[Green] Fwd: Pipeline spill in Washington County

Mon Feb 8 21:41:43 CST 2021

I too had the 21st.
Maggie

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 5:23 PM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:

> Dawn,
>
>      The FUUSM weekly update indicates Feb 14 as the date of our Green
> /sanctuary meeting. I thought we usually meet on the third Sunday of the
> month??
>
>
> ---- Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> > FYI. Ugh. —dawn
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Kevin Ritter <kritter at wcgov.org>
> > > Date: February 8, 2021 at 11:42:18 AM EST
> > > To: Dawn Hewitt <hewitt at earth-maker.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Pipeline spill in Washington County
> > >
> > > 
> > > Ms. Hewitt,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your email. You are exactly right in highlighting EPA
> and ODNR as the agencies with jurisdictional authority in this matter. As
> such, your questions would be best directed to them.
> > >
> > > Thank you again,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 5:09 PM Dawn Hewitt <hewitt at earth-maker.com>
> wrote:
> > >> Dear Commissioners Booth, Ritter, and Schilling,
> > >>
> > >> According to SkyTruth, a nonprofit organization that uses remote
> sensing and satellite imagery to identify and monitor threats to natural
> resources, a “major” pipeline incident occurred in Washington County on
> January 20, 2021, at 10:50 a.m. Brine was spilled, and the suspected
> responsible party is Deep Rock Disposal Solutions.
> > >>
> > >> Here is a link to the report:
> https://alerts.skytruth.org/report/f9e080ee-1a66-d579-a8fb-e28cbf57e5f3/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> As you are, no doubt, aware, last fall, Deep Rock Disposal obtained a
> permit for a barge unloading facility on the Ohio River just south of
> Marietta that would permit fracking brine to be unloaded and pumped into an
> old pipeline for disposal in a Washington County injection well, presumably
> one located up the hill above the facility.
> > >>
> > >> I hope you have investigated this spill, and are working with the
> Ohio Department of Environmental Protection and the Ohio Department of
> Natural Resources on the full and urgent remediation of this spill.
> > >>
> > >> I would like answers to the following questions:
> > >> How many gallons of brine spilled?
> > >> How how much land on the surface was contaminated?
> > >> How deeply did the contaminant flow into the soil?
> > >> The spill flowed in to Mile Run, but will the aquifer be affected, or
> has it been already?
> > >> Will ground water be tested?
> > >> How will this spill be remediated?
> > >> How will you know that all the contamination has been recovered?
> > >> Who is responsible for paying the cost of remediation?
> > >> Who is responsible for oversight of the clean-up?
> > >> How will you ensure that spills such as this—or worse—do not occur
> again?
> > >> Will the responsible party be fined?
> > >> Thank you for your attention to this important and disturbing matter.
> > >>
> > >> Sincerely,
> > >>
> > >> Dawn Hewitt
> > >> 622 N. Seventh St.
> > >> Marietta, OH 45750
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kevin Ritter
> > > County Commissioner
> > > 1115 Gilman Ave.
> > > Marietta, OH 45750
> > > (740) 373-6623, x2013
> > >
>
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> 202 Lawton Road
> Marietta, OH 45750-1111
> 740-434-5685
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