Texas Road Base

If you have ever thought about moving off the shale because of the dangers of fracking, think again.  There may not be any safe havens left.  An amended Railroad Commission rule about recycling may explain why.  According to Gaye McElwain of the Railroad Commission of Texas, drilling muds and fluids are being used as a road base in some areas of the State.  This is how industry greenwashes fracking.  They are not really recycling their waste.  They are just finding more creative ways in which to dispose of it.  Have you ever wondered why there is so much road construction happening all around North Texas?   

Here's the clip from the Gas Drilling Forum held at the Arlington, TX Convention Center on August 1, 2015: 

(In the case of a technical glitch, scroll over to 2:22:20 in this video.)

Click on this link for information about this recycling rule. 

A Muddy Mess in Frackland

Gas Drilling isn't working out so well in residential neighborhoods... 

Back in 2010 there was a drilling mud accident in this South Arlington neighborhood near the Eden Road Drill Site which is at the intersection of Matlock and Eden Road in Arlington, Texas.  This is one example of a horizontal directional drilling job gone bad.  The Fish Creek Neighborhood experienced a similar phenomenon in November 2012.  Click Here for that story. 

Here is the crew cleaning up this muddy mess.  We are trying to obtain documentation from the City and the Railroad Commission of Texas about this accident that affected a bunch of homes, but so far we've been unsuccessful.  Surely, there must be a record of this incident somewhere!  Isn't the company responsible required to report this?

There are a lot of gas pipelines in this area!

In addition to complaints about the white chemical clouds that residents witnessed floating over homes, we've received lots of pictures like this one from frustrated homeowners.  The people near the Eden Road Drill Site are doing an outstanding job of documenting the damages they believe to be caused by drilling activity.  
    
Now XTO Energy wants to amend/expand their drill site to add a frac pool like this one even though there are already ten drilling locations within two miles of this site.   Put on your boots and attend these two important public hearings: 

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 5:30 p.m. 

101 West Abram Street, Arlington, TX

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

 101 West Abram Street, Arlington, TX

See additional information in this Scribd document:
 

Sup08-32r2 Hoa Notice by fishcreekmonitor

If you are unable to attend, please say a prayer for our City that it's not too late.