em>disabled</em>". Fortunately, we can still access the video, copy the link, and expose it for misleading piece of propaganda it is on blogs, social media, email blasts, op-ed pieces, and in newsletters. <br />
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We will also publish this link right along side the 161 "documented cases of contamination" that the DEP was forced to reveal under the RTK law, the list of violations the industry has racked-up in the last six years, and the scandalously low "fines" that the DEP has imposed on the O&G operators. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: May 19, 2013 </span></h1>
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<a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/sunday-times-review-of-dep-drilling-records-reveals-water-damage-murky-testing-methods-1.1491547"><span style="font-size: small;">http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/sunday-times-review-of-dep-drilling-records-reveals-water-damage-murky-testing-methods-1.1491547</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then, there's also that ever spinning "revolving door" between the O&G industry and the DEP regulators. After all, who better to know how to skirt the rules and regulations then the "regulators" themselves? </span></h1>
What really puzzles me is... <em>How do these bastards sleep at night? Aren't they even concerned about how this is going to affect their children and grandchildren?</em> <br />
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I guess it takes a special breed of self-serving political reptiles to be that cold-blooded. <br />
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So.... stay tuned. Instant Karma's gonna get them and bite them right in the g-ass. </div>
Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-26759455662334082132014-04-03T07:52:00.000-04:002014-04-03T07:52:43.729-04:00Guest column from Berks Gas Truth: by Karen Feridun<div id="yui_3_13_0_7_1396523425590_17">
<strong id="yui_3_13_0_7_1396523425590_19"><span id="yui_3_13_0_7_1396523425590_20" style="font-size: x-large;">Guest column from Berks Gas Truth: Response to Schwank Mayor's support to tax on fracking</span></strong></div>
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<br />The science on fracking is in. Shale gas development is contaminating our water, polluting our air, contributing to climate change at a higher rate than previously understood, causing earthquakes, making us sick, and more. Recent studies have even linked fracking to birth defects in Colorado and right here in Pennsylvania. </div>
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<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> None of this comes as news to the countless Pennsylvanians whose lives have been turned upside down by fracking and the industrial build-out that has followed. Right now, there are Pennsylvanians who can’t drink their water, can’t use it to clean, can’t even use it to flush their toilets. Right now, public health physicians are documenting cases of frack rash, respiratory problems, nosebleeds, headaches, stomach problems, neurological disorders, depression, and even certain cancers in Pennsylvanians who live near fracking. Right now, Pennsylvanians whose homes have been impacted by gas operations are finding that they owe much more on their homes than they’re now worth.<br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> To me, these aren’t faceless people I’ve read about or anonymous people I’ve seen on tv. My work on fracking has introduced me to many of these people. Some have become close friends. And so, when I hear my state senator and my mayor declare their support of a severance tax on drilling, I can only shake my head.<br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> It would appear that the environment, our health and our safety have no representation in government. The Republicans have been willing to give it all away; the Democrats want to sell it.<br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> Senator Judy Schwank could give no more of a ringing endorsement of natural gas industrialization than to say that it’s “here to stay” in her remarks at the press conference she held last week to announce her support of a severance tax bill about to be introduced by Senator John Yudichak (D-14). <span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1396523425590_19548" style="background-color: #fdf869; color: black;">Well, Senator, it’s only here to stay as long as elected officials do nothing to stop it.</span><br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> Rather than stop it, however, Democratic leaders and candidates at every level of government are lining up behind natural gas, despite the more than 270 peer reviewed studies that point to its harms, many of them irreparable. President Obama has ignored the science in favor of fast tracking liquefied natural gas exports to foreign markets. So much for that cheap domestic energy source you’ve heard so much about. Here in Pennsylvania, however, the discussion has centered on the severance tax now that Democrats are counting on a change in leadership in 2014.<br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> Senator Schwank’s colorful props included a chart that shows how the severance tax would be spent. Education receives the biggest cut, $375 million, while economic development and job creation would get a combined $195 million. By the way, wasn’t the shale gas boom supposed to create jobs? An analysis from the Multi-State Research Collaborative puts the total number of Marcellus Shale jobs created from 2005 – 2012 at 22,441. <br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> The remaining $150 million goes to the environment. Well, at least they’re allotting some funds to clean up the mess drilling has left behind. Oh wait, that’s not the plan. It sounds like the $150 million will be used much as the current impact fee has been used, as shiny, jangling keys to divert people from the environmental devastation occurring throughout the drilling region. “If they’ve got money left over to plant buffers along waterways and restore wetlands in my community, the environment must be in pretty good shape in the gas fields.”<br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> Such diversions are just cheap political stunts, however. The real damage is done by the allocation of severance tax dollars to pay for important programs. <span style="background-color: #fdf869; color: black;">Rather than take bold steps to halt drilling in the face of compelling evidence, your Democratic legislators are proposing a plan that will institutionalize it.</span><br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> <span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1396523425590_17685" style="background-color: #fdf869;"><span style="color: black;">Their plan is consistent with those being proposed by all of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates who want to pay for education with a severance tax. It is a proposal that is simultaneously pro-education and anti-child</span>.</span> Children are being adversely affected by shale gas development every day. Children are among the people relying on replacement water. Children are among those whose health problems are being documented. We’re only beginning to learn about the risk of birth defects related to fracking. Children are suffering the insults as well as the injuries gas drilling brings. Last year, 7 and 10 year old children were dragged through a protracted legal case when a drilling company imposed lifetime gag orders on them so that their parents could negotiate a settlement that would allow them to move their children out of the contaminated home that had lost its value. And, of course, children everywhere will inherit the long term impacts, and costs, of gas drilling.<br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> As those more than 270 peer reviewed studies remind us, we didn’t know a fraction of what we should have known before we let the first unconventional well go in more than a decade ago. <span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1396523425590_15905" style="background-color: #fdf869; color: black;">Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille summed it up beautifully in the landmark Act 13 ruling last December, “By any responsible account, the exploitation of the Marcellus Shale Formation will produce a detrimental effect on the environment, on the people, their children, and the future generations, and potentially on the public purse, perhaps rivaling the environmental effects of coal extraction.”</span><br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> And the best Democrats can do is tax it? <br />
<!-- end articleparagraph1.pbo --><!-- start articleparagraph1.pbo --> Karen Feridun, a resident of Kutztown, is founder of Berks Gas Truth, president of the Kutztown Area Democratic Club and holds membership in numerous other groups.</div>
Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-83938099417985435482014-03-28T15:00:00.000-04:002014-03-28T15:03:40.517-04:00The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: The 'Benefits' of Fracking?On March 27, 2014 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart did a satirical piece on the 'benefits of fracking' featuring real Bradford County, PA residents Christine Pepper, Carol French, Dan Natt, Carolyn Knapp, and Triple Divide documentary film makers, Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman. <br />
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<strong><u>Truth in humor</u></strong>: The segment was intended to be quite funny - and it was, but more importantly a satire to bring national attention to the very real harm and abuse being levied on the residents of rural Pennsylvania, and everywhere that unconventional shale gas/oil extraction is taking place. <br />
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It also highlights the misleading "talking points" the industry relies on to promote their agenda as expressed by shale gas <em>shill for the drill</em>, Marita Noon, executive director of Energy Makes America Great, and Citizens for Responsible Energy. <br />
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(*If they were truly about "responsible energy", they would be promoting clean, safe, sustainable, renewable energy sources - but they're not.)<br />
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Ms. Noon <em>claims</em> that "fracking is safe and environmental groups use fear, uncertainty, and doubt to plant ideas into people's minds".<br />
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As someone living in the shale fields of the Marcellus in NE PA, I can assure you that there is no need for anyone to "plant ideas into people's minds". <br />
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The evidence of the negative, toxic, and destructive impacts of this extreme form of fossil fuel extraction surround our communities. Water contamination (161 confirmed cases documented by the PA Department of Environmental Protection), reduction in air quality, forest fragmentation, well blow-outs, pipeline leaks, failed well casings that are causing migration of methane, and toxic chemicals into fresh water aquifers, eminent domain abuse, loss of property value, heavy industrial truck traffic/traffic accidents,, damaged road ways, sickness, death, threats to public health and safety of our communities, the loss of a sense of security and peace in the sanctuary of our homes, etc., and all of the activity one would expect to see in any extreme industrial zone.<br />
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The problem is that this is not being restricted to "industrial zones". Instead, it is being inflicted upon what was once quite, rural, bedroom communities, family farms, and state lands that are supposed to be protected and preserved for recreational use in the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania".<br />
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These are the issues that industry operatives like Marita Noon doesn't want to address.<br />
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The oil and gas industry is NOT our "good neighbors", and have little to no respect for the communities they occupy. <br />
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If any individual, organization, or foreign entity inflicted the harm this industry has inflicted on the people of rural Pennsylvania, they would rightfully be charged with committing acts of terrorism, and prosecuted. <br />
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However, thanks to the revisions in the 2005 US Energy Policy Bill - drafted and sponsored by Vice President Dick Cheney [a former Halliburton CEO], the oil and gas industry was made <u><em>exempt</em></u> from many EPA regulations, as well as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Superfund Laws, they are not held to the same standards as every other industry. They have also lobbied to have many of the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process deemed as "<em>proprietary</em> <em>trade secrets</em>" making it nearly impossible to hold them responsible for the unavoidable damage they cause by conducting this extreme industrial process.<br />
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Although I have never met Christine Pepper, I do know, Carol French, Carolyn Knapp (Christine's mother), and Dan Natt, and can vouch for their integrity, as I have witnessed much of the harm they've had to endure. These people are salt of the earth farmers. They are people of unimpeachable character. They know their land, they understand how to care for it, and they know when something is wrong. They are not what anyone would consider "tree huggers, or hysterical environmentalists". They are people whose right to clean water, clean air, and safety within their homes have been violated. <br />
