Gas Drilling Incident Survey Form
People removed from the fracking phenomenon really have no idea of the range of problems which include setbacks, spills, unethical landmen actions, inspectors not responding or misbehaving, threats and intimidation by drillers, lack of sediment/erosion control, poor waste management, open pits/ponds, hazardous waste not identified, UIC problems, noise, fumes, wells contaminated, trucks, accidents, explosions – the list goes on.
To gather documentation illustrating these problems, we will need to do some research. Many people have suffered serious impacts, but their stories are frequently written off as emotional exaggerations. So we need to get the acts – dates and times, DEP documents, pictures, media coverage, whatever it takes.
The finished product will serve to illuminate and broadcast the many personal hardships that West Virginians have had to deal with since the advent of industrial-scale gas drilling in West Virginia.
The eventual result will be the 3 Ring Binders, an eye-opening collection of thoroughly documented examples of how and why our current laws and regulations are not protecting us - our land, our air, our water, our health. It will be a tool we can take to our representatives, the media, or our doubting neighbors, to make our case.
Please use the online form to send a report to the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club's 3 Ring Binder Project.
