Local Control:Keeping informed on legal maneuvers
-- NY Times Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/nyregion/court-case-on-fracking-ban-in-dryden-ny-may-have-wide-implications.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp&
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Listening Sessions on Air Permit Process Improvements
The Air Management Program (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
invites you to attend one of four listening sessions on air permit process
improvements scheduled for later this month. The Program is seeking public input
and ideas on how the application, review and issuance process can be improved
for air pollution operation and construction permits.
The meetings will be held as open houses where individuals can attend
anytime during the two-hour session to make suggestions, ask questions and have
informal conversations with staff. During the early part of the open house,
staff will make a presentation on the air permit application process and discuss
improvement ideas that the Program is already considering.
A meeting notice with more details including the dates, times and locations
of these sessions is here:
http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDExLjI0MDA3NjUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAxMS4yNDAwNzY1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODE3MzcyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VubnlkYXk1QGNoYXJ0ZXIubmV0JnVzZXJpZD1zdW5ueWRheTVAY2hhcnRlci5uZXQmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/AirPermits/documents/AirPermitListeningTourPublicNotice.pdf
DNR Public Meeting Notice:
Listening Sessions on Air Permit Process Improvements
What is the topic of the meeting?
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Air Management Program is seeking public input and ideas on how the application, review and issuance process can be improved for air pollution operation and construction permits. The Air Management Program is seeking the broadest range of input so that all permit program customers can have their input received and considered by the department.
Meeting times and locations
Monday, October 21, 2013 – Eau Claire
2:00-4:00 PM, Rooms 158 &185, DNR Eau Claire Service Center, 1300 W. Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701
DNR Public Meeting Notice:
Listening Sessions on Air Permit Process Improvements
What is the topic of the meeting?
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Air Management Program is seeking public input and ideas on how the application, review and issuance process can be improved for air pollution operation and construction permits. The Air Management Program is seeking the broadest range of input so that all permit program customers can have their input received and considered by the department.
Meeting times and locations
Monday, October 21, 2013 – Eau Claire
2:00-4:00 PM, Rooms 158 &185, DNR Eau Claire Service Center, 1300 W. Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 –Mosinee
1:30-3:30 PM, Mosinee Room, Mosinee Branch Library*, 123 Main Street, Mosinee, WI 54455
*This meeting is not sponsored by the Marathon County Public Library
1:30-3:30 PM, Mosinee Room, Mosinee Branch Library*, 123 Main Street, Mosinee, WI 54455
*This meeting is not sponsored by the Marathon County Public Library
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 –
Milwaukee
1:00-3:00 PM, Rooms 140 & 141, DNR Southeast Region Headquarters, 2300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212
1:00-3:00 PM, Rooms 140 & 141, DNR Southeast Region Headquarters, 2300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Thursday, October 24, 2013 – Green
Bay
1:30-3:30 PM, Lake Michigan Room, DNR Green Bay Service Center, 2984 Shawano Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54313
1:30-3:30 PM, Lake Michigan Room, DNR Green Bay Service Center, 2984 Shawano Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54313
Format of meeting
The meeting will be held as an open house, including an open discussion with Air Program staff. Informal conversations and questions with staff and time for providing public input and comments will be the primary focus of the meeting. However, approximately 30 minutes after the start of the open house, Air Program staff will make a presentation on the air permit application process and discuss some process improvement ideas that the department is already considering
Other methods of providing input
If you are unable to make the meeting, you may also provide your input by sending your ideas to:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Air Management, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707, Attn: Steve Dunn or by email to Steven.Dunn@wisconsin.gov
Reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational material
The meeting will be held as an open house, including an open discussion with Air Program staff. Informal conversations and questions with staff and time for providing public input and comments will be the primary focus of the meeting. However, approximately 30 minutes after the start of the open house, Air Program staff will make a presentation on the air permit application process and discuss some process improvement ideas that the department is already considering
Other methods of providing input
If you are unable to make the meeting, you may also provide your input by sending your ideas to:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Air Management, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707, Attn: Steve Dunn or by email to Steven.Dunn@wisconsin.gov
Reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational material
AMSG Meeting Materials
Posted
The summary of the August 22 meeting has been posted on the AMSG webpage at http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDExLjI0MDA3NjUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAxMS4yNDAwNzY1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODE3MzcyJmVtYWlsaWQ9c3VubnlkYXk1QGNoYXJ0ZXIubmV0JnVzZXJpZD1zdW5ueWRheTVAY2hhcnRlci5uZXQmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/airquality/amstudygroup.html (refer
to the "Past meetings" tab). The study group's charter was finalized at this
meeting and has also been posted.
