SB 4 CWA Fact Sheet 7 18 13 4 CWA Fact... · 2017-07-18 · Fracking’in’California ......
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www.cleanwateraction.org/ca Contact your Assembly Member today! Vote YES on SB 4 (Pavley) Fracking in California California is the nation’s fourth largest oil producing state. Fracking, and other risky oil drilling, is occurring in at least nine counties: Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Monterey, Sacramento, Sutter, Colusa, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The oil industry has big plans to exploit the Monterey Shale, the largest oil shale reserve in the country, containing 15.4 billion barells of oil. However, there are currently no regulations to ensure the safety of the practice and no required disclosure of where fracking occurs, what chemicals are injected, or any testing for contamination of air or water. The state has not tracked the source and quantity of water used for fracking, despite the intense scrutiny given to other water uses such as agriculture, environmental, and drinking water. There has been no analysis on the impact to our climate of drilling and burning this massive amount of oil. Much needed transparency SB 4 (Pavley) would require that companies who are fracking in California tell the public what they are doing. The bill would compel transparency and better information for the public. The bill would require: • Disclosure of identities and volumes of chemicals injected as part of any well stimulation. • Disclosure of the quantity and source of water used in well stimulation. • Advance notice to neighbors of proposed fracking projects. • Monitoring of groundwater quality, before and after well stimulation. • A state conducted scientific study on the risks of fracking, acid injection and other well stimulation processes. Shafter, California The drilling boom in the Central Valley has begun. SB 4 would provide transparency so communities can protect themselves. There are over 70 new wells in Shafter, yet residents have very little information about the drilling activities right in their backyards.
Transcript of SB 4 CWA Fact Sheet 7 18 13 4 CWA Fact... · 2017-07-18 · Fracking’in’California ......
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Contact your Assembly Member today! Vote YES on SB 4 (Pavley)
Fracking in California California is the nation’s fourth largest oil producing state. Fracking, and other risky oil drilling, is occurring in at least nine counties: Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Monterey, Sacramento, Sutter, Colusa, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The oil industry has big plans to exploit the Monterey Shale, the largest oil shale reserve in the country, containing 15.4 billion barells of oil. However, there are currently no regulations to ensure the safety of the practice and no required disclosure of where fracking occurs, what chemicals are injected, or any testing for contamination of air or water. The state has not tracked the source and quantity of water used for fracking, despite the intense scrutiny given to other water uses such as agriculture, environmental, and drinking water. There has been no analysis on the impact to our climate of drilling and burning this massive amount of oil.
Much needed transparency SB 4 (Pavley) would require that companies who are fracking in California tell the public what they are doing. The bill would compel transparency and better information for the public. The bill would require:
• Disclosure of identities and volumes of chemicals injected as part of any well stimulation. • Disclosure of the quantity and source of water used in well stimulation. • Advance notice to neighbors of proposed fracking projects. • Monitoring of groundwater quality, before and after well stimulation. • A state conducted scientific study on the risks of fracking, acid injection and other well
stimulation processes.
Shafter, California
The drilling boom in the Central Valley has begun. SB 4 would provide transparency so communities can protect themselves. There are over
70 new wells in Shafter, yet residents have very little information about the drilling activities right in their backyards.
TAKE ACTION TODAY! Help pass SB 4 (Pavley)
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Contact your Assembly Member today. Tell them to vote YES on SB 4 • Go online: www.bit.ly/votesb4ca • Scan the QR code with your smart phone • Or send a handwritten letter to:
o Assembly Member _________ o State Capitol o Sacramento, CA 95841
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Dear Assembly Member __________ Please vote yes on SB 4 (Pavley). This bill is an important first step towards protecting California from the dangers of hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas drilling processes.
• The public has a right to know when and where fracking occurs and what chemicals are injected into the ground.
• Neighbors need to receive advance notice prior to fracking or acid injection. • Groundwater should be tested for contamination and drillers need to be held accountable for
pollution.
I urge your aye vote on SB 4 to help take an important first step in the right direction on fracking. Sincerely,
