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I live at ground zero for urban drilling.
We have about 60 padsites in our 99 sq mile town here in Arlington TX.Our state and local governement will not enforce these two laws....
1) TEX LG. CODE ANN. A§ 253.005 : Texas Statutes – Section 253.005: LEASE OF OIL, GAS, OR MINERAL LAND
“(c) A well may not be drilled in the thickly settled part of the municipality..”2. Texas Administrative Code, Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 101, Subchapter A,
Rule 101.4, Environmental Quality, NuisanceNo person shall discharge from any source whatsoever one or more
air contaminants or combinations thereof, in such concentration and
of such duration as are or may tend to be injurious to or to adversely
affect human health or welfare, animal life, vegetation, or property, or
as to interfere with the normal use and enjoyment of animal life, vegetation, or property.
---------------------------------We had a drill spill in Lake Arlington, our drinking source, a couple of years ago. We also have about 100 drilling laterals under our lake that are at migration risk for seismic events and or cement failures.
We have had maybe a dozen gas release emission events over the last couple of years that I am aware of.
The following are the items lacking in our URBAN oil and gas drilling ordinance….................
1. Use electric rigs & and use nondiesel compressors and fracking and lift compressors and compressor stations. Blowdowns of compressors whose excess goes to the storage tanks should have Vapor Recovery Systems rather than venting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=FLw_o2P355EYmh7onTqiwcEA&feature=player_embedded&v=js5vVSpWwEw
2. Video tape ALL cement casing pours when it comes back up to the top through the annulus so that there is proof of an even pour and ensure all wells have electric bond log tests.
3. All drilling mud farming (private & commercial) and brine “road spraying” is subject to open records of water & soil test results...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTtI94GGd8&feature=player_embedded Brine spraying
4. We need the industry to invent technology to keep the toxic, silica dust on the padsite-those pathetic pillow case looking socks aren’t getting the job done. OSHA and NIOSH are aware of the problem...
http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2012/05/silica-fracking/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF7fkgzmgO0&feature=youtu.be5. Mandate ventless, emission free flowback tanks by using pressurized flowback tanks instead of open hatch frack tanks....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdKoeBvUHys&feature=player_embedded
6. Global Warming isn't waiting 2.5 years for the EPA mandated Green Completions equipment.... no venting or flaring period...wait for the pipeline.
7. The pipeline should be in place FIRST before fracturing so that flowback doesn’t sit in the ground for months festering bacterial sulfide growth to sour and damage the well and sicken people.....
http://barnettshalehell.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/slammed-with-sudden-nausea-from-flowback-odors-business-womans-blood-pressure-soars-after-vomiting/
8. The setback away from people should be substantial. Rural method drilling is not acceptable in urban areas. An environmental tester who has a Phd said that the health effects are being seen downwind from about 1,800 – 2,500 feet. Local and state gov. need to test for methane leaks with FLIR cameras.
http://barnettshalehell.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/envir-tester-ph-d-master-public-health-on-fracking-emissions-fallout-distance-1800-2500-feet-of-the-downwind-effect/
9. Have zero tolerance for underinspected, or faked Waste Disposal Injection Well casing pressure tests. Don't risk eventual migration of toxic fluids into our drinking supplies.....
http://www.propublica.org/article/trillion-gallon-loophole-lax-rules-for-drillers-that-inject-pollutants
10. State entities overseeing oil and gas should regulate how close old wells are to new wells....
http://barnettshalehell.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/chain-reaction-well-explosions-arlingtons-old-mineral-well-downtown-to-contemplate/
Lets elect officials that will ensure a protective Oil & Gas Drilling oversight. This is in our “collective” power so we must all become active to be proactive because reactive measures are too costly.
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Love Letter to Arlington TX officials re Health Risks in Co-existing near Frack sites
Photo above is the Public Health Authority, Dr Cynthia Simmons, for the City of Arlington who refused to comment on co-existing near drilling (audio link) health risks. I warned our city officials (and others) that I would continue post to the internet … Continue reading →
RIP Chris Kyle AND Arlington Cowboys Stadium Airshed 1/31/2013 – where was the media?
Plans are being finalized to honor Chris Kyle in his untimely death of one of his own people that he was trying to help. In the midst of this tragedy there are opportunities for those to benefit from the media … Continue reading →
Dr (mayor) Cluck’s deciding vote allows drilling 359 feet by Daycare
Above video is footage from the Feb 4, 2013 protest and features FLIR footage from Lake Arlington’s invisible emissions from storage tanks. On 2/5/2013 Arlington City Council approved all three gas well agenda items that trigger the rest of the wells … Continue reading →
More Shale Stirring Stories / Cancer Cluster ? zip 75028 claims mother of 7 in Flower Mound August 5 2012
The Jacob Bloom story (see below) is so touching. His family lives in Flower Mound…where his now deceased mother loved and lived her life. FYI Below is info I sent two of our councilwomen that I sat near in church yesterday … Continue reading →
Arlington Fire Department to the rescue …… again
Arlington Fire Dept Bears the weight of neighborhing town’s spewing gas wells. Just got off the phone with TCEQ who is opening an investigation to an emission event last Sunday that no one else reported except the Star Telegram. If … Continue reading →
More than 20 blowouts have occurred at Barnett Shale wells
Here is a link to this two year old story…. (Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas))By Jack Z. Smith, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas “Jun. 5–Well blowouts are unusual, but certainly not unheard of in North Texas’ Barnett Shale, the largest natural … Continue reading →
Gas release at Matlock and Debbie Lane two schools locked down
Here are excepts from the original news report….(MY COMMENTS INTERJECTED WITH PARENTHESIS) Release at Mansfield natural gas drilling site investigated (by Rusty Ward = fail) MANSFIELD — The unexpected venting of natural gas at a Carrizo Oil & … Continue reading →
Listen to audio interview applicable to industry funded Energy Institute study exonerating fracking
UPDATE… here is the UT system email addresses in case you want to also write them… —– Forwarded Message —- From: kim feil <kimfeil@sbcglobal.net> To: president@po.utexas.edu; chancellor@utsystem.edu Sent: Wed, August 8, 2012 2:38:37 PM Subject: Dr Groat needs a reprimand … Continue reading →
My Councilman Mel LeBlanc is in the news ….again
Here is a picture my mascot Ben Zene wears in his shirt pocket. It is a reminder of how my councilman made fun of my concerns with blowouts in my neighborhood near the Cowboy Stadium. In last night’s coverage on … Continue reading →
Expanding the GM Plant should require a Massive Plant of Pollution Eating Paulownia
Regarding the GM to PLant more Pollution? article, I say ”Just great!” note the sarcasim….that may even mean even more pollution for our Entertainment District based on those prevailing southerly winds blowing to the north. Per this Interactive EPA GHG Offenders site, … Continue reading →