Air Management Study Group
The Air Management Study Group is a stakeholder working group formed in
2013 by the (WI) DNR Bureau of Air Management.
The group serves as a forum for the bureau to receive input from and provide
information to stakeholder organizations. The goal of the study group is to
provide the bureau with constructive feedback on policy and technical issues and
to work collaboratively with DNR staff to
find workable solutions.
The study group identifies issues and topics of interest that can be
addressed by ad hoc subgroups. Subgroup
members are expected to research and develop recommendations on the selected
topics for presentation to the full group.
The study group meets quarterly or semi-annually, with additional subgroup
meetings scheduled as needed. Meetings are open to the public.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Frac Sand Mining in IA, w/Regional map of Jordon Sandstone Thickness - including MN
Introduction to a Huge Issue for Iowa
With newly located data, it can now be stated with certainty, that all
citizens who value Iowa's rich landscapes and small remaining patches of
wildlife habitat, will need to pay very close attention to what industrial
strength strip mining for frac sand does to the land surface, and to what
fracking does to subsurface resources including essential groundwater aquifers
where more than 90% of Iowans obtain their drinking water.
There are no rules or regulations at the state level,
nor within any county that we are aware of, which address: 1.) Test drilling
deep into vital groundwater aquifers (Jordan and St. Peter Sandstone
Formations); 2.) Removing entire landscapes during the strip mining process for
frac sand; 3.) Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) of vital underground aquifers;
4.) Frac sand processing facilities that traditionally use a million gallons of
water per day of operation; 5.) Transporting frac sand on small to large roads
and highways; and 6.) Health concerns stemming from such new issues as
carginogenic fugitive silica sand dust, spillage of chemicals directly into
exposed groundwater aquifers, and other as yet unidentified issues.
Until now we (in Allamakee and Winneshiek Counties) thought we were
essentially alone in seeking to prevent the destructiveness of frac sand mining
(as Clayton County had already capitulated to the whims of these miners at a
grandfathered in mine). But with the data I will distribute tonight, it will
become obvious that scores of county governments and the state legislature will
have to become directly involved in entirely new ways of protecting the health
of Iowans, our state's natural resource base, and the quality of life we
cherish.
Please scroll to the bottom of this page for quick and obvious visual
lessons on this topic.
This is the first of three brief emails. Each covers specific aspects of
this issue.
Thank you.
Ric
Ric Zarwell, President
Allamakee County
Protectors - Education Campaign
P.O. Box
299
210 North Third
Street
Lansing, Iowa
52151-0299
Email: Ric.Zarwell@mchsi.com
Home/Office:
563-538-4991
Mobile:
563-419-4991
The world is a dangerous
place to live; not because of the people who are evil,
but because of the people
who don't do anything about it. Albert
Einstein
If
not now, when? If not us, who? John F. Kennedy
THE MAP near the bottom of this page reveals WAY
MORE FRAC SAND in IOWA than had been expected before. And thus, a lot more
danger than previously realized!!
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Iowa currently has no regulations that address fracking
There are many definitions and explanations to be found
at the links provided below. Please educate yourself at EACH of these.
There is a company going around with lease
offers for fracking in different counties in Iowa.
Iowa currently has no regulations that
address fracking.
According to the
shale basin map, 1/3+ of Iowa sits atop the Forest City Shale Basin, which is
ripe for fracking.
Iowa and
fracking.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iowa_and_fracking
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On April 1, 2012, it was reported
that Timothy Berge of Pangean Resources LLC
of Denver, Colorado is hoping to persuade companies to drill new test wells into
Iowa groundwater aquifers in the next few years. The wells would involve fracking. Berge has sent out lease offers for hundreds of
thousands of acres to various Iowa counties. Liabilities are on the owner of the
land. This is why oil & gas companies want to use leases. Iowa has no
regulations that address fracking.
Please do not miss
the many definitions and explanations at the links in the box to the right of
these words . . . . . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
.
Ric
Ric Zarwell, President
Allamakee County
Protectors - Education Campaign
P.O. Box
299
210 North Third
Street
Lansing, Iowa
52151-0299
Email: Ric.Zarwell@mchsi.com
Home/Office:
563-538-4991
Mobile:
563-419-4991
The world is a dangerous
place to live; not because of the people who are evil,
but because of the people
who don't do anything about it. Albert
Einstein
If
not now, when? If not us, who? John F. Kennedy
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