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Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley => Mahoning Valley, in General => Topic started by: irishbobcat on February 04, 2013, 09:03:51 PM

Title: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: irishbobcat on February 04, 2013, 09:03:51 PM
This just in: Below is an incident report from the National Response Center which sites that D&L Energy (the company that operated the injection well that led to the earthquakes) has been cited by Ohio EPA investigators for dumping what they believe could be over 20,000 gallons of crude oil and brine fracking fluid into an open sewage drain on Salts Spring Road which then emptied into the Mahoning River (detected in tributaries by the EPA). The date of the infraction was just 4 days ago (January 31). The report was issued on February 1.

http://www.ohio.com/news/ohio-epa-investigating-dumping-of-drilling-waste-water-in-youngstown-area-1.370584 (http://www.ohio.com/news/ohio-epa-investigating-dumping-of-drilling-waste-water-in-youngstown-area-1.370584)
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: iwasthere on February 04, 2013, 09:25:26 PM
i am shocked and surprised by this upstanding gas and oil company's behavior.
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: jay on February 04, 2013, 09:44:49 PM
Is this in the fourth ward?
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 04, 2013, 09:51:56 PM
Prison is too good for the officials of D & L Energy, and that is that.
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 04, 2013, 09:57:54 PM
It's not in the Second Ward.  Don't know if it's the 3rd or 4th what side of the river is D&L on? The river is the dividing line between the two wards.
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: irishbobcat on February 04, 2013, 10:01:54 PM
I wonder how long it will take the Vindy to report this story?.....Hopefully before the Browns win the Super Bowl....

Fracking is safe.....we won't pollute.....RIGHT!!!!

http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=1037291 (http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=1037291)
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Youngstownshrimp on February 04, 2013, 11:38:16 PM
Leave it to a Youngstown energy company to blatantly give the industry a bad name.
This came up during a meeting I had today and D&L is continuing to tarnish themselves and Youngstown where they are from.
However, let us all wait until the investigation is complete before we go nuclear.
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 05, 2013, 12:18:12 AM
I tend to agree with you Ron. This company is now trying to shift the blame, but as with everything else ... they are ultamately responsable for what is done on their property in connection with their business, not the man behind the tree, so lets wait and see where the investigation ultamately goes before we "go nuclear".
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: stewie on February 05, 2013, 12:39:05 AM
" It's pronounced 'nucular'.  Nucular."
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 05, 2013, 12:52:12 AM
From Webster's Dictionary


3: crazy (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crazy), berserk (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/berserk) —usually used in the phrase go nuclear    Your beef is with Webster's not us!
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: jay on February 05, 2013, 05:23:17 AM
As far as I know, Salt Springs road is west of the Mahoning River.  That would put the location of the dumping in the fourth ward.   
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: irishbobcat on February 05, 2013, 06:21:52 AM
Stop the presses! The Vindy ran the story on page 1 today above the fold!

I guess they ran our of pro-fracking advertising money.....
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 05, 2013, 06:47:28 AM
Thousands of Gallons potentially dumped at D&L

http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/feb/05/oepa-odnr-probe-illegal-water-dump/ (http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/feb/05/oepa-odnr-probe-illegal-water-dump/)
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 05, 2013, 06:55:04 AM
WKBN and WYTV

http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/State-Investigating-Spill-at-D-L-Property/QkrS4Ou4hEeH6YEye-EOhw.cspx (http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/State-Investigating-Spill-at-D-L-Property/QkrS4Ou4hEeH6YEye-EOhw.cspx)



Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Youngstownshrimp on February 05, 2013, 08:15:16 AM
Aside from the webster meaning going "nuclear," what I wished to inject was another source of energy, if we can't handle effluent from fracking , go "nuclear."  As one who was qualified by the Atomic commission to handle nuclear weapons, fracking is a cake walk.
Title: Re: EPA Investing Illegal Dumping of Fracking Fluid in Mahoning River!
Post by: Towntalk on February 05, 2013, 08:35:47 AM
Amen brother amen.