This Map Shows Where Road Dumping Of Oil/Gas Wastewater 2B Allowed In PA (Essentially Everywhere)

[hatrack]

The Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment recently released a map showing unpaved roads in Pennsylvania, each of which could become a new dumpsite, if the General Assembly passes pending legislation legalizing the road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater.

The primary areas to be affected would be unpaved dirt and gravel roads anywhere there is conventional oil and gas drilling in the state. The bills-- Senate Bill 790 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) and House Bill 1635 (Causer-R- Cameron) are both now in the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee-- and are said to be on a fast track for action.

On November 12, Berks Gas Truth reported 132 organizations and 1,130 citizens have signed on to a letter to Senate and House lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf objecting to the bills legalizing the road dumping of drilling wastewater and providing other benefits to conventional drillers, including a loosening of the requirements for reporting spills. Yhe letter says in part, “We, the undersigned, are writing to protest your refusal to follow the established process in a rush to get a win for the industry you have come to believe you represent.”

“Pennsylvanians are getting tired of the industry’s every wish being our government’s command. For months, we have been calling for an investigation into the alarming number of diagnoses of rare cancers in children in the shale fields.

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http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2019/11/you-are-looking-at-map-of-future.html

[AJT]

1. I assume that the backyards of everyone who votes YES on the bill will be dumping areas.

[Deb]

2. Rural areas have always been the dumping grounds for waste and cheap natural resources

I am so sick of the exploitation