PA Legislature PASS BILL to Kill Local Zoning
& ALL Local Regulations of Gas & Oil Drilling
PA House Bill HB 1950 - PA Senate Bill SB 1100
Industrial Threats to Our Communities

Compressor Station Proposed for West Wyoming PA
click to read '"Pipelines & Compressor Stations"

Wherever there are Pipelines, also come Metering, Compressor Stations
& other industrial activities that threaten quality-of-life & property values.
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Pipeline Fires & Explosions are more likely where there is more activity. The Natural Gas Industry needs to be regulated by us, not them or minority of leasers. DEMAND your government officials protect your family & property from these & all industrial activities that are NOT Residential or Agricultural.

CALL the "Dallas Zoning Board" to voice your concerns - 570-674-2005.
Learn more, click the "Pipelines & Compressors Stations" button at left.

Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling Invades PA

Down in Texas the big gas companies are talking about North East PA as the place to be. Marcellus Shale lies under much of northern Appalachia 6,000 to 8,000 feet below the surface; the shale contain large quantities of natural gas.



"FRACK TO THE FUTURE -
What Luzerne County Needs to Know On Gas Drilling"
Click Picture to view this important VIDEO by Scott Cannon

GDAC on www.YouTube.com -many informative videos -Click to view

But now with ALL Federal oversight eliminated in 2005's Energy Act (including the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act, Superfund Law, Resource Conservation & Recovey Act, & local land use - noise ordinances- SEE the act's key paragraphs at bottom of this page) gas drilling & hydraulic fracturing ("Fracking") make recovering the gas economicaly feasable- but dangerous to area residents.

We are seeing the "land men" knocking on doors to obtain gas leases for various companies, with Chesapeake, Encana, & Cabot leading the charge in our area. Community groups are forming on both sides- from landowner associations to better negotiate leases to groups fighting drilling altogether.
Be informed, get involved- the future of our communities depend on it.

Agricultural & Residential Qualities of Life at Risk

Gas Drilling will transform our farmland & home neighborhoods into industrial areas with water/air pollution, emergency hazards, & heavy road traffic. Drillers plan wells of 3-15 acres in size, in grids 25-30 acres apart- drill rigs, pipelines, storage tanks, compressors, open pits for toxic fluids, & dangers of fire /explosions/big frack water spills as in Clearfield PA.

Negative Industrial Impact Across North East PA

Gas wells can be drilled right next to homes, hospitals, churches, & even reservoirs. Where dangerous drilling takes place, homeowners flee & real estate markets crash, harming construction & service industries. Drillers bring areas the costs of higher crime rates including drug use & prostitution. Rent costs for local residents greatly increases by demand from temporary out of town workers. Tourism decreases along with wildlife for hunting & fishing recreation.

Drilling Near Reservoirs Threatens Drinking Water-
Poisoning Ground Water With "Fracking" Chemicals

Sites targeted for gas drilling in Lehman are just a 1/2 mile to Huntsville & Ceasetown Reservoirs that supply drinking water to a 100,000 people. Alarmingly, 2 leases for drilling are on the shore & adjacent to the Huntsville Reservoir itself.

Hydrofracturing is the high-pressure pumping of water & toxic chemicals into underground shale rock, shattering it to release natural gas. 80% of this chemical “slurry” remains underground, free to migrate & contaminate reservoirs & well drinking water.

Your Property & Rights Taken by Forced Pooling,
Eminent Domain & Elmination of Local Zoning

Gas pipeline companies have applied for “Utility Status” in PA to use your property to run vast pipeline networks with heavy equipment against your wishes. Drillers want “Forced Pooling” laws also enacted in order to force take your Mineral Rights. Drillers care only about their gas profits, not your rights or safety.

ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005- key paragraphs:

SEC. 322. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
Paragraph (1) of section 1421(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(d)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) UNDERGROUND INJECTION.—The term ‘underground injection’—
‘‘(A) means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection; and
‘‘(B) excludes—
‘‘(i) the underground injection of natural gas for purposes of storage; and
‘‘(ii) the underground injection of fluids or propping agents (other than diesel fuels) pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities.’’.

SEC. 323. OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION DEFINED.
Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(24) OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION.—The term ‘oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities’ means all field activities or operations associated with exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations, or transmission facilities, including activities necessary to prepare a site for drilling and for the movement and placement of drilling equipment, whether or not such field activities or operations may be considered to be construction activities.’’.

Federal-State Source Documents




Concert Fundraiser
for the "Gas Drilling
Awareness Coalition"
Sunday February 19th
at 5 pm to 9 pm
FREE Pasta & Salid Bar
Suggested Donation $10

Band Line Up:
5pm - MIZ
6:30pm - ASIZ
(Classic Progressive Rock)
& 8pm to ?
Mother Nature's Sons
(Classic Rock)

Comedy by "Father Paul"

River St Jazz Cafe
667 North River ST
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705

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