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I also know documentary film makers Joshua Pribanic, and Melissa Troutman, personally, have had them as guests in my home, and can testify to their honesty, integrity, as well as their professionalism as journalists. <br />
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I suggest you watch this segment of the Daily Show, and while it's okay to smile and laugh the humor in which it is presented, keep in mind that these are real people who have been abused by the oil and gas industry. <br />
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<strong>The Daily Show:</strong> <a href="http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w5j292/the-benefits-of-fracking">http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w5j292/the-benefits-of-fracking</a><br />
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I also recommend checking out Josh and Melissa's superbly done documentary <strong>Triple Divide</strong> for a more sober view of the impact this industry is having on the environment, the ecology, the aesthetic beauty, and the lives of the people of the Pennsylvania shale field extraction zones. <br />
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<strong>Triple Divide:</strong> <a href="http://tripledividefilm.org/">http://tripledividefilm.org/</a><br />
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And remember... don't believe the industry's PR rhetoric, or the <em>shills for the drills</em> "talking points". <u>Do your own homework!</u> Visit the regions where this is happening, talk to the people who are living this industrial nightmare, see things for yourself, and most importantly, <u>think for yourself</u>.<br />
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-39601047756895858292014-03-26T08:17:00.002-04:002014-03-26T08:17:56.787-04:00Vera Scroggins v Cabot Oil and GasThey say that we should never underestimate the ability of a small group of people, or an individual, to make a huge difference. <br />
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That is especially true when it's the right "small group", or a strong and committed "individual". <br />
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That is what can be said about Vera Scroggins. A Susquehanna County, PA grandmother and self-declared citizen journalist who decided to take on the oil and gas industry by documenting the destruction and abuse by Cabot Oil and Gas, and offering "toxic tours" to anyone who wanted to see unconventional gas drilling - aka: fracking - for themselves first hand.<br />
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Vera had been doing this for over five years. Showing average people, documentary film makers, journalists, celebrities, community leaders, and politicians, from around the world what fracking really looks like and the devastating effect it has had, and continues to have, on people living in shalefields of Northeast Pennsylvania.<br />
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Vera's decision to take on what is arguably the most powerful industry in the world, does not come without taking risks and personal sacrifice. Risk and sacrifices Vera was willing make. <br />
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Why? Because like many of us who have made the choice to stand-up and speak out, Vera cares about people, her children, her grandchildren, the future of Pennsylvania, and the planet.<br />
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Last year, as Vera's toxic tours and YouTube videos began to get national and international recognition, Cabot Oil and Gas - the company that poisoned an entire aquifer, destroyed the drinking water supply for much of Dimock, PA, and diminished the property value, quality of life, and threatened the health of more than 20 families on Carter Road, as documented in Josh Fox's documentary "Gasland", decided to attempt to silence Vera.<br />
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Vera hadn't broken any law, hadn't interfered with the company's operations, or in any way posed a threat to Cabot, or anyone else. Therefore Cabot, in a desperate attempt to intimidate Vera and send a message to other concerned citizens who were speaking out against this extreme natural gas extraction process, filed and won an injunction against Vera barring her from setting foot on 312.5 square miles of Pennsylvania, including restaurants, shopping centers, doctor's offices, and many other public places most people regularly frequent. <br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/vera-scroggins-fracking-activist-pennsylvania">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/vera-scroggins-fracking-activist-pennsylvania</a> <br />
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This outrageous injustice levied on this 62 year old grandmother/activist and founder of the grassroots organization, Citizens for Clean Water, didn't go un-noticed.<br />
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This violation of her 1st amendment right of free speech, and her constitutional right to mobility caught the attention of ACLU attorneys who have stepped up to defend Vera, pro-bono.<br />
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On Monday, March 24, 2014, Vera had another day in court, this time to appeal this ridiculous and unjust injunction and violation of her rights.<br />
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Although no final decision was made, her attorneys made a strong case in her favor. There was an outpouring of support for Vera from citizens and activists from across the state and beyond who showed up in court to witness her appeal. <br />
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Why is this case so important? If Cabot gets away with this bogus 'slap suit' against Vera Scroggins, it will set a dangerous precedent and the oil and gas industry will use this as a legal precedent to silence anyone who dares to tell the truth about their activities. <br />
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We can not allow that to happen. Vera deserves our full public support. If Cabot gets away with silencing Vera, who is going to be next?<br />
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I, along with many others, was proud to stand with her and the crowd of other socially, environmentally, and morally responsible citizens at the Montrose Court house today, and intend to be there with her in solidarity when the judge announces his final decision. <br />
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We all need to stand in support of each other if we are to win this battle for our children, and our children's children and stop this industry from advancing. I refuse to accept, or believe this fight to protect our families and our way of life is a lost cause.<br />
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At a press conference following the hearing on Monday, Vera and her attorneys spoke to the press and answered questions. <br />
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To hear this press conference and hear Vera's own words as to why she does what she does, and will continue to speak out, click on this link to the video: "Vera Scroggins v Cabot Oil and Gas on my Youtube channel: <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKazb8AiJEs&list=UUEWwQRI3qXtuLt6p30OusQQ" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395831275061_16339" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395831275061_16338" style="color: #196ad4;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKazb8AiJEs&list=UUEWwQRI3qXtuLt6p30OusQQ</span></a> <br />
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To view a complete set of still photos taken by my Shale Justice Coalition colleague, Dr. Wendy Lynne Lee, go to: <a class="yiv6060981693ot-anchor yiv6060981693aaTEdf" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendylynnelee/sets/72157642865631153/" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395831275061_17289" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395831275061_17288" style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendylynnelee/sets/72157642865631153/</span></a><br />
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-10818608481146209352014-03-18T02:08:00.000-04:002014-03-18T02:08:31.713-04:00"County Gas Wells Produce 21.9 Billion Cubic Feet"... and DEP Violations, too! <span lang="EN"><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1395108714298_7">
On the front page of the March 12, 2014 edition of the Sullivan Review, there was published a very impressive article by John A. Shoemaker, Esq., called "County Gas Wells Produce 21.9 Billion Cubic Feet". Any one who is not paying very close attention to what is going on with gas drilling in Sullivan County would think this is simply wonderful, all is well, and the royalty checks are just rolling in mentioning that royalties in the amount of $6,839,919 have been distributed during that period. These figures are based on data published by the PA/DEP based on reports submitted by the operators every six months. </div>
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<br />It's important to note that the author of the article [John A. Shoemaker, Esq.] is an attorney with Greevy and Associates specializing in oil and gas law and estate planning. He is a member of the National Association of Royalty Owners. </div>
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<br />I have no issues with what was stated in the article. I do however, have issues with what the article does not state. I would go as far as to say that any incidents, citizen complaints, withholding of royalty payments, pre/post production cost deductions from royalty payments, production drop-offs, DEP violations, industrial accidents, etc., rarely - if ever - find their way into the Sullivan Review. </div>
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<br />Therefore, in the interest of fairness, I have decided to share the relevant information that the public needs to be aware of regarding gas drilling in Sullivan County that for some reason doesn't make it into the local press - but should.</div>
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This is a true photocopy of the article as it appeared in the Sullivan Review. </div>
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Below is a list of DEP violations for all gas wells and operators in Sullivan County. Currently, there are <span class="red" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395108714298_19028"><b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395108714298_19027">241 wells</b></span> permitted, located on <b>76</b> well sites with <b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1395108714298_19029">84 wells</b> drilled or in the process of being developed.</div>
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There are also over one hundred violations reported. Some are minor violations dealing with signage and improper posting, but <strong>87</strong> are serious environmental violations that potentially threaten the water quality of Sullivan County, our wildlife, and the health of our ecosystems. I have chosen to only list the more serious violations on the attachment. [well casing failures, toxic spills, leaks, failure to adequately protect our environment, etc.] </div>
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When you consider the number of wells permitted, the number of wells drilled, compared to the number of serious violations that have already been documented, there is serious cause for concern for the residents and businesses of Sullivan County where the local economy is based on tourism, agriculture, and forestry. 241 wells permitted, 84 wells drilled with only 31 in production, and already 87 serious environmental violations, well... you do the math and multiply the impact. And, this is not taking into consideration the massive infrastructure of pipelines, compressor stations, and metering stations, that would be necessary to move this unconventional gas to markets, and the negative impact they will have on tourism, the environment, the ecology, the aesthetic beauty, and the way of life for Sullivan County. </div>
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<strong>Chesapeake, Chief, and EXCO Well Violations in Sullivan County, PA</strong> <br />
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<strong>Well Name YONKIN UNIT 2H</strong><br />
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3 serious violations reported <br />
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Violation Id: 638183 <br />
Violation Date: 04/19/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. <br />
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Violation Id: 638184 <br />
Violation Date: 04/19/12 <br />
Violation Code: 402CSL <br />
- Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. <br />
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Violation Id: 638185 <br />
Violation Date: 04/19/12 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
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CASTROGIOVANNI UNIT 1<br />
</b>7 violations reported <br />
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Violation Id: 599341 <br />
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<span lang="EN">Violation Date: 11/15/10<br />
Violation Code:102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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Violation Id: 599684 <br />
Violation Date: 11/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)</span></td>
