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

Richmond, Tom
From: Mary Leonard [maryjleonard@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 1:51 PM
To: DNR FracComments
Subject: Must disclose chemicals used in fracking!
Dear Board of Oil and Gas Conservation,
Oil and Gas companies are insisting there is nothing dangerous about fracking. If that is the case, there is
surely no reason for them to not disclose what they are pumping into the ground. If that is NOT the case, the
public has the right to know and to regulate what they are doing.
I request that you adopt rules to protect the public by:
‐ Requiring companies to post the chemical content of fracturing fluids in an EASILY ACCESSIBLE location on
your www site
‐ Requiring companies to disclose IN ADVANCE the chemicals and their plans for using them in fracturing
operations in a form and manner that will allow landowners time to respond and prepare
‐ Using cthe ompanies' own resources to pay for independent, local monitoring of water quality (with checks
before, during, and after fracturing operations) of sample wells within 1 mile of operations to establish the
effects on and safety of drinking water
‐ Allow non‐disclosure to the public of chemicals used in only EXTREMELY RARE circumstances, but require
that those chemicals still be revealed to the Board of Oil and Gas as well as the EPA.
Montanans' water quality and health cannot be sacrificed for economics.
Sincerely,
Mary J. Leonard
Bozeman, MT 59718
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