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Urgent! Get your water tested NOW.On Feb 22, 2012, West Bay Explorations Inc. received a permit from ODNR to drill on the Acton property at 322 West Yellow Springs-Fairfield Rd. Drilling is expected to begin in by mid-March. If you live in the vicinity of W. Yellow Springs-Fairfield Rd, East Enon and North Enon Roads, it is advisable that you have you water tested by an EPA certified laboratory immediately- before drilling begins. http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals Recommendations are for Tier 3 parameters as listed on the EPA website: Recommendations for Drinking Water Well Sampling Before Oil and Gas Drilling http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals GEC is working with Summit Environmental Technologies Labs who offer a group discount. Ten residents have already had their water tested, and this company will be in the area again next week (March 5 – 10) | Frack Your Diet Friday | |
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» DEEP DRILLING, DEEP POCKETS IN CONGRESS - Report by Common Cause (pdf)
» View Ohio legislators and their campaign contributors (pdf)
- Letter to EPA (pdf)
- Talking Points for Selling Oil and Gas Lease Rights - found landsman article (pdf)
- Attorney General DeWine Completes “Fracking” Inquiry
- The SEAB Shale Gas Production Subcommittee | 90-Day Report – 8/11/2011 (pdf)
- The SEAB Shale Gas Production Subcommittee | Final Report - 11/18/2011 (pdf)
Write to US Congress (pdf) |
| Alternatives to Leasing (pdf) Conservation Tax Incentive FAQs | Leasing Farmland for Oil and Gas Production (pdf) By Clif Little OSU Extension Guernsey County |
| VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO RESOLUTION 2011-25 (pdf) Supporting a Moratorium on the Practice of Hydraulic Fracturin | |
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