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Violation Id: 599685 <br />
Violation Date: 11/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 401 CSL <br />
- Discharge of pollultional material to waters of Commonwealth. <br />
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Violation Id: 605673 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
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Violation Id: 605674 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation. <br />
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Violation Id: 605675 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: 402POTNLPOLL <br />
- There is a potential for polluting substance(s) reaching Waters of the Commonwealth and may require a permit. <br />
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Violation Id: 610727 <br />
Violation Date: 5/9/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
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Well Name: MCCARTY UNIT 1<br />
</b>3 serious violations reported <br />
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Violation Id: 608791 <br />
Violation Date: 4/13/11 <br />
Violation Code: 401 CSL <br />
- Discharge of pollultional material to waters of Commonwealth. <br />
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Violation Id: 681680 <br />
Violation Date: 10/29/13 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. <br />
*DEP COMMENT: Flowback iron appears to have leaked at joint, got under liner, accumulated and spread over an area some 50' x 75' in the northeastern quadrant of the pad. <br />
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Violation Id: 681681 <br />
Violation Date: 10/29/13 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
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HEMLOCK HUNTING CLUB UNIT 1H<br />
</b>8 violations reported - listing 6 as serious <br />
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Violation Id: 599693 <br />
Violation Date: 11/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
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Violation Id: 599694 <br />
Violation Date: 11/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation. <br />
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Violation Id: 599695 <br />
Violation Date: 11/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4HQBMP <br />
- Failure to implement Special Protection BMPs for HQ or EV stream. <br />
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Violation Id: 605644 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation. <br />
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Violation Id: 605645 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
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Violation Id: 633381 <br />
Violation Date: 2/28/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.86 <br />
- Failure to report defective, insufficient, or improperly cemented casing w/in 24 hrs or submit plan to correct w/in 30 days <br />
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SIGNORE UNIT 1<br />
</b>13 violations - listing 10 as serious violations <br />
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Violation Id: 599688 <br />
Violation Date: 11/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation. <br />
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Violation Id: 605617 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation. <br />
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Violation Id:605618 <br />
Violation Date: 3/1/11 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
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Violation Id: 608808 <br />
Violation Date: 4/13/11 <br />
Violation Code: 78.66A <br />
- Failure to report release of substance threatening or causing pollution <br />
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Violation Id: 608809 <br />
Violation Date: 4/13/11 <br />
Violation Code: 402CSL <br />
- Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. <br />
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Violation Id: 608811 <br />
Violation Date: 4/13/11 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
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Violation Id: 609422 <br />
Violation Date: 4/18/11 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
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Violation Id: 609423 <br />
Violation Date: 4/18/11 <br />
Violation Code: 78.56(1) <br />
- Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances. <br />
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Violation Id: 609424 <br />
Violation Date: 4/18/11 <br />
Violation Code: CSL402POTPOL <br />
- There is a potential for polluting substance(s) reaching Waters of the Commonwealth and may require a permit <br />
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Violation Id: 610730 <br />
Violation Date: 5/9/30 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
*DEP COMMENT: Eroded fill slope caused sediment discharge outside LOD and failed E/S controls. <br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>KUZIAK UNIT 1H</b> <br />
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1 serious violation<br />
Violation Id: 618861<br />
Violation Date: 8/19/11<br />
Violation Code: 78.56(1) <br />
- Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>CHERRYMILLS SE SUL 1H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 655058 <br />
Violation Date: 12/04/12 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation.<br />
*DEP COMMENT: Rock below culvert discharge out of keeping with native material.<br />
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Violation Id: 655059 <br />
Violation Date: 12/04/12 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation.<br />
*DEP COMMENT: Plan calls for culvert outlet protection to be depressed and choked with native stream bed material. Outlet protection not depressed, no native stream material.<br />
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Violation Id: 666155 <br />
Violation Date: 04/13/13 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth.<br />
- 2 barrels of synthetic drilling mud where spilled. Some got off containment. <br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>CONNELL SUL 2H</b> <br />
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3 serious violations reported <br />
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Violation Id: 619685 <br />
Violation Date: 09/06/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.22 <br />
- Failure to achieve permanent stabilization of earth disturbance activity.<br />
*DEP COMMENT: Slopes were not stabilized within 4 days of cessation of earth disturbance activites. Particularly western slope back of the pad.<br />
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Violation Id: 619689 <br />
Violation Date: 09/06/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
- Slopes were hydroseeded at the same time. Heavy rain washed out the slopes.<br />
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Violation Id: 619690 <br />
Violation Date: 09/06/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
- Slopes were hydroseeded at the same time. Heavy rain washed out the slopes.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>ROUNDTOP 2H</b> <br />
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6 serious violations reported<br />
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Violation Id: 653540 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. <br />
- High conductivity fluid on pad adjacent to NE side of Baker tank, approx 50' from cut slope<br />
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Violation Id: 653541 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: 91.33A <br />
- Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. No phone call made forthwith<br />
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Violation Id: 653542 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste.<br />
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Violation Id: 653540 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. Violation Comment: High conductivity fluid on pad adjacent to NE side of Baker tank, approx 50\' from cut slope<br />
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Violation Id: 653541 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: 91.33A <br />
- Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. No phone call made forthwith<br />
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Violation Id: 653542 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste.<br />
*The penalty for this event was combined with other penalties assigned to the same enforcement ID for CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC. The total enforcement penalty was $ 35,862.00<br />
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Total Fine Collected: $ 11.00<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>BENSPOND 5H</b> <br />
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1 serious violation reported<br />
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Violation Id: 610708 <br />
Violation Date: 05/04/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d) <br />
- Silt fence not installed correctly<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>MATT 2H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 600039 <br />
Violation Date: 10/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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Violation Id: 600040 <br />
Violation Date: 10/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.11 <br />
- Failure to design, implement or maintain BMPs to minimize the potential for accelerated erosion and sedimentation.<br />
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Violation Id: 601738 <br />
Violation Date: 12/17/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4HQBMP <br />
- Failure to implement Special Protection BMPs for HQ or EV stream.<br />
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Violation Id: 660069 <br />
Violation Date: 11/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.86 <br />
- Failure to report defective, insufficient, or improperly cemented casing w/in 24 hrs or submit plan to correct w/in 30 days<br />
*Violation Unresolved - Notice of Violation Issued Feb. 8, 2013.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>NORTON 5H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 605709 <br />
Violation Date: 03/01/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>RAIN 5H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 600042 <br />
Violation Date: 10/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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Violation Id: 600043 <br />
Violation Date: 10/18/10 <br />
Violation Code: 401 CSL <br />
- Discharge of pollutional material to waters of Commonwealth.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>TALL MAPLES 4H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 599314 <br />
Violation Date: 11/15/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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Violation Id: 602026 <br />
Violation Date: 12/27/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4HQBMP <br />
- Failure to implement Special Protection BMPs for HQ or EV stream.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>HOTTENSTEIN 5H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 597656 <br />
Violation Date: 10/20/10 <br />
Violation Code: 301UNPMTIW <br />
- Industrial waste was discharged without permit.<br />
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Violation Id: 597657 <br />
Violation Date: 10/20/10 <br />
Violation Code: 402POTNLPOLL <br />
- There is a potential for polluting substance(s) reaching Waters of the Commonwealth and may require a permit.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>JOANCLARK 1H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 600363 <br />
Violation Date: 11/29/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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Violation Id: 600364 <br />
Violation Date: 11/29/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4HQBMP <br />
- Failure to implement Special Protection BMPs for HQ or EV stream.<br />
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Violation Id: 628404 <br />
Violation Date: 11/21/11 <br />
Violation Code: 78.57C2 <br />
- Failure to construct properly plug, frac, brine pits Violation Comment: On the side of the wells near the fill slope high conductivity puddles occur. <br />
**Sample analysis 2371 165 shows that this is <u>production water </u>on the pad approximately 1 month after fracking was completed.<br />
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Violation Date: 11/21/11 <br />
Violation Code: 91.33A <br />
- Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. <br />
-No phone call made forthwith <br />
Violation Comment: - DEP was not notified about this spill.<br />
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Violation Id: 628412 <br />
Violation Date: 11/21/11 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste.<br />
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Violation Id: 628408 <br />
Violation Date: 12/21/11 <br />
Violation Code: 78.57C2 <br />
- Failure to construct properly plug, frac, brine pits <br />
*Violation Comment: This follows from previous 11/21/11 inspection (2021896). High conductivity puddle was vacced up but conductivity still high on side of wells near fill slope.<br />
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Violation Id: 690264 <br />
Violation Date: 03/05/14 <br />
Violation Code: OGA 3211(M) <br />
- Failure to obtain an approved water management plan for withdrawing or using water during the drilling or hydraulic fracture stimulation of an unconventional well. <br />
