[Green] Several things: Survey, and frack-waste barge permit request i

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Thanks, Darryl. Well said.

I have already sent my letter to the USACE in Huntington WV. 

---- Darryl Ting via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> Search "Deep Rock barge Marietta Ohio" for a description of the facility.
> (You can only access the site 3 times, so print a PDF of the article.)  It
> is an existing facility that could easily be modified for this purpose.
> Note that this is an off-loading facility.  Drilling wastewater from all
> over would be barged here, offloaded to existing storage tanks, then loaded
> onto tanker trucks and taken to deep well injection sites.  Likely to come,
> more deep injection wells in our area ...  more water aquifer
> contamination.  I plan to write a letter.
> Darryl
> 
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:37 PM frogdlm--- via Green <green at fuusm.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Dawn,
> >
> > Thanks for this info. I have sent a letter.
> >
> > Debra
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> *On Behalf Of *Dawn Hewitt via
> > Green
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2020 10:28 PM
> > *To:* Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues <green at fuusm.org>
> > *Cc:* Dawn Hewitt <hewitt at earth-maker.com>; Becca Pollard <
> > becca.pollard at sierraclub.org>
> > *Subject:* [Green] Several things: Survey, and frack-waste barge permit
> > request i
> >
> >
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> >
> >
> > I sent the Sustainable Marietta survey last night. I intended to mail it
> > from the sustainablemarietta at gmail.com email address, but luckily for me,
> > it was sent from the dawnbirder at gmail.com account and NOT the
> > bwd at birdwatchersdigest.com account (which is an alias for a gmail
> > account). (I have nine different email addresses. Nine. Some are aliases,
> > and some are forwards to my real accounts. But I’m really, truly, relieved
> > that the survey wasn’t sent from one of my work addresses. Whew!) This
> > morning, there were six responses. I haven’t checked tonight—I have too
> > many other priorities.
> >
> >
> >
> > Such as: A local company is seeking a permit to build a frack-waste barge
> > unloading facility just south of town, along the Ohio River, near where SR
> > 7 becomes four-lane. The public comment period expires May 6, and there’s
> > no record that the permit application ever appeared in the Marietta Times,
> > although it may have appeared in the Huntington, WV, newspaper because the
> > application was filed to the Huntington District of the Army Corps of
> > Engineers.
> >
> >
> >
> > If there are no objections, I plan to write a letter to the Army Corps of
> > Entineers’ permitting office, asking to extend the public comment period to
> > provide enough time for Marietta citizens to find out about this proposed
> > facility. And really, there ought to be a genuine, face-to-face public
> > hearing on this, meaning that it shouldn’t be scheduled until public
> > meetings are declared safe. And I would sign this letter on behalf of the
> > GSC. * Is that okay with you?*
> >
> >
> >
> > Also, I plan to write a letter to the editor, signed by me, but maybe
> > stating that I am co-chair of the FUUSM GSC regarding this proposed
> > facility and detailing very good reasons for public concern.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you would like to get involved, here are some useful links:
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the permit application to the Army Corps of Engineers:
> > https://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article/2142164/lrh-2020-293-ohr/
> >
> >                From that permit application note:  "All comments
> > pertaining to this Public Notice must reach this office on or before the
> > close of the comment period listed on page one (1) of this Public Notice
> > [May 6].  If no comments are received by that date, it will be considered
> > that there are no objections.  Comments and requests for additional
> > information should be submitted electronically to Kayla Adkins by email at
> > kayla.n.adkins at usace.army.mil*.*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is a *sample letter
> > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GBhyHF0KbhWo4Nq4uxuC8b6ijUDWpK67WOdYtXv39kc/edit?usp=sharing>* requesting
> > an extension to the comment period.
> >
> >
> >
> > You can use two or three points from the sample or the list below to write
> > a letter to the editor. (Don't forget to make it personal).
> >
> >
> >
> > Main Points
> >
> > 1. Was there a notice published in the newspaper.
> >
> > 2. The biggest pandemic in 100 years is no time to push through risky
> > permits.
> >
> > 3. Ohio River is the drinking water source of 5 million people
> >
> > 4. Opens up the community to more oil and gas waste disposal
> >
> > 5. Serious threat to drinking water supplies for  our community and
> > communities down river
> >
> > 6. 6 endangered species
> >
> > 7. One of three permits in a month for the Ohio River
> >
> > 8. Waste could be shipped in from as far away as Texas and Oklahoma.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Big thanks to Becca Pollard and Cheryl Johncox of the Sierra Club for
> > bringing this issue to our attention. Big thanks, too, to Vic Elam and
> > Rebecca Phillips for attending the virtual meeting about this proposal.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hugs to you all,
> >
> >
> >
> > —dawn
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> >

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