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Residents near Colleyville drill site do their own air testing
COLLEYVILLE—Rather than take the city’s word for air quality at a fracking site, three homeowners who live near it have shelled out their own money to monitor air emissions.
Early results showed several potential violations of Colleyville’s drilling ordinance and state regulations for short and long-term exposure to toxic chemicals, according to Earthworks, an oil and gas accountability group.
The testing was done at three homes within 1,100 to 1,700 feet of the Titan Operating pad site at 7504 Pleasant Run Road near the border with Southlake. The site is the city's only approval gas well.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/24/3909030/residents-near-colleyville-drill.html#storylink=cpy
Early results showed several potential violations of Colleyville’s drilling ordinance and state regulations for short and long-term exposure to toxic chemicals, according to Earthworks, an oil and gas accountability group.
The testing was done at three homes within 1,100 to 1,700 feet of the Titan Operating pad site at 7504 Pleasant Run Road near the border with Southlake. The site is the city's only approval gas well.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/24/3909030/residents-near-colleyville-drill.html#storylink=cpy
davidmcfatridgeCollapse
It looks very serious to me when you consider how far away from the drill pad these homeowners live, what about those that live very close to gas wells?
From the Report
""The sulfur compound Carbon Disulfide, a neurotoxin, was detected at 19.7 ppb whichexceeded the TCEQ Short Term level of 10 ppb by a factor of 1.97 in the 2-2-12 sample.It exceeded the TCEQ Long Term level of 1 ppb by a factor of 13 times in the 2-1-12sample.The concentration of Naphthylene on 2-2-12 was 76 ppb. The TCEQ Long Term EffectsScreening Level for Naphthylene is 10 ppb. The air sample on 2-2-12 exceeded theTCEQ Long Term level by a factor of 7.6 times. http://www.earthworksaction.or...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/24/3909030/residents-near-colleyville-drill.html#storylink=cpy
It looks very serious to me when you consider how far away from the drill pad these homeowners live, what about those that live very close to gas wells?
From the Report
""The sulfur compound Carbon Disulfide, a neurotoxin, was detected at 19.7 ppb whichexceeded the TCEQ Short Term level of 10 ppb by a factor of 1.97 in the 2-2-12 sample.It exceeded the TCEQ Long Term level of 1 ppb by a factor of 13 times in the 2-1-12sample.The concentration of Naphthylene on 2-2-12 was 76 ppb. The TCEQ Long Term EffectsScreening Level for Naphthylene is 10 ppb. The air sample on 2-2-12 exceeded theTCEQ Long Term level by a factor of 7.6 times. http://www.earthworksaction.or...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/24/3909030/residents-near-colleyville-drill.html#storylink=cpy
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Our supposed regulatory agency that's responsible for environmental quality. In reality they're a completely captured agency controlled by polluting industry. They never say "no" to any project and they hardly fine or collect any penalties. They mainly act as a shadow to try to fool the public.
We don't pronounce TCEQ as toxic for nothing. Totally worthless agency.
EPA is actually taking over some functions from TCEQ because they do such a piss pour job.