*Violation Comment: Use of an unauthorized source (Troy Borough)<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>JOANCLARK 2H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 690265 <br />
Violation Date: 03/05/14 <br />
Violation Code: OGA 3211(M) <br />
- Failure to obtain an approved water management plan for withdrawing or using water during the drilling or hydraulic fracture stimulation of an unconventional well.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>JOANCLARK 5H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 690266 <br />
Violation Date: 03/05/14 <br />
Violation Code: OGA 3211(M) <br />
- Failure to obtain an approved water management plan for withdrawing or using water during the drilling or hydraulic fracture stimulation of an unconventional well. <br />
*Violation Comment: Use of an unauthorized source (Troy Borough)<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>LAMBERT FARMS 2H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 599516 <br />
Violation Date: 11/12/10 <br />
Violation Code: 691.1 <br />
- Clean Streams Law-General. Used only when a specific CLS code cannot be used<br />
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</b><b>Well Name:</b> <b>M & M ESTATES 5H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 616081 <br />
Violation Date: 07/21/11 <br />
Violation Code: 402CSL <br />
- Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution.<br />
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Violation Id: 616083 <br />
Violation Date: 07/21/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>QUAIL N SUL 3H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 683413 <br />
Violation Date: 11/15/13 <br />
Violation Code: 78.73B <br />
- Excessive casing seat pressure Violation Comment: <br />
*Violations of: 78.73(b), 78.81(a)(2), 78.85(a)(5)<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>VERA 2H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 681807 <br />
Violation Date: 09/20/13 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>VERA S 6H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 690257 <br />
Violation Date: 03/05/14 <br />
Violation Code: OGA 3211(M) <br />
- Failure to obtain an approved water management plan for withdrawing or using water during the drilling or hydraulic fracture stimulation of an unconventional well. <br />
*Violation Comment: Use of an unauthorized source (Troy Borough)<br />
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EXCO RESOURCES, LLC WELLS<br />
</b>8 violations reported - 6 serious violations listed <br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>WISTAR SHAFFER TRACTS UNIT 1H</b> <br />
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Violation Id: 600442 <br />
Violation Date: 11/30/10 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4HQBMP <br />
- Failure to implement Special Protection BMPs for HQ or EV stream.<br />
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Violation Id: 600444 <br />
Violation Date: 11/30/10 <br />
Violation Code: 401 CSL <br />
- Discharge of pollutional material to waters of Commonwealth.<br />
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Violation Id: 628994 <br />
Violation Date: 01/09/12 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
*Violation Comment: 7 Baker tanks full of high conductivity fluid located to side of access road, not on pad. Location: 41, 20\', 44.1, 76, 38\', 01.2 . <br />
This constitutes an un-permitted transfer station. the site was referred to the Department\'s Waste Management Program.<br />
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Violation Id: 634179 <br />
Violation Date: 03/13/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.86 <br />
- Failure to report defective, insufficient, or improperly cemented casing w/in 24 hrs or submit plan to correct w/in 30 days<br />
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Violation Id: 631401 <br />
Violation Date: 02/06/12 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4INADPLN <br />
- E&S Plan not adequate<br />
The penalty for this event was combined with other penalties assigned to the same enforcement ID for EXCO RESOURCES PA LLC. The total enforcemant penalty was $ 25,000.00<br />
Total Fine Collected: $2.00<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>ELK RUN HUNTING CLUB PAD 1 9H</b> <br />
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4 serious violations reported<br />
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Violation Id: 657718 <br />
Violation Date: 01/14/13 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. <br />
*Violation Comment: Rig is staged on uncompleted impoundment pad at front of the location. Pollutional substances on the ground and in puddles, mainly on the south side and SW quadrant<br />
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Violation Id: 657719 <br />
Violation Date: 01/14/13 <br />
Violation Code: 91.33A <br />
- Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. No phone call made forthwith <br />
*Violation Comment: Pollutional substances on impoundment site. DEP <u>not</u> notified.<br />
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Violation Id: 657720 <br />
Violation Date: 01/14/13 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste. <br />
*Violation Comment: Pollutional substances on the unfinished impoundment location. No sign of any attempts to clean up until after the problem was brought to the operator\'s attention.<br />
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Violation Id: 657721 <br />
Violation Date: 01/14/13 <br />
Violation Code: 402CSL <br />
- Failure to adopt pollution prevention measures required or prescribed by DEP by handling materials that create a danger of pollution. <br />
*Violation Comment: Pollutional substances on the pad have the potential to infiltrate to groundwater or move off the pad with surface water.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>HOUSEKNECHT UNIT 1H</b> <br />
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7 violations reported<br />
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Violation Id: 619721 <br />
Violation Date: 09/06/11 <br />
Violation Code: 102.4 <br />
- Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement E&S plan, maintain E&S controls. <br />
- Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration under OGA Sec 206(c)(d)<br />
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Violation Id: 634065 <br />
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Violation Date: 03/06/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.54 <br />
- Failure to properly control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth. <br />
*Violation Comment: high conductivity puddles at entrance to pad. Tracked out by site traffic?<br />
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Violation Id: 634066 <br />
Violation Date: 03/06/12 <br />
Violation Code: SWMA301 <br />
- Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste.<br />
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Violation Id: 633789 <br />
Violation Date: 03/08/12 <br />
Violation Code: ACT214GEN <br />
- Coal & Gas Resources Coordination Act 214 - General <br />
*Violation Comment: Citing 78.72(c) - BOP contols w/ in 50\' of wellhead.<br />
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Violation Id: 634427 <br />
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Violation Date: 03/15/12 <br />
Violation Code: 6018.610-2 <br />
- Person or municipality operates a facility without a permit. <br />
*Violation Comment: Fluids transferred to this location, stored, then transferred to another location (Falk) <br />
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Violation Id: 634428 <br />
Violation Date: 03/15/12 <br />
Violation Code: 6018.301 <br />
- Residual Waste is mismanaged. <br />
*Violation Comment: Entrance to pad has not been adequately addressed (silica frac sand and mud associated with high conductivity puddles)<br />
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Violation Id: 634429 <br />
Violation Date: 03/15/12 <br />
Violation Code: 78.57 <br />
- Failure to post pit approval number <br />
*Violation Comment: control, storage, disposal of production fluids- mud associated with previously documented high conductivity puddles is still on pad.<br />
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<b>Well Name:</b> <b>MARQUARDT UNIT 1H</b> <br />
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5 violations reported - 2 serious violations listed + I incident pending <br />
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Violation Id: 604869 <br />
Violation Date: 02/15/11 <br />
Violation Code: 78.56(1)<br />
- Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances.<br />
<br />
Violation Id: 607074 <br />
Violation Date: 03/16/11 <br />
Violation Code: 78.56(1) <br />
- Pit and tanks not constructed with sufficient capacity to contain pollutional substances.<br />
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Pending violation:<br />
03/04/14 Type: Incident- <br />
Response to Accident or Event Category: Description: (Pending Comment) Blow-out/Spill reported 2/27/14. Several barrels of approximately 23,000 gallons flowback blew out of flare stack.</span><br />Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-85627710513827356082014-03-13T08:22:00.000-04:002014-03-13T08:22:16.804-04:00Homeowner's dream, or industrial nightmare... <div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_6_1394706853474_7">
Since the very beginning of the invasion of the shale army in PA, using their predatory business tactics and misleading talking points to convince people to "lease" their land, myself, and others have warned of the negative impact leasing private property for industrial activity would have on property values. </div>
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Our elected officials chose to dismiss, marginalize, and flat out deny that leasing your property for gas drilling, pipeline right-of-ways, compressor stations, etc., would reduce property value. Some even went as far as to say it would increase property value. </div>
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Now, after years of studying the trend in other oil and gas drilling regions, and the dramatic drop in real estate values in those areas, the concerns expressed by myself and others who were paying attention have proven to be very real and legitimate. More and more banks, lending institutions, are backing away from mortgaging "leased" land, and some insurance companies are now refusing to insure these properties because of the very real potential risks.</div>
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*Just ask Exxon/Mobil/XTO CEO Rex Tillerson. </div>
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<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/178534/exxons-pro-fracking-ceo-suing-stop-fracking-near-his-mansion">http://www.thenation.com/blog/178534/exxons-pro-fracking-ceo-suing-stop-fracking-near-his-mansion</a></div>
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I, and many others, also warned that the push for unconventional gas drilling in PA, and the other gas drilling states was not about 'energy independence, creating jobs, or lowering domestic energy costs'. In fact, the goal has always been to turn PA into a oil and gas extraction colony for China, Japan, India, Norway, Great Britain, and some European countries. Why? Simply because natural gas prices overseas are four to five times the price domestically, and it is the corporate business model to "sell your product at the highest market price and outsource, or socialize the cost". </div>
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The oil and gas industry, along with their cheerleading elected officials have shrink-wrapped their talking points in the American flag to appeal to our patriotic instincts to garner support for their agenda. In reality, it was a corporate con-job and land grab. </div>
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Now, the new "talking point" is that we need to expedite export facilities for "humanitarian reasons" in case Vladimir Putin shuts off the gas supply to the Ukraine. It's important to understand that Russia has well over 100 years worth of cheap conventional natural gas reserves, and the people of the Ukraine are not about to pay the "premium prices" for US shale gas. </div>
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The real reason for the push to expedite the export facilities (there are four already approved and twenty-three more pending) is to sell US unconventional shale gas to other countries where the price is quadruple what it is in the US. </div>
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The law of supply and demand dictate that if you increase the demand, and diminish the supply, then the cost to consumers goes up. </div>
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We've already seen natural gas process increase in PA by 13.5% to 15% since this time last year, and propane prices skyrocket with an increase of as much as 60% in some areas with rationing. So, why are we exporting? Once again, "sell your product at the highest market price and outsource, or socialize the cost". </div>
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The industry would like you to believe that it is because of an unusually cold and severe winter. That would account for a price increase, but not at these proportions. The truth is, we're producing more LP gas but we're also exporting far more than we have in the past. In June of 2010 the US was exporting 72,000 barrels p/day. In March 2014, we're exporting 369,000 barrels p/day. And the domestic cost to the consumer has risen proportionately. See for yourself: <a href="http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W_EPLLPZ_EEX_NUS-Z00_MBBLD&f=W" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394706853474_35351">http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W_EPLLPZ_EEX_NUS-Z00_MBBLD&f=W</a></div>
