[Green] Injection Wells

[Vic Elam]

Great job Maggie.
George, I am willing to do the next LTE.
Vic
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On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 11:07 AM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Green Sanctuary Committee:
>
>     Maggie Meyer's most excellent LTE on injection wells was published in
> today's edition of the Marietta Times (attached). Thank you, Maggie!
>
>      I suggest we keep up a drum beat of information about this
> little-known and highly dangerous practice of injecting brine waste in
> Washington County. The companies doing this practice are not transparent,
> have been given a virtual blank check by ODNR, and are exposing our county
> residents to environmental and health hazards.
>
>      My specific suggestion is that someone else on Green Sanctuary (I am
> at risk of over-exposure since I just had an LTE in the MTimes) point out
> in an LTE that the brine waste business contributes almost nothing to the
> economic development and job growth in our region. Their profits go outside
> the region (Deep Rock is owned by a Pennsylvania company). The little that
> they provide in the way of jobs in the form of truckers who transport brine
> waste to injection wells will be eliminated when they start transporting by
> barge. As you may recall the USACE approved Deep Rock's request for a
> permit for a barge off-load facility just outside Marietta.
>
>      In addition to the point about the economy and jobs above, the letter
> writer can use  items from the talking points that I have also attached.
>
>      Please let me know who is willing to submit the next LTE on this
> topic.
> --
> George Banziger
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