A town hall-style, informational, open-to-the-public meeting
about fracking waste injection wells is to be held on Thursday, August
30, 2018 in Hubbard, Ohio A citizen town hall-style
meeting to be held on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 7 PM to 9:30 PM at
the Brentford House in Hubbard, Ohio (more details below) will address
fracking waste injection wells, in general, and also a new toxic waste
injection well proposed for Hubbard Township, Ohio planned to be sited
way too near family homes, businesses, government buildings and an
important waterway. Five proposed Brookfield, Ohio injection wells and
North Lima and Vienna, Ohio injection wells will also be discussed.
Astonishingly, despite Trumbull County having numerous waste injection
wells already, yet another toxic waste injection well is being proposed
for a highly populated area in Hubbard Township, Ohio. This is
unacceptable. Groups opposing injection wells say this is an issue for
the entire region and the state, especially since scientists have linked
injection wells to man-made earthquakes, even as large as a magnitude
5.7 quake that occurred in Oklahoma in 2011.
There are
also unacceptable risks to water posed by injection wells. Spills and
releases that result in water contamination have occurred such as the
release in Vienna, Ohio in 2015 that destroyed two wetlands and a pond.
Groups say injection wells, such as the one proposed for Hubbard
Township, pose unacceptable risks of adverse impacts to air, water, and
land. They say Ohio cannot be used as a toxic waste dumping ground.
Concerned Hubbard citizens, their allies, and groups opposing injection
wells will hold a town hall-style, informational public meeting on
Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 7 PM to 9:30 PM at the Brentford House ,
at 737 Myron Street, Hubbard, Ohio, 44425 to provide information and to
let the community voice their concerns and suggestions regarding
lawfully halting fracking waste injection wells.
The meeting is free and open to the public. All media are urged to please attend.
At the beginning of the meeting, distinguished speakers will provide
information about injection wells, hazardous waste, and other relevant
issues. Then the floor will be opened to the public and media for
comments, questions, and answers.
Confirmed speakers are:
- Battalion
Chief of the Youngstown Fire Department, Silverio Caggiano, who has
served for 37 years with the fire department and who serves on numerous
hazardous materials technical advisory committees for the state. Chief
Caggiano also has 27 years as a hazardous materials/ WMD Specialist.
- Hubbard Township Trustee Rick Hernandez, Jr.
- Teresa Mills, Executive Director of the Buckeye Environmental Network (BEN) and Community Organizer for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ).
Town hall organizers say that at the meeting, attendees can get
up-to-date information on the status of the proposed injection wells,
sign the citizen petition to oppose the proposed Hubbard Township
injection well, and voice their concerns, experiences, and expertise
regarding the wells.
Saying that communities need to stick
together in their opposition to the injection wells, meeting organizers
are reaching out to invite and involve residents from Hubbard, Vienna,
Brookfield, North Lima and the entire region, including people in
Pennsylvania. All are urged to attend.
Groups helping to coordinate the meeting are
Citizens Against Injection Wells – Hubbard Twp.,
Frackfree America National Coalition (FANC), based in Youngstown, Ohio (
www.frackfreeamerica.org ) and
Buckeye Environmental Network (
www.buckeyeenvironmentalnetwork.org ).
The groups, FANC and BEN, believe based upon science and experience,
that injection is inherently unsafe and that no amount of regulation can
make it safe, especially in a highly populated, earthquake-prone area
where Hubbard Township and Brookfield are located and where there are
abandoned coal mines.
For more information or media inquiries, please see
www.frackfreeamerica.org Email:
frackfreeamerica@gmail.com or call:
234-201-8007 For information about local injection wells, man-made earthquakes, and more, please see:
http://www.frackfreeamerica.org/blog/public-comment-odnr-should-denyrevoke-permits-of-5-fracking-waste-injection-wells-in-brookfield-ohio-december-2017#_ednref2UPDATES can be found on
facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/675991752775040/Injection Well FACT SHEET (August 2018) click to download file
Contact: Jane Spies, M.S. Ed.: Phone: 330-619-0730 or 234-201-8007 or
Contact: Teresa Mills: Phone: 614-507-4406 or e-mail:
tmills@chej.org
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Thursday nite - NE Ohio Fracking-Waste Injection Wells Townhall-meeting August 30, 2018 @ 7pm @ Brentford House, 737 Myron Street, Hubbard, Ohio, 44425 | |
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In the seismically active NE Ohio fracking waste injection wells could induce earthquakes - permits must be revoked/denied. |
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OH State Rep Glenn Holmes letter denouncing fracking waste injection wells in Ohio |
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Location of proposed fracking waste injection well, Hubbard Twp, Trumbull County, Ohio (200 feet from food manufacturing plant) |