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Bottom line: We're producing more, exporting more, and domestic consumer process are going through the roof. As more exports become approved, and more trade deals are established with non-free trade countries, the domestic price for natural gas, propane, ethane, and butane will continue to go through the roof. </div>
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Some might say that drilling more wells will lower the price in the US. Remember the corporate business model:<span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: black;"> </span><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394706853474_39694"><span style="background-color: black;">"sell your product at the highest market price and outsource, or socialize the </span><span style="background-color: black;">cost"</span></span><span style="background-color: black;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: black;"> </span></div>
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These are the serious down-sides that should have been publicly discussed and addressed by our elected officials. If the deny knowledge of these concerns, they're either lying, or they're incompetent. Even when they were confronted with this information, they refused to address these concerns. Why? Follow the money! See who contributed, and how much was contributed to "campaign funds", and then check their voting records and see what legislature they supported and who it favored. </div>
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Common Cause Pennsylvania: <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4846315" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394706853474_55412">http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4846315</a> </div>
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Marcellus Money: <a href="http://marcellusmoney.org/" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394706853474_58311">http://marcellusmoney.org/</a></div>
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The lane leading to it runs straight and true. Welcoming its family, the house rises before you, perfectly proportioned, in brick that blends with its surroundings. From the back yard the view opens up to fields, forests, farms, and Bald Eagle Mountain crowning the distance. Late day sunlight burnishes the beauty.</div>
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"It's our dream house," says the homeowner who had it built, finished only three years ago. Now the view includes something else: the beginnings of a well pad, the earthworks and liner of a man-made pond, on the Shaheen property. Homeowners are now <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg101rh2hs_aghN03rrNMdYu4p5Nf4ut_vkk0TogiWG7PEPRjfwEEMqYPoOSB-pXImxpTrygADoELsYLMllIwtL8EMxU-8KktDGxF0XxlPhmLRkCXuOFtspKGhC_edEzDTfDCBh9tQ8pUdUZ_JAKtrPROUuoDyWLnlRPHzTqsfiXmtHRrH1bkiTua9EpHmVS11xfx2Dq2FZYyK8&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">suing</a> to prevent its becoming a multiple-well drilling site.</div>
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Besides risks to water wells, health, safety, and quality of life, it's possible the 128 families surrounding the proposed Shaheen well site in Fairfield Township could lose even more: the value of their homes, in some cases a family's primary or only major asset.</div>
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<br /> Homes may become unsellable, not only because buyers are unwilling to purchase homes near drilling activity, but also because lenders may <span style="font-size: 10pt;">decline to grant mortgages to prospective buyers or lines of equity for home improvements. And insurance companies may not grant or renew homeowners' policies if they - or their neighbors - have leased to gas companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /> T</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">he likely consequence will be townships and counties in the Marcellus Shale region suffering economic losses as some areas of real estate lose value.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> "'For the most part, it renders those houses unsellable,' said Phyllis Wolper, a Denton, Texas, realtor" with several clients living near oil and gas wells who have been unable to sell their homes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b> National and international banks and other mortgage lenders are refusing mortgages</b> where properties have leased or severed mineral rights from surface rights. These include Santander Bank, which locally has already refused to refinance at least one property. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg10zvBVf9vHOcZrguNTZZYJnaOnI1oHYqMlPHgb_nYQGZyfX_wbN_rrnLOLI39ThUyY9PUrwPg2xiridn_BGhSadRp-quULv-QW6XnUkb1oOZADacZ86JFqrl0iseyZrVxTuS_RUBTMp0fuPt20y0SODhdT9JMxdcWHJJCtlJsZDZfF3vdYPIwa0b58nOb8YDQjwJPzbvhactj861E3a9ZFP07yA6LJCyvDTnfAbAYN7T-tayaCUdc58KYfEE6BScKmo89MynDZIS88wCA8TInFG6B6lJV2DuOYQ==&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Since July 2012 Santander</a> has required mortgage recipients to sign an agreement not to lease. If a lease is signed, the bank will call the loan (demand the entire balance). Yet Santander, according to its website, still has <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg10zvBVf9vHOcZresWYq4npcYKnUkh40YObq_aVC2o9axueq1SP9ah08ygb-KC_pLmaPMRDky630eNlS1OT3-AWDmdWViwo8EzW64H65Cv0tOqlOuC7a6RMZ5hsBbmHcUtTINj0SC4aws-Aby4EokyMWkOZZzBGymo_8ZYAIH8kzi4dJGaYqU2byUTR9uDxBqWQyno0UcNFrFHT4zYpyWnGMiNBg5rIZ1-Xg==&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">an entire division</a> devoted to financing energy companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b> Quicken Loans</b> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg10zvBVf9vHOcZadV_jtH-soO0HnN1Kt_p_liTzzWgtMS_B2VtGgSJgS7loQ-2Q6lZDP8OaKjUSIZJVO1H5PvCk1QGuB3QI9Cw4Fes-ChB6Ss94f8PsnpipWpgrVGwUa7dc28h0bIO5gYP1t466dqO0ujUA1N5UaaEpRBfcWK8vr8Dtj_dhEuItTED9IlLkSKdodeujoeOZffN--ZZ8OYW62Ae3FAeTptIBA9B79QPZpBk&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">denied a mortgage</a> <b>to a Pennsylvania couple</b> whose farm is across the street from a drilling site. According to an investigative report by WTAE ABC in 2012, Quicken loans told the family, "'Unfortunately, we are unable to move forward with this loan. It is located across the street from a gas drilling site.'" Two other national lenders also turned down the homeowners' application.</span></div>
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<span> The company told WTAE, "'While Quicken Loans makes every effort to help its clients reach their homeownership goals, like every lender, we are ultimately bound by very specific underwriting guidelines. In some cases conditions exist, such as gas wells and other structures in nearby lots, that can significantly degrade a property's value. In these cases, we are unable to extend financing due to the unknown future marketability of the property.'"</span></div>
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<span class="ms__id3979" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> However, the web site "bankrate.com"</span><span class="ms__id3980" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has a more detailed analysis; search the site for "how oil and gas rights affect mortgages." Sources quoted by the site point to the number of variables that enter into decisions and that these can vary from state to state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> According to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg10zvBVf9vHOcZrguNTZZYJnaOnI1oHYqMlPHgb_nYQGZyfX_wbN_rrnLOLI39ThUyY9PUrwPg2xiridn_BGhSadRp-quULv-QW6XnUkb1oOZADacZ86JFqrl0iseyZrVxTuS_RUBTMp0fuPt20y0SODhdT9JMxdcWHJJCtlJsZDZfF3vdYPIwa0b58nOb8YDQjwJPzbvhactj861E3a9ZFP07yA6LJCyvDTnfAbAYN7T-tayaCUdc58KYfEE6BScKmo89MynDZIS88wCA8TInFG6B6lJV2DuOYQ==&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">American Banker</a>, both <b>Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac</b> could call a loan "if a borrower enters into a mineral rights agreement." A Freddie Mac spokesman reportedly said "no public information" is available to show whether that has happened, but acknowledged such policies. It specifically bars borrowers from "taking any action that could cause the deterioration, damage or decrease in value of the subject property." Borrowers can not enter into a mineral lease "without express approval."</span></div>
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<span> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b> State Employees Credit Union</b>, described as a $27 billion asset credit union, reportedly said it would stop making mortgages on properties where the landowner sold the oil rights (severed them). "You could end up where someone puts a drilling platform on that property . . . We'd have to tell their neighbors, 'We're sorry, your property value just went down.'"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i> American Banker </i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">also quotes a New York vice president of residential mortgage lending as saying <b>"the ultimate warning sign for banks may be insurance"</b> because borrowers need homeowners' insurance to get a mortgage.</span></div>
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All the impact fee money in the world can't buy the quality of life we still maintain here, although it is fast eroding. Even with a severance tax, which our state still does not require, there may be no-one left here to benefit from money that comes to communities where no-one wants to live.</div>
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<span> Ironically, Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, the country's largest natural gas producer according to the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, has joined other homeowners in <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg10zvBVf9vHOcZ1RQSKxzCetiUNUQLO-fwyeUiX2ySajOoCwljLPX_-jhv6bwqWcSp4XYOp2675J3l4g5km-brW-9mTGPgCakvpraGMrW041WksJibZxBzUgiV7dk8NDYjbIThhGC8EhrAexLKTkLMGc8jB1hE_EkkH2jko4UKuBaOy0sevd0gR9NRc7O9R_H9v0TifHc0TnQIVMZT18tRuRpXekzuYBbGXuuBLRkAYukD2yGt8b1ER0GuNxZOQYIAOw==&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">suing a water authority</a> that seeks to meet frack water demands with a new tower next door to Tillerson's multimillion dollar Texas ranch. Besides affecting Tillerson's view, he cites the "noise nuisance and traffic hazards" that will be associated with frack water trucks filling up at the proposed tower.</span></div>
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<span> WSJ says "companies have fracked at least nine shale wells within a mile of the Tillerson home," including one owned by ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394706853474_58346" style="font-size: 10pt;"> We know XTO well here in Lycoming County, a presence more widely publicized since state Attorney General Kathleen Kane filed criminal charges against XTO for illegal discharge in Penn Township of 57,000 gallons of fracking wastewater -- containing chlorides, aluminum, and barium -- at a site also showing evidence of prior illegal discharges. The discharge contaminated a local spring and ran into a nearby stream feeding Sugar Run, a tributary of the Susquehanna.</span></div>
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<i>For additional, detailed analysis, including discussion of a peer reviewed study, read <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001so9tj0b8prAINxdOsYWE1Qvd9oOvGd5nMqJIyPfRG3p36p2Zldg10zvBVf9vHOcZQImJkSQn_fggdYA1lS5_eGBNeCqUSxi-5L1UUBjVJb5d8ZbCjMruVqgb7g7NGgEIP_yu6ZzSHuRQNZ3o0Hh5KFn7TGtGZDHrZUeBKrTPqmiemtYd8t0ItVwtUfClgloorwqHCzB7-6aFEugyTDBQaIQjCJrfn_aRABb0fvZoOyG1-qderX0nd16LLc-ek_vG&c=IsakLtuZCg9LXIdCuQxpXU7jo_yyNPqt5MclurxKAZbnZNqsiOVd8Q==&ch=SiGsSEWuk-yslzSwAGF633HVGfiGnw60VJkGemmBZqMAfVG8zCVP4w==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: black; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">this December 2013 article</a> in </i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Boulder Weekly.</span></div>
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This is on the front page of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette with a very graphic photo of a well explosion... alleging that this is what these supposed "eco-terrorists" are doing in Pennsylvania. This is a thinly veiled attempt to intimidate, malign, and vilify any individual, organization, or grassroots community group who expressed legitimate concerns or objections to this industry taking over PA, threatening public health, the safety of our children, the sense of place in our<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> communities, and the fabric of our way of life. Nom one I know, has ever mentioned engaging in any violent, or illegal acts of vandalism, in any way, shape, or form. On the contrary, the people I am associated with, and know who oppose this extreme industrial operation, and all the danger it brings withy it, are non-violent, and would not have anything to do with anyone, or any organization that would engage in, endorse, or be involved in any violent action. We do support any individual, or organization that feels the need to exercise their constitutional right to free speech, to peacefully assemble, and to engage in legal, non-violent, civil disobedience. We would not stoop to the bullying and intimidation tactics the gas industry has tried to use in an attempt to silence those who dare to challenge their right to put our families, our homes, and our communities at risk, nor would we ever. </span></div>
