Argentina - 23 Sept. 2013 No mining prospecting Calf Cuesta and do not want to "fracking" in Regina El Bolson / Villa Regina (DNA). - The Secretary of Black River Mining said today that no exploration permits in the area called Cuesta del Calf, while in Villa Regina block UCR councilors presented a draft ordinance to prohibit the exploration and exploitation of unconventional art "fracking" in the suburbs of the city. Officially, today cleared the mining process in the Andean region was initiated in early 2004 by the company Hermanos SA Torello was filed in February this year and that the measure was published in the Official Gazette No. 5126. It was explained that the private firm initiated the administrative procedures for the application of raids in January 2004 in the area located in the southwest province. In August of that year was reported to surface owners prior approval of the relevant environmental affidavit and late October was released through the official gazette. In 2005 he formulated the draft award and then "there were only administrative matters related to the case, that never came to fruition", appropriated the government gazette. He said the September 18 last year, the Bureau of Mines, and mining authority of first instance, received a note from the Applicant in which the owner of the process of formally withdrew prospecting permit lower asking the administrative record. In February this year, the scribe of Mines ordered the closing of the case, which was published in the official gazette. Meanwhile, the radical councilors block regineneses said gas extraction by "fracking" drilling required for each amount of 200,000 m3 of water for hydraulic fracturing and water is a nonrenewable resource and scarce in the world. Described in a single well are injected between 9 and 29 million liters of water containing mixed with other chemicals. (This extraction technique using 500 substances, which include 17-toxic to aquatic organisms, 38 acute toxic, 8 proven carcinogens, mutagens 7 elements acids, antioxidants, bicidos, benzene, xylene, carbon disulfiro, pyridine compound) . Once the fracturing recover only 10 percent of the liquid injected. On the other hand, there is still no certainty of what the final destination of contaminated water that remains in the depths. There is no guarantee that these liquids remain confined and not communicate with drinking water, added the radical caucus. He said the local city council "is competent to make the complementary environmental standards of minimum protection requirements resulting aids to conserve their environment, its landscape, its sociological structure and its own particular lifestyle" . (DNA)
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