At their press
conference, FMV will distribute and discuss troubling, newly received Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) well inspection documents. Speakers will provide recent information and
concerns about local fracking waste injection wells and the potential for more
injection-well related, man-made earthquakes and their risks to public health,
safety and well-being.
Teresa Mills of
the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) recently received the ODNR
documents (copies of which will be distributed at the press conference) as part
of an Ohio Open Records request.
According to
the Vindicator, ODNR Chief Simmers will address “… recent advancements in the
regulation and production of the Utica Shale.” (Vindicator, 4/10/16, “ODNR official at event”)
http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/apr/10/odnr-official-at-event/
Frackfree
Mahoning Valley says ODNR promotes unconventional fracking, a process which
results in the constant creation of millions of gallons of toxic fracking
waste. There is no good or safe solution to the problem of where all of this
waste will go. This enormous waste
problem cannot be ignored especially considering our local history of negative
impacts that have already occurred in Youngstown and the surrounding area. FMV points
out that we are situated in an area of known seismic activity, therefore,
injection wells must be stopped.
On Tuesday, FMV will call for ODNR to deny an injection permit for a recently drilled Vienna injection well near a family home and the Youngstown-Warren Regional airport. The group says two Weathersfield/Niles injection wells already linked to earthquakes must remain shut down.
On Tuesday, FMV will call for ODNR to deny an injection permit for a recently drilled Vienna injection well near a family home and the Youngstown-Warren Regional airport. The group says two Weathersfield/Niles injection wells already linked to earthquakes must remain shut down.
Frackfree
Mahoning Valley says that they do not have confidence in ODNR fracking or
injection well regulations, especially in light of local and national spills,
man-made earthquakes, and air, water, and soil pollution. They do not trust so-called
“advancements” in regulations to protect public health, safety, and well-being,
since, even though there were allegedly “strict” regulations already in place,
they failed to prevent the 2015 Vienna injection well fiasco where extensive
water contamination still occurred despite rules and regulations.
Furthermore, local
fracking and injection well – related earthquakes still occurred with
regulations already in place. Regulations failed to prevent man-made
earthquakes in Weathersfield/Niles, Youngstown, and Poland Township. FMV
wonders whether the injection wells in North Lima, also too near homes, will be
the next to trigger earthquakes. Obviously,
earthquakes cannot be regulated. It is wrong for regulators to pretend that
they can control earthquakes. Injection must stop.
FMV says the unprecedented increase in induced
seismicity in Oklahoma could be a preview of what might happen locally if Ohio regulators
stay on their current path, i.e., permitting more and more injection wells,
which is making Ohio essentially a toxic fracking waste dump and risking more
water contamination and earthquakes. This is unacceptable.
Geologist Ray
Beiersdorfer, Ph.D., Professor of Geology at Youngstown State University, will
give a brief statement at the press conference and address any media questions.
Concerned citizens of Mahoning County and Vienna, Ohio, will give brief presentations
and be available for any media questions afterward.
Copies of
documents will be provided for media.
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Media coverage of Event:
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Frackfree Mahoning Valley: http://frackfreemahoning.blogspot.com/
For
media inquiries or more information, please contact Frackfree Mahoning Valley
at:
234-201-0402
or e-mail: frackfreemahoning@gmail.com
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Media coverage of Event:
http://businessjournaldaily.com/odnr-officials-to-address-chamber-luncheon/
http://businessjournaldaily.com/odnr-officials-tout-well-oversight-at-chamber-event/
http://businessjournaldaily.com/odnr-officials-tout-well-oversight-at-chamber-event/