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<span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"> By MORGAN MYERS (<a href="mailto:mmyers@sungazette.com" title="mmyers@sungazette.com">mmyers@sungazette.com</a>) </span> </span> , <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn">Williamsport Sun-Gazette</span> </span> </div>
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Crimes targeting energy companies are escalating in severity and frequency, government and industry officials report. Simple acts of vandalism have morphed into arson, drive-by shootings and strategically placed improvised explosive devices, according to Lycoming County Department of Public Safety Director John Yingling.<br />
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"The threat could be anything from a disgruntled employee or environmentalist action group to an individual upset with a land lease or right-of-way agreement or even just a random act of violence," Yingling said.<br />
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In June, unattended seismic equipment waiting to be flown out by helicopter was torched in Brown Township, Lycoming County. While no accelerant was used, the blaze was set intentionally, according to Dan Millward, project manager for CGG Veritas.<br />
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"There's no way the fire could have jumped from one cache of heli-bags to the next," Millward said.<br />
In Tioga County, charred debris from suspected improvised explosive devices was found at two drilling sites, according to Shell Oil spokeswoman Kelly OpDeWeegh. No one was injured, state police said.<br />
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"These devices often are found at critical junctures of infrastructure," said George Stark, Cabot Oil and Gas external affairs director. "They seem to be strategically placed by someone with knowledge."<br />
Energy companies have increased their security measures in response to the escalating threats, according to former Marcellus Shale Coalition CEO Kathryn Klaber.<br />
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"Companies have invested millions of dollars in each one of their operations and so taking care to protect those facilities is very important," Klaber said.<br />
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Wireless cloud cameras enable security teams to monitor well sites remotely, even from a smartphone, according to eLine, a surveillance system provider for the oil and gas industry. Motion detection may be set up and will trigger an email alert with a link to associated video.<br />
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"These companies potentially could have very high-tech security equipment that can read license plates or scan for facial recognition," said Marcia Finn, state police press secretary.<br />
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Gas company officials were hush-hush when asked for details about their security strategies.<br />
"We try not to talk too much about the security we use because then it gets people looking for it," said Robert Boulware, Seneca Resources Corp. stakeholder relations manager. "There's several different layers of security and they may not be the same from location to location," said Stark, declining to get into Cabot's strategy.<br />
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Jersey Shore-based security firm Gas Well Services, which contracts with exploration and production companies such as Anadarko Petroleum Corp., declined to comment. However, its website advertises services ranging from roving patrols to "armed and/or unarmed security guards."<br />
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If the notion of armed guards sounds extreme, so are the actions taken by some alleged criminals.<br />
In December 2012, a gunman stepped out of his dark-colored pickup truck and fired four rounds at a security guard near a well site in Snow Shoe Township, Centre County. There were no reported injuries, according to state police.<br />
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Prominent anti-gas activist Alexander Lotorto condemned such acts of violence but said he understood the motivations behind them. Like a pressure cooker with no release valve, unvented frustrations may mount and boil over, he said.<br />
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"It's all a consequence of steam building up in the system and finally being let out by someone who fired a shot," Lotorto said. "I want to be respected and heard. Somebody who might employ violence probably wants the same thing."<br />
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Lotorto likened today's hydraulic fracturing for natural gas to the mining of anthracite coal in the 1800s.<br />
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"Pennsylvania has gone to war with industry before over conditions in coal mines," Lotorto said.<br />
Most gas workers are non-union and have no procedure for airing grievances at work, Lotorto claimed.<br />
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"If they were to bring up a problem with the company, they get blacklisted," Lotorto said.<br />
But disgruntled employees are only part of a broad spectrum of possible security threats to the energy sector, according to Yingling.<br />
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"Some items that look like IEDs could also be used in a drug manufacturing process or could just be a tailpipe," Yingling said.<br />
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"Most incidents, no one has been able to pinpoint that they're against the industry. It could've been random," said Craig Konkle, energy development emergency response coordinator.<br />
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Random or not, the gas industry has ramped up its awareness programs, according to Konkle.<br />
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"We have quarterly meetings in this county, which involve law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, Emergency Management Agency and industry folks. The state police have different intelligence groups that send out bulletins of certain activity that might be investigated," Konkle said.<br />
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Depending on the type of activity or infrastructure impacted, the case could get kicked up to the state Department of Homeland Security or the FBI, according to Boulware. The discovery of an explosive device could be deemed a terroristic threat, according to Boulware.<br />
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"I guarentee you, it's bigger than you think," Boulware said. "I bet there's a whole lot more going on than what people are willing to tell you."</div>
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Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-7750768612802759232014-02-23T23:20:00.000-05:002014-02-23T23:20:38.117-05:00WHEN THE GAS INDUSTRY USES THE STATE POLICE AND THE FBI JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE TO SILENCE A CITIZEN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AT MY DOORWHEN THE GAS INDUSTRY USES THE STATE POLICE AND THE FBI JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE TO SILENCE A CITIZEN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AT MY DOOR, 2.14.14. <br />
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<br /> UPDATE: TREMENDOUS THANKS TO ALL OF THE SUPPORTIVE FOLKS WHO'VE RESPONDED TO THIS POST. I HAVE BEEN JUST OVERWHELMED AND AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF BLOGS AT WHICH IT'S BEEN REPOSTED--AND THE NERVE IT HAS CLEARLY TOUCHED. I WILL BE UPDATING AND ADDING POSTS AS THIS STORY DEVELOPS, AND I HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE SITES WHERE IT'S BEEN REPOSTED. I HAVE LISTED THESE AT THE BOTOM OF THE POST.<br /><br /> I was brushing my teeth, and getting kidney meds into my cat, Switch, when I heard my three dogs going nuts downstairs.<br /><br /> I jostled down the stairs, wiping toothpaste off my face to attend to the rapping, and the doggies.<br /><br /> There was a man at the door.<br /><br /> I thought it was a Jehovah Witness, so I was wondering whether to make coffee.<br /><br /> I arrived at the door, signaled to the fellow--who I could now see was holding out a badge--that I needed to get my dogs outside. 'Barky, not bitey," I believe I said.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /> The man's name is MIKE HUTSON, Pennsylvania State Police, Intelligence Unit, Williamsport Office.<br /><br /> He was investigating reports of "vandalism" at unspecified compressor station locations, and he had with him a copy of the excellent Jeremy Alderson's Fall/Winter (2.2) Edition of the NO FRACK ALMANAC (http://www.nofrackalmanac.com/downloads/volume2_2.pdf).<br /><br /> He wanted to know about the pictures--the ones I have included here.<br /><br /> He wanted to know about the activists in the anti-fracking movement--and whether or not "they" commit acts of vandalism and/or violence.<br /><br /> He wanted me to give him names of "bad apples."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /> I know of no such "apples."<br /><br /> So, I scoffed.<br /><br /> Such a notion--as I made very clear to Mr. Hutson--is <i>preposterous</i>.<br /><br /> I reminded him of the activism of Nelson Mandela, Rigoberta Menchu, Aung San Suu Kyi , Ella Baker, and Martin Luther King, and made very clear that these were our heros.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /> I mentioned Socrates who was willing to die for what he stood, and that he was executed for daring to question authority.<br /><br /> In fact, if there's to be a discussion of violence, I said, he'd be far better to investigate the industry. It will use whatever it can to silence us--and that is what brought the state police--an intelligence unit in a big black window-tinted van--to my door in rural Pennsylvania.<br /><br /> Many of us in this movement spend time wondering if we are surveilled. We try to avoid paranoia--all the while we know that, given the immense power and money at stake, this is an industry that does not conceive of the law as anything other than either a nuisance or a weapon to cast legitimate exercise of free speech as "eco-terrorism."<br /><br /> We see that everyday in its flagrant flouting of environmental, safety, and zoning law, and in it's liberal use of retired intelligence agents to harass, follow, surveil, and intimidate us.<br /><br /> Many of us have experienced vandalism clearly intended to silence our voices.<br /><br /> I used to wonder if I was surveilled, if my phone was tapped.<br /><br /> Now when I call my mom, I say into the phone that the agent listening might as well go get donuts.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /> Now I have the state police intelligence unit at my door.<br /><br /> What more effective way to intimidate a movement activist than to make up a complaint about "vandalism" at "compressors" that will get the police to her door?<br /><br /> But I have a message for this industry:<br /><br /><b>I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU. AND I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE STATE YOU WIELD AS YOUR PERSONAL POLICE FORCE.</b><br /><br /> Here's the good news: <br /><br /> First, I got nothin' to hide. In fact, I'll bet that makes the industry even more nervous. I'm a mommy and a professor with some goddamn convictions, a steady paycheck, and a deep sense of duty to my four kids.<br /><br /> Doesn't get more ferocious than that.<br /><br /> Second, as a movement, we must be making some real headway for the industry to go to all the trouble to fake a vague charge against some unspecified folks in order to get an intel-officer dispatched on the tax payer 's dime and time to the door of an activist with no arrest record, no history of violence.<br /><br /> What she's got is a raft-load of knowledge about an industry that ought to be criminalized, a capacity to write down what she knows, a good camera, and some guts.<br /><br /><i>And she's keeping all four.</i><br /><br /> *Update: Thank you "BJ" for bringing the following two items to my attention--particularly thefact that Mr. Hutson is with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.<br /><br /> http://stepsofpa.com/PDF/11_Terrorism.pdf<br /><br /> http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/10/hazardous_devices_found_at_gas.html<br /><br /> Wendy Lynne Lee<br /> Shale Justice<br /><br /> All photographs: Wendy Lynne Lee, taken with a Nikon, and a telephoto lens on PUBLIC ROADS.<br /><br /> POSTED ALSO AT:<br /><br /> http://www.ronpaultribune.com/index.php/90-content/dailypaul-com/13619-gas-industry-uses-the-state-police-the-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force-to-silence-a-citizen-intelligence-officer-at-my-door-2-1<br /><br /> http://www.dailypaul.com/312489/when-the-gas-industry-uses-the-state-police-and-the-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force-to-silence-a-citizen-intelligence-offi<br /><br /> http://pennsylvaniafrack.com/2014/02/16/when-the-gas-industry-uses-the-state-police-and-the-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force-to-silence-a-citizen-intelligence-officer-at-my-door-2-14-14/<br /><br /> http://protestationdotorg.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/when-the-gas-industry-uses-the-state-police-to-silence-a-citizen-intelligence-officer-at-my-door-w/<br /><br /> http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/02/14/when-the-gas-industry-uses-the-state-police-to-silence-a-citizen-intelligence-officer-at-my-door/<br /><br /></div>
Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-16583078871490554622014-01-04T02:32:00.000-05:002014-01-04T02:32:13.075-05:00Gasland is "fiction"? I think, NOT.<span class="userContent"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">
So now, Josh Fox’s Gasland II is "fiction"? I think, NOT.<br /><br /> This is what collaborating with the gas industry gets you. <br /><br /> You end up being used as an unwitting shill for the drill, and are used to discredit, marginalize, and ridicule those who have had the guts to stand up, tell the truth, fight back, and used to try to convince others that this dangerous, toxic, destructive, extreme industrial activity can be conducted "responsibly" where people live, and that "if" we can just clean up the air to tolerable levels, the contaminated water, the fragmented forests, the loss of viable agricultural land mass, and the effect that our continued use of fossil fuels is having on our climate will be an acceptable trade-off for corporate profits and 'cleaner' air. Not clean, not safe, just 'cleaner and<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> safer'. Which means that maybe less people will become ill, or suffer chronic respiratory illnesses, and maybe a few less children will suffer from asthma.<br /><br /> It also creates the illusion that "regulations", either voluntary, or mandatory can work, and that the industry can be trusted to police itself... at their expense, because they really want to be our "good neighbors", and they care about people. <br /><br /> Organizations such as C.O.G.E.N.T. and BESC claim to be "following the example of Calvin Tillman", but fail to state that he eventually gave up and moved off-the-shale. Now, on top of their misguided support of John Hanger and his "world class regulations" that he claims to have in his back pocket, that there is no regulatory model he can site as an example, they've become the "poster children" for the industry, and have undermined the efforts of every socially conscious individual who has worked so hard to protect the areas that have not been devastated yet by the gas industry in PA, and the rest of the world. <br /><br /> Is this what "realistic and constructive" looks like? It seems a lot like a Faustian deal to me. </span></div>
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The following articles are among the most outrageous and disingenuous pro-gas propaganda I have ever seen. <br />
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Is there an issue on which both anti- and pro-drillers can
agree? Is there ever a time both sides can sit at the same table and discuss a
potential problem, and do so without hyperbole and snarky comments? Is there an
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Indeed there is–and it is the issue of
air pollution. MDN realizes we’re on shaky ground with our industry friends by
writing this, but on several occasions we’ve pointed out there is a growing body
of evidence that shows a marked increase in air pollution in heavily drilled
areas–mostly from compressor plants, but also from drilling rigs, truck traffic,
etc. (see <a href="http://marcellusdrilling.com/2013/02/pa-dep-report-counties-with-fracking-have-more-air-pollution/" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1388782901735_12961" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="PA DEP Report: Counties with Fracking Have More Air Pollution"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1388782901735_12960" style="color: #0066cc;">PA DEP Report: Counties with Fracking Have More Air
Pollution</span></a>).<span style="background-color: #444444;"> <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1388782901735_12965">The issue of air pollution is enough to unite
two neighbors from Dimock, PA who were formerly on opposite sides of the
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<em>Gasland II</em> fiction–Victoria Switzer</u></span> (see </span><a href="http://marcellusdrilling.com/2013/10/more-on-pro-drilling-conversion-of-gasland-ii-star-from-dimock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="More on “Pro-Drilling” Conversion of Gasland II Star from Dimock"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #0066cc;">More on “Pro-Drilling” Conversion
of Gasland II Star from Dimock</span></a><span style="background-color: #444444;">). </span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1388782901735_12963"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><u>We wouldn’t
say Vickie is exactly pro-drilling these days, but she’s decided to be realistic
and constructive, instead of obstructive, and that’s a positive change.</u> She’s
once again on speaking terms with her Dimock neighbor Ron Teel, a pro-drilling
landowner. Ron and Vickie both belong to the local advocacy group Breathe Easy
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A few days ago we told you that one of Josh Fox’s stars in Gasland II, Victoria Switzer, has changed sides and now wants to work <em>with</em> the drilling industry to ensure the air is clean in Susquehanna County, PA (see <a href="http://marcellusdrilling.com/2013/10/gasland-ii-starlet-leaves-anti-drilling-behind-adopts-realism/" title="Gasland II Starlet Leaves Anti-Drilling Behind, Adopts “Realism”">Gasland II Starlet Leaves Anti-Drilling Behind, Adopts “Realism”</a>). This is a huge problem for the anti-drilling movement, a movement that is typically shrill and frankly, unthinking. We now have at least a few people who, while they don’t like natural gas drilling going on around them, are willing to have a cogent, what they call “respectful” dialog about it. They also recognize shall drilling is here to stay–they are realists. Finally, some people on the other side of the issue we can talk to!<br />
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What’s this…one of the stars of <em>Gasland II</em>, someone who trash-talked the shale drilling industry in Dimock, PA has changed sides? Yep. Well, sort of. Victoria Switzer has given up what she calls “tunnel vision” and has adopted “realism.” She says, “Realism is good.” She no longer calls for a halt to drilling in PA and instead wants to ensure it’s done safely–by working with industry and regulators. Welcome to logic and sanity! Glad to have you on our side.<br />
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</span>Citizen Sanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538948972693457483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310688220537485900.post-41419698107579991322013-12-07T14:31:00.000-05:002013-12-07T15:26:34.806-05:00Penn State's "MarcellusByDesign" Has Design Flaw<table bgcolor="#d6cfab" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK9" style="background-color: #d6cfab; display: table; height: 1967px;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Laporte, Pa. - A MarcellusByDesign workshop held December 4 in the courtroom of the Sullivan County Courthouse fell far short of the expectations of many looking for an opportunity for real discussion and public input on the physical impacts of natural gas development.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Presented by landscape architecture professors and students from Penn State University, the workshop was a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fW9SPFPqXq2KXlVpEg6bCmI0CJgBxsW-bgf3_CsJo1pbrxhxWdxZSIH50PRybI-VHNTdU9ufBDw_u4M_FNmwJVsuki3vMbhwXsPJAcwGICyVaVs2buw9Ro2c2doxWTo0bUpVLUySKvlQRspNrHsy21YJfn5fw5wtLr72gqLYjvbs-BRcorwzAhju2z_CtMMCiqFRyJmtbzeadaewYbifMhrgEedFE7jiaxVpmIc63u7VTFRsoOtMJ-FQuTr1qqaDXvzh84cGI3E=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">component</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> of a larger National Science Foundation (NSF) grant project, "Marcellus Matters: Engaging Adults in Science and Energy," under the direction of Michael Arthur, professor of geosciences and co-director of the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR). The stated goals of the workshop were:</span></div>
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<em>Students presented ideas to preserve ridgeline views like this one in <br />Elkland Township.</em> </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Student presentations included many topics, and to their credit, the students' work reflected that they had invested much time, effort, and creativity to the problems selected to solve in terms of landscape architecture. Topics ranged from strategies to protect ridgeline views and reduction of visual impacts of infrastructure to storm water run-off prevention. Included were a few promising sustainability measures the county could better use to avoid the inevitable boom and bust cycle that natural gas development will bring.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">But most presentations were about cosmetic fixes, and simply disguising industrial infrastructure is not what people concerned about health impacts from pollution are concerned about. A less visible compressor station or condensate tank disguised by camouflage-type painting may better blend in with the landscape, but does not in any way reduce its impact: it is still there and so is the pollution.</span></div>
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<em>The imposing M1S Compressor Station better blended into the background when different paint techniques were digitally applied to photos - but it was still there.</em></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Likewise, other student projects on pipeline placement and mitigation techniques that may lessen the overall visual effect of pipeline corridors </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Hands-on break-out sessions included to allow public input were troubling. Designed mainly to rate or rank areas of the county most important to protect, the activities forced participants into a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001fW9SPFPqXq1LDBAoVvL5eXnsbIUzUNJioUyN2UmQEwwsIERREtRfNtXkABddQBmuJmaHvD4yHYfBTR1QPJHTrWCqePF6pMExviJrf6VkMUVvgKCX-BQ8X6Ta2NAyD7I4Lv_Iq9tTRyaWE-fdvAdHoOeQewtZToA2eru2t5xKgylvpEKoNEfNqQ==" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: black; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">Sophie's Choice</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">" situation, making them choose which area to save and which to condemn to industrial destruction. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The only redeeming feature of the hands-on activities was direct interaction with the students. They appreciated hearing the concerns of the citizens to provide a better understanding, since, as one student said, "We don't live here." While encouraging to know that college students are at least looking into the problems facing citizens in rural areas of gas development, it can only be hoped that they understand the real issues, even through the lens of a landscape architecture class.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In the end, there seemed little presented at this workshop to assuage the worries of those in Sullivan County faced with the infliction of an aggressive, pollutant industry on the rural beauty of their homeland, other than that the damages might be covered up through landscaping visual tricks. Suggestions that the oil and gas industry will cooperate with landowners</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> in infrastructure placement and design as suggested in this workshop seem unlikely, especially since most would include added costs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sadly, the likely reality seems more "business as usual," like what came up shortly after the workshop at the county planning meeting, when a resident asked if there was anything known about the placement of a particular gathering line and no one could answer his question. He just wondered, he said, since the actual location had been under dispute for some time and </span></div>
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<em>Students used crowdsourcing to determine the most important view in Sullivan County. Their results showed that the view of the Loyalsock Canyon Vista was #1.</em> </div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_29_1386438223558_58"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1386438223558_1852" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_29_1386438223558_266"><strong><u>My comments</u></strong>:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><em>But most presentations were about cosmetic fixes, and simply disguising industrial infrastructure is not what people concerned about health impacts from pollution are concerned about. A less visible compressor station or condensate tank disguised by camouflage-type painting may better blend in with the landscape, but does not in any way reduce its impact: it is still there and so is the pollution.</em> *<strong>Cadaver cosmetics!</strong> </span><br />
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<em>"the inevitable boom"</em> *<strong>Who decided that this was inevitable? Tom Corbett, Ed Rendell, or some corporate hack from Texas who has no vested interest or personal attachment to Pennsylvania? </strong><strong> </strong></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><em>"The only redeeming feature of the hands-on activities was direct interaction with the students. They appreciated hearing the concerns of the citizens to provide a better understanding, since, as one student said, 'We don't live here.'"</em> *<strong>The students admitted they were unaware of, and not at all informed of the negative public health, safety and environmental issues. Fortunately, they agreed that the health and environmental concerns should take precedent over the 'cosmetics' and were eager to learn more. Many of them asked for links to organizations, citizen groups, and reports on these more serious issues, and asked to have access to the findings of the Sullivan County Listening Project that is already underway and should be completed and made publicly available by March 2014.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><em>"In the end, there seemed little presented at this workshop to assuage the worries of those in Sullivan County faced with the infliction of an aggressive, pollutant industry on the rural beauty of their homeland, other than that the damages might be covered up through landscaping visual tricks."</em> *<strong>Superficial camouflage designed to distract from the bigger environmental, public health, and way of life issues.</strong> </span><br />
