[Green] Oil & Gas Land Management Commission

[jamesgrecni at gmail.com]

I sent mine, George.  Thanks for sharing this and all of the work you put into it.  Jim G.

 

From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> On Behalf Of George Banziger via Green
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 5:25 PM
To: Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues <green at fuusm.org>
Cc: George Banziger <gbanziger497 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Green] Oil & Gas Land Management Commission

 

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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