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17 Groups Petition EPA For Public Reporting Of Chemical Releases From Fracking, Other Oil And Gas Op

oilandgasonline.com -- The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), along with 16 other local, regional, and national organizations petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently to require the oil and gas extraction industry—including companies engaged in fracking—to report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The oil and gas extraction industry has long used and released large amounts of TRI-listed toxic chemicals, and this has dramatically increased..

..In spite of these significant quantities of toxic chemicals used and released, the industry is one of the few energy or extraction sectors that do not report to the TRI

..The oil and gas extraction industry is also uniquely exempt from many key provisions of our major environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Wate

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Submitted Nov 26, 2012 By: teafortwo

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teenitup Champion Author Houston Posts:1,622 Points:247,985 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 2:50:55 PM Ignore teenitup Report Abuse PDQBlues, could you show me where the EPA has found confirmed contamination from fracking?
virostek Veteran Author Virginia Posts:423 Points:90,285 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 7:24:35 AM Ignore virostek Report Abuse What a quandry.
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,748 Points:589,795 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 6:52:32 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse When clean water is more expensive than crude it will be too late.
MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,546 Points:764,220 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 2:14:52 AM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse If the Sierra Club and the National Resources Defense Council support this petition, then the public needs to reject this petition. It is one thing to be a good steward of the environment but it is another thing entirely to be a zealot who demands purity at the cost of life itself.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,064 Points:1,446,375 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 10:32:50 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse teenitup: The EPA has found no instance of contamination. Well, they have. But even so, what difference does that make about full public disclosure. The very fact that fracking corporations are spending so much money and fighting so hard against rules for full public disclosure only verifies that full public disclosure would only hurt them because of the highly toxic chemicals use.
doctorindyj Champion Author Santa Fe Posts:3,443 Points:837,860 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 11:24:43 AM Ignore doctorindyj Report Abuse The EPA is a worthless bureaucracy that takes power out of the hands of the people and the people's representatives. You hand more and more power away then they can get away with anything they want to because who is going to stop them? "Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by d***less here!"
BurntOrange Champion Author Austin Posts:8,716 Points:1,581,065 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 9:46:17 AM Ignore BurntOrange Report Abuse October 24, 2012 Recent news?
Melinda205 Champion Author Alabama Posts:1,824 Points:356,865 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 9:30:11 AM Ignore Melinda205 Report Abuse Okay
teenitup Champion Author Houston Posts:1,622 Points:247,985 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 9:12:31 AM Ignore teenitup Report Abuse Seems like every time we turn around these so called environmental groups are just getting in the way of economic recovery. The EPA has found no instance of contamination.
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,984 Points:1,739,885 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 8:30:51 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse PS: only a adult moron or a kid would eat a crayon... although some bananas probably taste like a crayon...
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,984 Points:1,739,885 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 8:29:32 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse T!!!! Pump it up!!! The EPA is supposed to protect us and the lands, air, and water.... what are they doing?? Americans demand the info needed to make clear decisions... this process should be completely stopped until the info is provided.. what are they hiding??
leeac Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,586 Points:431,955 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 7:02:51 AM Ignore leeac Report Abuse We don't need any damn clean water. We need gas, gas, gas.
danny999 Champion Author Florida Posts:8,713 Points:1,637,110 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 6:30:45 AM Ignore danny999 Report Abuse The EPA wouldn't know a crayon from a banana.
epf Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:6,324 Points:1,889,405 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:33:50 AM Ignore epf Report Abuse I'd like to get on that bandwagon!
SUPERSTEVIEO Champion Author Quebec Posts:3,523 Points:787,115 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:29:25 AM Ignore SUPERSTEVIEO Report Abuse don't forget that there have been many chemicals that were widely used until serious results were found... DDT for one...
JCI46009IN Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,129 Points:439,570 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:15:33 AM Ignore JCI46009IN Report Abuse The EPA will be happy about that!
LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,707 Points:1,658,890 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:06:21 AM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse The EPA works with a double standard.
gd83goldwinger Champion Author South Bend Posts:1,428 Points:502,730 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 4:39:51 AM Ignore gd83goldwinger Report Abuse No matter what there is a positive side and there is always a negative size.
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,077 Points:1,383,115 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 4:23:53 AM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse There was a time when we all lived close to the land and realized why it was so important to take care of our land and water so that the land and water would take care of US. If someone came along and poisoned your water? Nobody thought twice about giving em both barrels. The value of your land was closely tied to the quality of your water. There are now guys that make a living trying to convince folks that it is somehow "silly" to be concerned about the quality of your water. ?
JohnofGB Champion Author Flint Posts:5,411 Points:1,094,245 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 3:52:04 AM Ignore JohnofGB Report Abuse There are companies that do nothing but clean fracking fluids for recycling. They need to be used.
Amplion Champion Author Oregon Posts:6,756 Points:1,862,360 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 3:22:44 AM Ignore Amplion Report Abuse BAN FRACKING !!! SHUT DOWN THE EPA !!!
