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

Richmond, Tom
From: Matthews, Jonathan [jmatthew@carroll.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 8:50 PM
To: DNR FracComments
Subject: Fracking comment
Please get rid of the exemption for "trade secrets." Our ground water is too precious and forever ruined if polluted to
allow anyone to pump chemicals undergrounds and hide their contents. The chemical information for any fracturing fluids
used needs to be easily accessible by the public on the Board of Oil and Gas’ 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.
Please stand up for the good of our state, the cleanliness of our precious water,and the good of the ordinary people of
Montana (rather than the short term profit interests of drillers),
Jonathan Matthews, PhD
1601 N. Benton Ave,
Helena, MT 59625
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