[Green] Oil & Gas Land Management Commission

[Teresa Hayes]

 I will be writing a letter George. Thank you for all you do to help the environment and its people.  I appreciate you and Gwen.

I know there is a conflict for the 1st.   I will be attending the protest

    On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 05:25:04 PM EDT, George Banziger via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:  
 
 Green Sanctuary Committee:
     Below is the message I sent to the Oil & Gas Land Management Commission about three "nominations" for fracking sites near Salt Fork State Park.  If you send a similar message just mix up the items I listed. Also put in the subject line:
               23-DNR-0005,0006,0007
Commission Clerk:
    I respectfully wish to express my opposition to the nominations for the above-referenced parcels in the vicinity of Salt Fork State Park. I have been fishing, hiking, picnicking, boating and other activities at this State Park, which I regard as the "gem" of our state park system. I oppose the nominations submitted for hydraulic fracturing for the following reasons:
           -methane emissions which will contribute to climate change
          -building of access roads and their environmental impact in the vicinity of the park

           -water pollution
           -water withdrawal (each fracking well will have to take about a 1 million gallons of water/year). These will be drawn from the Muskingum Watershed, which cannot tolerate this loss.
            -flaring of natural gas
            -huge amounts of brine waste which will probably come to Washington County (my home county), which already leads the state in volume of brine waste injected.
     I would urge the Commission to seek the advice  of scientific experts before approving these nominations (I don't see any science experts in the current Commission membership).
     
George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)
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