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Browsing Archive: August, 2010

Do gas wells pose health risk?

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, In : Pennsylvania 

Expert says more research needed

Dr. Volz, speaking to a seminar audience of about 300 at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health in Oakland on Friday, said emissions of a variety of hazardous air and water contaminants from well wastewater ponds -- including benzene, toluene and xylene -- is clearly a cause for public health concern, especially as the number of deep wells multiply in the coming years.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10240/1083398-454.stm#ixzz0yEAhqpqQ

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Seagull Development Corporation drills well near Mayfield Middle School

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Saturday, August 28, 2010, In : Mayfield, OH 

He said even though the school objected to having a gas well on the property due to safety concerns for the children, there was not much they could do since Seagull has fulfilled ODNR’s obligations.

The drilling took place before school began for the children, but the fracking is still going on.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2010/08/seagull_development_corporatio.html ...
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Homeowners vote against drilling

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Saturday, August 28, 2010, In : Rootstown, OH 

Rootstown residents reject natural gas lease with energy company, fear for environment

 

''The environmental concerns overpowered all else,''

Opponents have cited examples of drinking water being contaminated where natural gas drilling has occurred and concern over hydraulic fracturing, a process in which water, sand and chemicals are pumped under pressure into wells to create cracks and free up more natural gas.

http://www.ohio.com/news/101359089.html

 

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TWO OIL AND GAS DRILLING OPERATORS SENTENCED ON FELONY CONVICTIONS FOR VIOLATING THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, In : Pennsylvania 
http://www.justice.gov/usao/paw/pr/2010_june/2010_06_24_04.html
 
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, June 24, 2010, that a resident of Sheffield, Pennsylvania and a resident of La Quinta, California, have been sentenced in federal court in Erie as a result of their felony convictions for violating the Safe Drinking Water Act by unlawfully injecting brine produced from an oil drilling operation.

United States District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin imposed the sentences on...
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Ruling gives towns power over drillers

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, In : Pennsylvania 
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/ruling-gives-towns-power-over-drillers-1.968103

Ruling gives towns power over drillers
Published: August 23, 2010

By Elizabeth Skrapits

Would local officials be powerless to stop a natural gas company from
drilling a natural gas well in the middle of a housing development?

Not according to a new state court ruling, which affirms the right of
municipal and county officials to limit natural gas drilling to certain
districts, such as agricultural, mining or manufactu...
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Drill Permit Denied thanks to help from City of North Royalton

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, In : North Royalton, OH 
City of North Royalton Sends Letter to ODNR Informing Them That Ohio Valley Energy Systems Did Not Have City Consent To Be Part Of Drilling Unit

http://www.protectourfamiliesandhomes.com/ohiovalleypermitdenied.php


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Broadview Heights being mandatory pooled into two gas and oil wells

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Saturday, August 14, 2010, In : Broadview Heights, Ohio 

August 13, 2010

“The city has been mandatory pooled into two gas and oil wells after a hearing held on Tuesday. Alai said that the city plans on appealing and going to the Ohio Supreme Court if need be.”

http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/index.ssf/2010/08/broadview_heights_being_mandat.html


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Legal action sought over crude-oil spill

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, In : Gates Mills, OH 

“The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is pursuing legal action against a drilling company following a spill of 1,000 gallons of crude oil from a gas-well leak in Gates Mills on June 19.   Rick Simmers, of ODNR, said Tuesday the spill was preventable.”

http://chagrinvalleytimes.com/NC/0/2218.html

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Broadview Road closed temporarily between Wallings Road and Broadview Village

Posted by Info@ NEOGAP on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, In : Broadview Heights, Ohio 

August 03, 2010

According to the Broadview Heights Engineering Department, Gonzoil Oil was trying to bore a gas line and hit a water main on Broadview Road, causing the road to buckle.

http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/index.ssf/2010/08/broadview_road_closed_temporar.html
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