[Green] Oil & Gas Land Management Commission

[George Banziger]

Thanks, Dawn


George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)


On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 1:17 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Done!  Thanks, George!  --dawn
>
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 5:25 PM 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)
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