Ohio Residents Appeal Location of Radioactive Fracking Waste Processor In Youngstown

UPDATE - February 12, 2015:

Mahoning County Commissioners meeting, February 12, 2015, public comment 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pASLQ6xGxGc 
Entire meeting : http://www.youngstownhappenings.com/videos/embed/county-commissioners-2015-02-12/

UPDATE - November 19, 2014
For Immediate Release:
 Lawsuit Filed Against Governor Kasich and ODNR Over Radioactive Fracking Waste
Columbus, OH – Today, a lawsuit was filed in Franklin County court against Governor Kasich and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) for the illegal approval of at least 23 fracking waste handling, storage, processing and recycling facilities to operate. The facilities were authorized by ODNR “Chief’s Orders”, bypassing the official rulemaking process required to permit such facilities. Fresh Water Accountability Project (FWAP) and Food & Water Watch (F&WW) brought the suit. READ more...



UPDATE, June 4:  

YOUNGSTOWN CITIZENS PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM
RADIOACTIVE FRACKING WASTE
 Wednesday June 4, 2014
26 S. Phelps St. City Hall, Council Chambers
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
5:30 PM (EVENT HERE)

UPDATE, May 29:

FFM RECEIVES NEW DOCUMENTS, MORE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS Read More Here...

Citizens Voice Concerns about RADIOACTIVE frack waste processing facility within the city of YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Read more below:

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Please see PDFs of important documents concerning the Youngstown waste handling plant.

March 6, 2014 ODNR Authorization To Operate Facility.pdf

Jan. 31, 2014 APPLICATION TO OPERATE FACILITY Industrial Waste Control - Ground Tech_Youngstown_OH.pdf

April 22, 2014 NOTICE OF APPEAL TO OIL AND GAS COMM ISS ION STATE OF OHIO.pdf

 

Austin Master Services, LLC withholds details on radioactive fracking waste processing method claiming it is a Trade Secret:

Company Claims Radioactive Treatment Process Is A Trade Secret PDF

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Please see the following 4 articles: 3 are from The Business Journal (Youngstown ), and 1 is from Free Press (Columbus), an article by Dr. Ray Beiersdorfer, geologist.

"Activists Raise Concerns about Handling of Radioactive Waste"

http://businessjournaldaily.com/drilling-down/activists-raise-concerns-about-handling-radioactive-waste-2014-4-24 

Thursday, April 24, 2014 - The Business Journal - By Dan O'Brien
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Residents here have lodged an appeal with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, asking that the agency revoke a permit they say would allow a local operation to process radioactive waste.   [ ... ] Read more...

"Company Gets Permit to Handle Radioactive Waste"

http://businessjournaldaily.com/drilling-down/company-gets-permit-handle-radioactive-waste-2014-4-21

Monday, April 21, 2014  - The Business Journal - By Dan O'Brien
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Activists in Ohio are concerned that a local company may soon be handling waste from the oil and gas industry that they say is just too hot to handle. [ ... ] Read more...

"ODNR’s Press Release Raises More Questions Than it Answers"

April 26, 2014 -  Free Press.org - by Ray Beiersdorfer

[3 PDFs with waste plant documents are at the bottom of geology professor Dr. Ray Beiersdorfer's article]
http://freepress.org/article/odnr%E2%80%99s-press-release-raises-more-questions-it-answers

"Radioactive Shale Waste Hotter to Handle than Realized"

June 19, 2014 -  The Business Journal - by Ray Beiersdorfer,  professor in the Geological and Environmental Sciences Department at Youngstown State University.
http://businessjournaldaily.com/drilling-down/guest-commentary-radioactive-shale-waste-hotter-handle-realized-2014-6-19 

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- In April, residents of Brier Hill joined Frack Free Mahoning Valley to appeal an order issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that authorized Industrial Waste Control/Ground Tech Inc. to operate a plant at 240 Sinter Court in Youngstown.
The plant on Sinter Court will receive potentially radioactive brine, drill-cuttings, drilling mud and tank-bottom sludge from fracking operations that released shale gas.
Sinter Court lies along the Mahoning River, three-fourths of a mile due west of St. Elizabeth Medical Center. [...] Read more...

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Something Is Dreadfully Wrong - Yet Their Suffering Goes Unheeded: As Goes Ohio, So Goes The Nation

Post by Youngstown Community Bill of Rights-Vote YES on Nov 5.

Westwood Lake Park, Trumbull County, Ohio

Westwood Lake Park, Trumbull County, Ohio has been put thru hell. Below is the well in the flaring stage and is what a flare looks like when the well contains wet gas.

 VIDEO 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEfXg9km5Q and embedded below



Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBFWo0B3FYo   and embedded below.

Help assist with Community Bill Of Rights HERE: VOTE YES to protect your family's safe drinking water on Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2013, to amend the Youngstown Home Rule Charter so that the citizens can protect their drinking water, their air and their land. READ MORE: http://www.youngstownrights.org/

and on facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/YoungstownCommunityBillOfRightsVoteYesOnNov5

Ohio Gets Ready For BP Natural Gas Cook-out

Gird your loins, grab some barbeque and prepare to defend Ohio as the British re-colonize Northeastern Ohio. London-based BP has leased 85,000 Trumbull County acres for Utica Shale exploration (a fifth of total county acreage; other drillers have also leased acreage), and Monday, April 9, BP will host Warren area politicians at a steak dinner at Squaw Creek Country Club, 761 Youngstown Kingsville Rd, Vienna, OH 44473 Local and regional opposition will protest this government nepotism by hosting their own barbecue across the street in a public parking lot.  This action is a follow-up for the British Are Coming march yesterday by Mosquito Lake that received excellent coverage in the Warren Tribune. Join them for an evening of protest, food, networking, and next steps! READ MORE: http://ohiofracktion.com/2012/04/08/action-alert-tomorrow-in-trumbull-county-again/

Saturday's video The British Are Coming

WKBN article/video
http://www.wkbn.com/mostpopular/story/Drilling-Protest-Planned-at-Mosquito-Lake/zBCIYvd_tk2dULkxLRSrQQ.cspx

Frackfree Coalition : action at Mosquito Lake State Park, Cortland, OH, Trumbull Co. 4-7-2012

Interactive mapping sytems to view oil and gas wells, and injection wells, in Ohio http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/OhioGeologicalSurvey/tabid/23583/Default.aspx