Dumping Frack Fluids - News from Around the State

[PACamoCoalition]

Good morning all,

The dumping of frac fluids into our streams has generated alot of press, as well as reader comments to those stories.

Given the interest to anglers, I have compiled many stories from different newspapers around the state into the PA Camo Coalition news page: http://www.pacamocoalition.org/news.shtml

There is also a good story in there about the Leasing Ban from the Johnstown Tribune Review. In addition, I noticed there was a well-read thread regarding rights of landowners who do not own the subsurface rights. There is a story on the page that looks at a proposed law that would give surface landowners more rights.

Later today, there will be a pdf posted on the News You Can Use page that describes the Bureau of Forestry's Brook Trout Conservation Plan for 2010-2015. That will be found at http://www.pacamocoalition.org/news2use.shtml.

Hope this information is useful to you.

Ed Boito
Coordinator, PA Camo Coalition

 

[bikerfish]

thank you Ed!

 

[bikerfish]

I like the idea of a law to protect property owners. like the article said, most companies are working with people, but there are always those that don't.
at least it's a start. just a shame none of this started happening about 5 years ago.

 

[odtfish]

I'm just glad this water isn't degrading our drinking water. At least it was only 3.6 million barrels.

 

[odtfish]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer/the_intelligencer_news_details/article/27/2011/january/04/pa-fails-to-fully-clean-wastewater-1.html

At least they are sorry. I think they might even be nicer than the folks at Range Resources, and from what I hear on tv and radio they are some of the kindest most loving people on the planet.

 

[jeff]

Of course this kind of news is not unexpected........ We have not yet begun to see the effects of this free for all drilling. This is just the beginning! :-x

 

[odtfish]

I live in lower Bucks County. We get a percentage of our drinking water from the Neshaminy Creek. I always figured the only way fracking would affect me was in my enjoyment of the outdoors and fishing.