Colorado Statewide Rally for Clean Air / Against Fracking

PRESS RELEASE 9/23/11

What: Colorado Statewide Rally for Clean Air / Against Fracking

When: Wednesday, September 28^th 8:30-9:30 am

Where: Surrounding the Colorado Convention Center, Denver CO

Who: Hundreds of citizens from all over Colorado, from communities that have Already-Been- Been Fracked or are Soon-To- Be- Fracked, grassroots community groups, concerned individuals, local networks of Coloradans dedicated to protecting Colorado's unique and healthy outdoor lifestyle and world renowned environmental richness, Colorado public health and safety and water security for a sustainable future

Why: On the occasion of the regional EPA public hearing on air quality and frackin (oil and gas extraction), taking place at the Colorado Convention Center on Sept 28, from 9am to 9pm.

Concerned Coloradans coming to give testimony at the public hearing will welcome the EPA and send a unified clear message to our Governor, our Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and our elected representatives: the fracking frenzy overwhelming Colorado's rural areas, suburbs, and towns must be reigned in, that the Halliburton Loophole must be swiftly closed to allow EPA oversight for public health and safety and air and water quality assessment and determination of scope of harm, that fracking for oil and gas cannot deprive Coloradans of right to health, quality of life, property values, clean air and water security.

Public Statement and Press Conference: 9:00 am , in front of the Convention Center

by representatives of community groups from all over Colorado and by

Weston Wilson, former EPA Environmental Engineer who blew the whistle on

fracking's threat to water in 2004

Visuals: Photos of Colorado fracking devastation, signs, ralliers in gas masks and air

filter masks

Rally and Press Conference Contact: 

Sonia Skakich-Scrima 303-917-5160

What the Frack?! Arapahoe County 

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WE WILL BE THERE!

EPA to Hold Three Public Hearings on Proposed Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Natural Production - Death Ratio from Toxic Air?

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three public hearings in September on the agency’s proposed standards to reduce air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. The proposed standards would rely on cost-effective, existing technologies and practices to reduce pollution that contributes to smog and can cause cancer, while supporting the administration’s priority of continuing to expand safe and responsible domestic oil and natural gas production.

WHAT: Public hearings on proposed air pollution standards for the oil and natural gas industry

WHEN: Sept. 27, 28 and 29, 2011

Each hearing will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 8 p.m. (local time)

WHERE: Sept. 27: Pittsburgh

David L. Lawrence Convention Center

Rooms 315-316

1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd.

Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
                 

Sept. 28: Denver

Colorado Convention Center

Room 207

700 14th St.

Denver, Colo. 80202

Sept. 29: Arlington, Texas

Arlington Municipal Building

City Council Chambers

101 W. Abram St.

Arlington, Texas 76010

                       

To register to speak at a specific time at any of the hearings, please contact Joan C. Rogers at 919-541-4487 or rogers.joanc@epa.gov. People also may sign up to speak in person on the day of a hearing; however, they may not be given their preferred time slot to speak. EPA must issue a final rule by Feb. 28, 2012.

More information on the proposal HERE  or link: http://epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/

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EPA’s risk review estimates that the cancer risk from air toxic emissions from natural gas transmission and storage is approximately 90 in 1 million.

While EPA considers a risk level of 90 in 1 million to be acceptable, the agency is proposing changes to this standard that would lower the risk level to 20 in 1 million. What a nice way to dilute the issue...

Dividing 90 deaths into one million equals one death per 11,111 people in a population.

Therefore, the risk  FOR CANCER ONLY, is guaranteed to be 1 in 11,111. The EPA says that is acceptable. Now are they also considering the well density of an area parallel with its population?


Consider an area like Weld County, Colorado which has an estimated 18 - 20,000 active oil and gas wells and a population of 268,000 citizens, which equates to 15 active oil and gas wells per citizen!  That's a staggering proposition. In order to estimate the death ratio per a set population, we'd have to understand the estimated amount of toxic chemicals emitted per well on average and use the EPA's formula.

What if the death ratio was 1 in 5,000? That would equate to roughly 54 people dead from cancer caused from toxic emissions in the air. Would this be an annual event?  Does anyone think an industry should be unregulated under the Clean Air Act?


please comment

September 28, 2011, EPA public hearing will be held at the Colorado Convention Center -TX & PA dates

The September 28, 2011, public hearing will be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Room 207, located at 700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; telephone: (303 ) 228-8000


DENVER - The Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled public hearings next month in Colorado, Texas and Pennsylvania on its proposed regulations for air pollution at gas and oil wells.

Environmental Protection Agency, oil and gas actions:http://epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/actions.html
The agency said Thursday that the hearings would be Sept. 27 in Pittsburgh, Sept. 28 in Denver and Sept. 29 in Arlington, Texas. The public will be able to comment on the EPA's proposals aimed at reducing emissions that contribute to smog and can cause cancer.

The proposal includes the first federal air standards for wells that are hydraulically fractured and also seeks to have operators capture and sell natural gas that currently escapes into the air. Texas, Colorado and Pennsylvania all have seen heavy drilling interest from energy companies.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 60 and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505; FRL]
RIN 2060-AP76
Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews

AGENCY : Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of public hearings.

SUMMARY: The EPA published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2011, the proposed rule, "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews." The EPA is announcing three public hearings to be held for the proposed rule.

DATES: The public hearings will be held on September 27, 2011,
September 28, 2011, and September 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES : The public hearings will be held on September 27, 2011, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 28, 2011, in Denver, Colorado, and September 29, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. The
September 27, 2011, public hearing will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Rooms 315-316, located at 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222; telephone: (412) 565-6000.

DENVER: The September 28, 2011, public hearing will be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Room 207, located at 700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; telephone: (303 ) 228-8000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to present oral testimony at the public hearing, please contact Ms. Joan C. Rogers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Sector Policies and Programs Division (E143·- 03), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone: (919) 541-4487; fax number: (919) 541-3470; email address: rogers.joanc@epa.gov (preferred method for registering), no later than by 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), 2 business days prior to each hearing. The last day to register to present oral testimony in advance will be Friday, September 23, 2011, for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, publichearing; Monday, September 26, 2011, for the Denver, Colorado, public hearing; and Tuesday, September 27, 2011, for the Arlington, Texas, public hearing . If using email, please provide the following information: The time you wish to speak (morning, afternoon or evening), name, affiliation, address, email address and telephone and fax numbers.

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/