Microsoft Office Outlook - Memo Style - Montana Board of Oil and Gas

Richmond, Tom
From: Blaine Jensen [b.squires@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:46 PM
To: DNR FracComments
Subject: Hydraulic fracturing
Good day,
Having recently watched the documentary film, Gasland, I would like to offer my opinion about hydraulic fracturing in
Montana.
The chemical information for any fracturing fluids used needs to be easily accessible by the public in a common area such
as the Board of Oil and Gas Conservation website.
These chemicals need to be disclosed in advance in order for landowners in areas such as Sweet Grass County to begin
baseline water testing. All landowners with water wells and springs within a 1-mile radius of the proposed well to be
fracked must receive written notification of the planned chemicals to be used.
If the state Board of Oil and Gas Conservation decides it needs to be in the business of enforcing trade secrets over
protecting water resources, then companies should at least have to apply to the BOGC and actively provide a reason for
any trade secret exemptions. Even if the chemical is listed as a trade secret, it still must be disclosed to the BOGC.
I prefer that we not allow ANY fracking in Montana. The oil and gas industry have been polluting our air and water
around the U.S. with what amounts to an unregulated toxic juggernaut made up of hundreds of thousands of small
wells. We are lucky to have a relatively unspoiled land and watersheds. This process will destroy our state's air and
water as it has in Sublette County, Wyoming, where winter time ozone levels in that rural county exceed the worst days
in Los Angeles.
Please stand up for Montana's citizens. Please reject the power and influence of the robber barons that seek short term
gain against our future.
Thanks and best regards,
Blaine Jensen
PO Box 3032
Billings, MT 59103
b.squires@hotmail.com
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