Here’s a quick review of what’s wrong with the proposed rules: Limited chemicals disclosure. The new rule allows the industry to hide the chemicals they’re using, claiming them as trade secrets, and allows industry to report after a well is already fracked. Meaningless well-bore integrity tests. Key safety inspections on the cement barriers in individual wells only needs to be tested on a single well and can then be applied to others. This is the barrier that protects groundwater. Allows open-pit water storage. The new rules continue to allow open-pit water storage of highly toxic waste water, threatening air, water, and nearby communities. Acidizing isn’t covered. Acidizing, a process similar to fracking, is completely exempt from the draft rules. It’s already being used to drill in California’s Monterey Shale and is a clear threat to communities.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:41:49 +0000
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