[Green] Application for Fracking Waste Offload Facility

[Darryl Ting]

Just a comment re the sources of fracking wastewater.  Barging is a high
volume, medium - long distance transportation mode that makes greatest
economic sense when coupled with long distances and navigable water
access.  The potential sources are all high fracking activity areas with
navigable water access ... quite a large area.  And the volumes of fracking
wastewater for disposal are HUGE. The state of Ohio has been receptive to
fracking wastewater disposal.  So barge unloading facilities along the Ohio
River are key pieces of the logistics system between the high fracking
activity areas and the disposal well sites.
Ohio is being set up to be a disposal site for a large part of the US's
fracking wastewater problem.
Darryl

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 4:11 PM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Annie:
>
>     We learned about this project from the Sierra Club since the
> application was  not presented in any public notice in the Marietta Times.
>
>      The application for this project from Deep Rock LLC of Marietta to
> the US Army Corps of Engineers (Huntington Office) is to establish a
> facility on the shore of the Ohio River (near the intersection of Routes
> 550 and 7 for the purpose of off-loading "traditional waste material" from
> hydraulic fracturing wells in the region. The waste material would be
> delivered from the off-loading site to disposal wells in Washington County
> and other locations in the area.  The public comment period for this
> application was April 7-May 6, which we thought was unfair and unreasonable
> because it was at the height of the coronavirus  pandemic. We asked for an
> extension of the comment period; this was not granted. We also asked for
> the responses of Deep Rock LLC to questions raised in the comment period; I
> was told that I needed to apply to see those responses through the Freedom
> of Information Act. I did so and have not yet received those responses. We
> also asked for a public meeting, and I just heard yesterday that this was
> granted and set for August 7 (5:00-6:30 pm).
>
> Do you need any other information? You should have received the list of
> questions I have already drafted for the virtual public meeting.
>
> ---- Annie Warmke via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> > George;  can you send me a few words about this project so I can include
> > it in the list of things we've been doing to care for ourselves and
> > others?  Annie
> >
> > On 7/9/2020 7:30 PM, gbanz42--- via Green wrote:
> > > Fellow Greenies:
> > >
> > >      We have a  victory in this struggle that we should only regard as
> an initial battle in what may turn out be a protracted struggle. We have a
> commitment from the US Army Corps of Engineers for a virtual public meeting
> (see below) . The rules will be rather restrictive. We need to discuss
> strategy, who will participate and questions we intend to pose.
> > >
> > >      I am still waiting for the responses to comments on their
> application from Deep Rock which I had to request through the Freedom of
> Information Act. I was promised those comments this week.
> > >
> > >       CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
> > >
> > > Please use the link below to view the latest public notice for Ohio.
> > >
> > > LRH 2020-293-OHR
> > > DeepRock Disposal Station, LLC
> > >
> > >
> https://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article/226882
> > > 6/lrh-2020-293-ohr/
> > >
> > > NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a virtual public meeting will be conducted
> by the
> > > United States Army Corps of Engineers to afford the public an
> opportunity to
> > > present their views, opinions, and information on the permit
> application.
> > > Please reference the link above to confirm your attendance, receive
> the meeting
> > > link and call-in information, or to submit a question prior to the
> meeting.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > Marietta, OH 45750-1111
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