Ken2OD Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:9,057 Points:1,969,015 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 2:53:50 AM Ignore Ken2OD Report Abuse This is deeper than I can fathom.
SBlouch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:8,723 Points:1,857,375 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 2:12:58 AM Ignore SBlouch Report Abuse Very interesting article, but will the EPA do anything.
ruca2012 Champion Author San Diego Posts:1,054 Points:211,240 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 2:03:38 AM Ignore ruca2012 Report Abuse it's ironic that the big oil companys have to put chemicals in the gas to prevent air pollution and create toxic waste while doing it. oil companys will have to render an account someday.
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:26,890 Points:3,101,725 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 2:01:26 AM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse good luck with that.....
KrsnaDragon Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,397 Points:529,350 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 2:01:26 AM Ignore KrsnaDragon Report Abuse Personally, I agree with Big Oil being encouraged to be more transparent.
GasCzarCO Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:1,403 Points:798,325 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:59:17 AM Ignore GasCzarCO Report Abuse Big oil doesn't care about you only the bottom line. More oil doesn't lower prices.
defiancegasman Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,080 Points:1,323,260 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:54:30 AM Ignore defiancegasman Report Abuse Both need some REAL LIFE LIMITS!! We can NOT have our rivers catching on fire but we also can NOT be stoppinp necessary operations just because someone passed a little gas!! A lot of operations that were 90% CLEAN got shut down and sent to MEXICO and other countrys that have NO POLUTION CONTROLS at all and are now spewing out 100 time more polution that we still end up with!
lpatti1 Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:10,191 Points:1,961,310 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:47:59 AM Ignore lpatti1 Report Abuse Something interesting!
gasandgoAL Champion Author Alabama Posts:7,141 Points:1,587,715 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:46:18 AM Ignore gasandgoAL Report Abuse very informative
menagerie1013 Champion Author San Diego Posts:2,365 Points:688,240 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:45:26 AM Ignore menagerie1013 Report Abuse Aviator Rob is spot on in his post: "Energy independence is a great idea, @ican2step, but do you want to be poisoned just so Big Oil can have a few extra billion added to their bottom line? Make no mistake, Big Oil has no desire to lower gas prices. Increased oil production here will just mean increased exports out of the U.S. "
wegman Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,799 Points:2,086,640 Joined:Jun 2001	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:39:11 AM Ignore wegman Report Abuse The Luddite Green Left looking for information they can untruthfully spin to demonize an industry that will help our standard of living. Standard Operating Procedure.
camel1 Champion Author Minnesota Posts:8,260 Points:2,264,665 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:37:40 AM Ignore camel1 Report Abuse full disclosure of the chemicals used and the environmental impact would be nice. we also need full disclosure for the impacts of ordinary gas and oil drilling for a good comparison [Edited by: camel1 at 11/26/2012 1:39:19 AM EST]
AskMeLater Champion Author Amarillo Posts:1,978 Points:576,075 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:37:06 AM Ignore AskMeLater Report Abuse Blah, blah, blah.
pepinoNC Champion Author Raleigh Posts:2,143 Points:656,840 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:36:32 AM Ignore pepinoNC Report Abuse If the oil companies say its safe then it is safe. Now drink your oil.
TheSnowstorm Champion Author Montreal Posts:8,614 Points:1,911,305 Joined:June 2005	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:32:27 AM Ignore TheSnowstorm Report Abuse Aviator_Rob: Great post!
hubcapLA Champion Author Louisiana Posts:3,905 Points:940,435 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:31:41 AM Ignore hubcapLA Report Abuse Never get the EPA envolved
computernut2008 Champion Author Ohio Posts:6,562 Points:1,348,415 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:30:30 AM Ignore computernut2008 Report Abuse ok
wally52 Champion Author Little Rock Posts:27,424 Points:812,560 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:30:29 AM Ignore wally52 Report Abuse We always need clean water.
bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,772 Points:642,185 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:29:40 AM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse I would be concerned if they were fracking in my back yard.
Italianman Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,007 Points:1,146,170 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:29:31 AM Ignore Italianman Report Abuse Shut up and drink your oil!
Prodaddy Champion Author Houston Posts:8,365 Points:1,893,010 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:25:57 AM Ignore Prodaddy Report Abuse This could get messy
kgbellman Champion Author Ann Arbor Posts:2,703 Points:729,890 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:22:17 AM Ignore kgbellman Report Abuse I think everyone should know and all industries should get the privledge of following the same safety and evironmental rules
krobp46 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:2,701 Points:539,145 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:17:48 AM Ignore krobp46 Report Abuse Getting the EPA involved means you just want to figure out a way to cut jobs
DirtDauber Champion Author San Antonio Posts:6,771 Points:1,625,510 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:12:01 AM Ignore DirtDauber Report Abuse The NIMBY's are at it again.
Darwin00 All-Star Author Mississippi Posts:829 Points:268,810 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:09:49 AM Ignore Darwin00 Report Abuse Everyone needs to be playing by the same rules.
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,077 Points:1,383,115 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:09:49 AM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Water is essential to life.
CarefreeVT Champion Author Burlington Posts:1,796 Points:256,855 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:09:23 AM Ignore CarefreeVT Report Abuse I have a better idea, why not just put an injunction on all E.P.A. activity until we as a Country determine whether or not we want that department operating any longer... Seems enough people don't like what they are doing...
rd2000 Champion Author Florida Posts:3,561 Points:685,045 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:08:37 AM Ignore rd2000 Report Abuse old news
pa79th Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,772 Points:1,214,900 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 1:08:03 AM Ignore pa79th Report Abuse Old news leftover from yesterday!