[Green] Oil & Gas Land Management Commission

[Kelcey Jacobs]

done

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 1:48 PM George Banziger via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

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