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<em>"Sadly, the likely reality seems more "business as usual," like what came up shortly after the workshop at the county planning meeting, when a resident asked if there was anything known about the placement of a particular gathering line and no one could answer his question. He just wondered, he said, since the actual location had been under dispute for some time and </em><span id="yui_3_7_2_29_1386438223558_187"><em id="yui_3_7_2_29_1386438223558_212">was now staked out across his front lawn--and the pipeline crew had been there working on it that morning."</em> *<strong id="yui_3_7_2_29_1386438223558_206">Still no evidence of transparency and co-operation from this industry. </strong></span></div>
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One has to question why this presentation of the cosmetic and superficial and not the public health and environmental. <br />
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1) To address these other very real concerns would be an admission by the industry and their political cheerleaders that these issues are real.</div>
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2) The industry needs to distract from, and downplay these issues because there really is no remedy for them. </div>
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3) Research programs at all institutes of higher learning rely on "outside funding" from the corporate world, and the oil and gas corporations are not going to fund colleges, universities, or research programs that are counterproductive to their "bottom line", or that may cause their shareholder investment to drop-off. </div>
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Now, if this was a true and honest presentation that actually dealt with the truly substantive issues of unconventional gas development, these are the questions that would, and should have been addressed, and must be addressed: </div>
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<span lang="EN">- How the hell are you going to assure desirable forest regeneration when you are creating edge habitat <u id="yui_3_7_2_29_1386438223558_241">EVERYWHERE</u>!!!!! (all trees are not created equal).</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- How are you going to correct the problem with nutrient loading of streams after you cut down "only 2%" of the forest? We are not talking about sediment and erosion - we are talking about changes in stream chemistry when they change deep forest into open field.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- How are you going to maintain viable populations of interior forest dwelling critters like neotropical migrants and amphibians?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- How are you going to prevent population isolation and genetic inbreeding from critters that avoid road and ROW crossings due to predation threat and moisture gradients?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- How are you going to provide for viable corridors for wildlife migration when you are creating a grid of pads, roads, and pipeline ROW's?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- Why are you trying to convince us that ubiquitous species - species that exist everywhere due to human disturbance (deer, raccoons, groundhogs) are a fair exchange for deep forest species?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">-What is your restoration plan for interior forest, what is the timeframe and where is the funding source?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- Never mind "beautification" - How the HELL are you going to assure the forest structure and function - the very ecosystem services that drive our economy are going to remain viable!!!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- Is Penn State, the DCNR, or the gas industry going to control invasive species along all this new edge habitat for the LIFE of the OPENING???</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- Who is going to pay me to control the invasive species on my property when it migrates off your damn pipeline ROW???</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">- Mr. Penn State LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT - how are you qualified to address forest sustainability issues? Or is your job just to "greenwash" i.e. throw green paint on a building riddled with termites?</span></div>
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- What about the impact on climate change/climate instability that increased methane leakage and our continued use of fossil fuels? </div>
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THESE PEOPLE WHO CONDUCT THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE MOCKING US ALL WITH THIS PATHETIC ATTEMPT AT PLACATION. WE HAVE JUST CALL TO BE ANGRY AND REFUSE TO AQUIESE OR ACCEPT WHAT IS CLEARLY AN INSULT TO OUR COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE!!!</div>
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I brought up some of these issues at the PSU/MBD presentation, and although Prof. Orland conceded that my questions and concerns were indeed legitimate, and did not, or could not dispute them, he respectfully reminded me that the focus was on the "visual impacts".</div>
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Therefore, I challenge PSU, the Sullivan County Energy Task Force, the Sullivan County Planning Commission, and our local elected officials to hold public presentations that specifically address the very real issues, concerns, and questions I've put forth in this email, if they are to maintain any credibility. </div>
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I shall continue to push these issues via email listserves, social media forums, affiliated organization websites, and at upcoming political debates until they are thoroughly and adequately publicly addressed. </div>
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John Trallo</div>
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<strong id="yui_3_7_2_1_1386438223558_4220"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1386438223558_4219" style="color: #007f40;">Shale Justice Coalition</span></strong></div>
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website: <a href="http://shalejustice.org/" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1386438223558_4209" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2862c5;">http://shalejustice.org/</span></a> </div>
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*Contribution by Kevin Heatley</div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1385089005368_14366">These production figures are taken directly from industry reports and the PA/DEP data base, and from campaign finance disclosures. (*The 2013 financial disclosures won't be available until a few weeks before the 2014 primaries.) </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1385089005368_14377">(*I'm guessing that's a bit more accurate than the MDN blog, or the industry's press releases to "<em>friendly</em>" media outlets.) </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1385089005368_14380">But first, here's a really interesting figure. It's the dollar amount in fines levied against the industry for various violations</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1385089005368_14382"> <strong>$ 4,585,557.00</strong>: the total amount of penalties assessed in Pennsylvania to date. </span></div>
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<span>(Wow!) That's <strong>$22,541,443</strong> less than they paid for the legislature... in "<em>campaign funds</em>" of course, and that's even not counting the <strong>$1,833,275</strong> in "<em>lobbying expenditures</em>". </span></div>
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<strong>MarcellusMoney.org update details $774,000 in new contributions; $6.8 million in new lobbying in 2011 and 2012</strong> </div>
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HARRISBURG, PA--The natural gas industry and related trade groups have now given nearly $8 million to Pennsylvania state candidates and political committees since 2000, according to new research by Common Cause Pennsylvania and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania. Top recipients of industry money given between 2000 and April 2012 were Governor Tom Corbett (R) with $1,813,205.59, Senate President Joseph Scarnati (R-25) with $359,145.72, Rep. Dave Reed (R-62) with $137,532.33, House Majority Leader Rep. Mike Turzai (R-28) with $98,600, and Sen. Don White (R-41) with $94,150.</div>
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Total contributions from natural gas interests between 2000 and 2012: <strong>$8 million</strong></div>
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Total lobbying expenditures by natural gas interests between 2007 and 2012: <strong>$15.7 million</strong></div>
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After reaching an all-time annual high of $1.6 million in 2010, the new study found that contributions declined to $560,800 in 2011. Lobbying expenditures surged during this same period, however, with $5 million being spent in 2011, an increase of $1 million from 2010. An additional $1.8 million was spent in the first three months of 2012, bringing the total since Q1 2007 to $15.7 million.</div>
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“The industry has largely had its way in Pennsylvania and has spent millions to put their friends in the state legislature and the Governor’s mansion,” said James Browning, Regional Director of State Operations for Common Cause. “The industry’s focus now is on protecting these investments and maintaining access to key elected officials.” </div>
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“Pennsylvania politicians sold gas companies the right to pollute Pennsylvania’s land, air, and water for bargain basement prices,” said Josh McNeil, Executive Director of Conservation Voters of PA. “For their $23 million political investment, gas companies avoided hundreds of millions in taxes that could have paid for thousands of teachers, roads and desperately needed environmental protections.” </div>
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Pennsylvania continues to be one of just 11 states that fail to limit campaign contributions, and the state’s failure to require electronic filing of campaign finance reports has resulted in delays by the Pennsylvania Department of State in making these reports available on its website. According to Common Cause, less than half of the reports due to be filed by all candidates at the end of last March were available on the DOS website as of April 20, just four days before the April 24 primary.</div>
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<tr><td> Sampling period: 2nd half of 2010 through 1st half 2013<br /> Number of production days and gas volume per period based on PA DEP production reports.<br /> Per-day period production values for each well sampled were prorated based on the number of production days within each respective 6 month segment<br /> Wellhead pricing (ATW): $3.35 per 1,000 cubic feet (Mcf)<br /> Pricing source: Most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Dec 2012 [residential pricing: July 2013])<br /><br /><span class="yiv58293694429"><a href="http://www.marcellusgas.org/graphs/PA#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Close Criteria Report</a></span> </td></tr>
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<span class="yiv5829369442data_heading">PA DEP Well Inspections and Cited Violations for the Entire State</span><br /><br /><b>46,130</b>: the total number of <b>inspections</b> reported in Pennsylvania to date. <br /><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.marcellusgas.org/images/2pix.gif" width="300" /><br /><b>Lycoming County</b> is the county with the highest number of <b>inspections</b> to date (<b>6218 </b>). <br /><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.marcellusgas.org/images/2pix.gif" width="300" /><br /><b>4,632</b>: the total number of violations reported in Pennsylvania to date. <br /><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.marcellusgas.org/images/2pix.gif" width="300" /><br /><b>Susquehanna County</b> is the county with the highest number of violations to date (<b>841 </b>). <br /><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.marcellusgas.org/images/2pix.gif" width="300" /><br /><b> $ 4,585,557.00</b>: the total amount of penalties assessed in Pennsylvania to <u>date</u>. <br /><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.marcellusgas.org/images/2pix.gif" width="300" /><br /><span class="yiv582936944210"><a href="http://www.marcellusgas.org/graphs/PA#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Show/Hide Statistical Criteria</span></a> <img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.marcellusgas.org/images/2pix.gif" width="300" /><br /><div id="yiv5829369442criteria_insp" style="display: none;">
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