People know the risks that are attributed to car emissions. Contaminates that could be introduced into a water supply due to Fracking would be undisclosed at the point of introduction. Would you send a letter to all that use the aquifer warning those of the potential danger?
So YOUR justification for why vehicle emissions are ok is because people know what they are?
Undisclosed?
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IN NY, the DEC will know EVERYTHING that goes done the bore: From the DGEIS:
For every well permit application the Department would require, as part of the EAF Addendum,
identification of additive products, by product name and purpose/type, and proposed percent by
weight of water, proppants and each additive. This would allow the Department to determine
whether the proposed fracturing fluid is water-based and generally similar to the fluid
represented by Figures 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5. Additionally, the anticipated volume of each additive
product proposed for use would be required as part of the EAF Addendum. Beyond providing
information about the quantity of each additive product to be utilized, this requirement informs
the Department of the approximate quantity of each additive product that would be on-site for
each high-volume hydraulic fracturing operation.
The Department would also require the submittal of an MSDS for every additive product
proposed for use, unless the MSDS for a particular product is already on file as a result of the
disclosure provided during the preparation process of this SGEIS (as discussed in Chapter 5) or
during the application process for a previous well permit. Submittal of product MSDSs would
provide the Department with the identities, properties and effects of the hazardous chemical
constituents within each additive proposed for use.
Finally, the Department proposes to require that the application materials (i) document the
applicant‟s evaluation of available alternatives for the proposed additive products that are
efficacious but which exhibit reduced aquatic toxicity and pose less risk to water resources and
the environment and (ii) contain a statement that the applicant will utilize such alternatives,
unless it demonstrates to DMN's satisfaction that they are not equally effective or feasible. The
evaluation criteria should include (1) impact to the environment caused by the additive product if
it remains in the environment, (2) the toxicity and mobility of the available alternatives, (3)
persistence in the environment, (4) effectiveness of the available alternative to achieve desired
results in the engineered fluid system and (5) feasibility of implementing the alternative.
In addition to the above requirements for well permit applications, the Department would
continue its practice of requiring hydraulic fracturing information, including identification of
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materials and volumes of materials utilized, on the well completion report22 which is required, in
accordance with 6 NYCRR §554.7, to be submitted to the Department within 30 days after the
completion of any well. This requirement can be utilized by Department staff to verify that only
those additive products proposed at the time of application, or subsequently proposed and
approved prior to use, were utilized in a given high-volume hydraulic fracturing operation.
The Department has the authority to require, at any time, the disclosure of any additional
additive product composition information it deems necessary to ensure that environmental
protection and public health and safe drinking water objectives are met, or to respond to an
environmental or public health and safety concern. This authority includes the ability to require
the disclosure of information considered to be trade secret, so long as such information is
handled in accordance with the New York State Public Officer‟s Law, POL§89(5), and the
Department‟s Records Access Regulations, 6 NYCRR §616.7.
