[Green] Fwd: Fracking in Ohio state parks - What you can do to help!

Thu Apr 6 20:31:34 CDT 2023

Thanks Dawn. I just read this article (link below) in our fairly new Athens
County Independent online newspaper, which so far has impressed people. The
information has a lot of implications for that proposal to raise the cap on
the injection wells and continuing to accept the frack waste. You might
want to share it.
Anne
https://athensindependent.com/torch-fracking-injection-wells-received-waste-containing-forever-chemicals-pfas-data/

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 5:15 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> If you oppose fracking on Ohio’s public lands….
>
> Click on the top green bar to make it easy to write a letter to the Oil
> and Gas Commission. —dawn
>
>
> Dear Dawn,
>
> In January, House Bill 507 – was signed into law that intended to regulate
> poultry sales included last minute amendments *allowing the oil and gas
> industry to frack and extract public lands*. Ohio public lands – which
> include 800,000 acres of state parks, forests, wildlife areas, historical
> sites, college campuses, and transportation land – *belong to all of us
> and are at risk! *The law will go into effect on April 7th, and the Oil
> and Gas Land Management Commission will be compelled to lease state lands.
>
> The Oil and Gas Land Commission – a council within the Ohio Department of
> Natural Resources (ODNR) – is reviewing the public lands nominations for
> fracking and approving/denying those lands for leasing. They should uphold
> ODNR's mission to protect Ohioans’ air, water and public parks from
> polluting and dangerous legislation like HB 507!
> Take action now, prior to the hearing in 4 days! Submit testimony to
> ensure your voice is heard!
> <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c1e20711ecfad077aaafb6b3b5fb1ca3b5fe3b377fef726c71f8e08d7a5e6528c893071bc5e93c6a52b4092b4bb798c4c7f26b52ba47922963145b08baaebc90>
> [image: Fracking Pad surrounded by wilderness]
> Photo citation: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2021.
>
> As part of the administrative approval process, the Ohio Department of
> Natural Resources will hold a public hearing about oil and gas extraction
> from our public lands. The hearing
> <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c1e20711ecfad0776d850d207466692fcaa4d3d79950c0c7512bc52f130628a56ffdc1eef7ad09d559c7ad88c0d48eb0aef746443f65166e>
>  will be Monday, April 10, at 10 a.m. at the ODNR headquarters, Building
> E Assembly Center, 2045 Morse Road, Columbus, OH -- and we need people to
> testify in person or send in a written comment.
>
> In signing HB 507 into law, Gov. Mike DeWine stated
> <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c1e20711ecfad077953738ea6bc430ea1e3c865c32db29dba15964104c89608379c8cd80be6fa16eb71f9ddd0e82189993a6ad94beb21d1d>
>  that oil and gas companies could set up near state parks and conduct
> horizontal drilling for mineral rights *under*our public lands; *his
> administration would not allow surface impacts on our public lands*.
> Surface impacts refer to things like frack well pads, pipelines, access
> roads, temporary or permanent waste water pits, timber removal, and water
> withdrawals -- none of which we want on our state lands.
>
> Yet, the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission has drafted a lease form
> <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c1e20711ecfad077be2ceec2f1b1b8d9b6873131b35c95a317d31d69b6a6548143ff7684c3a7fed7e8a239a374ee9c030adcf664d58ebd92>instructing
> oil and gas companies that want surface impacts, to create a separate
> agreement with the agency that manages public land to allow it. *Critically,
> this agreement would be made with no public notification or comment.*
>
> To date, the public has been given only one opportunity to comment on the
> proposed draft rule and lease form that will oversee leasing of our public
> lands to oil and gas companies for extraction. This is unacceptable. If any
> surface impacts are being planned or proposed on Ohio’s public land, that
> needs to be part of the application to the Oil and Gas Land Management
> Commission, so the public will be notified and given a chance to comment.
> We have a small chance to do this over the next few days, submit a comment
> now.
> <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c1e20711ecfad077a9fd07755e710026298e9b179cb2da0d75a2f48bf8c3e7ef52702eb649ab18b42ab939d53fd95def23a5262f7bb7fc513caa1927ad079301>
>
> *Fracking is a threat to our health and environment! Why?*
>
>    - Use of PFAS and toxic chemicals used in drilling and fracking
>    - Leaks - Ground water and drinking water sources are at risk of
>    contamination, further point pollution of soil and toxic air emissions.
>    - Health impacts near fracking include: Premature births, Low birth
>    weight, Birth defects, Asthma, Migraine, Fatigue, Heart-related problems,
>    certain types of cancer, like lymphoma and childhood leukemia
>    - Earthquakes
>    - Negative Impacts on biodiversity and landscape
>
> Take action to protect our state parks and lands – Urge the Oil and Gas
> Commision to consider the negative consequences to our health and
> environment!
> <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c1e20711ecfad0770f28c73682931516c906bd8bcc2a95f631c446842698a7c65f240f803827c20a181e65481b49ac1bc3be37fd759d3eaae671bf063081c37c>
>
> Thank you for taking quick action in this crucial moment to protect Ohio's
> public lands.
>
> Shelly Corbin/Takóni Kókipešni
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