EnerVest, LLC Requests to Frack in the Arlington Quake Zone

Arlington, Texas is a rockin' and a rollin' this week, and it's not because of the great concerts at the Levitt Pavilion.

There were two earthquakes in Arlington, Texas this week ~ the first one in the downtown area on September 7th with a 2.4 magnitude.  The second one ~ a 2.5 magnitude ~ occurred on September 12th.  The epicenter is in close proximity to the EnerVest, LLC drill site (formerly owned by Carrizo Oil & Gas.)  They plan to drill a bunch of shale gas wells in the quake zone.

Dumb Idea.

EnerVest has scheduled a public meeting this Monday, September 15th to discuss future plans for the Perr Drill Site located at 2825 South Cooper Street, Arlington, TX:

PublicMeeting Notice Perr Gas Drilling Site

After the public meeting EnerVest, LLC gets to present their case before the Planning & Zoning Commission on Wednesday, September 17th to request an amendment to a Special Use Permit (SUP) to establish a drill zone to drill more gas wells - in an earthquake zone. 

Perr Drill Site Public Hearings Notice

Click HERE for the Perr Site Plan

We're pretty sure ALL future plans for fracking in Arlington are over ~ or at least they should be.  Our next mayoral candidate tells us that gas drilling discussion will happen soon, but as one English Composition instructor taught our class ~ "show, don't tell."  As human-induced seismicity continues to shake the ground in Arlington and other towns, we have mountains to move in our State.

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.