Proposed Draft Regulations Addressing Hydraulic Fracturing and Additional Clarifying Amendments

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Comment From: Paul Glover

1/10/18 @ 4:28 AM

Fracking within the Delaware River watershed is a form of genocide, since it will inevitably poison crops, animals, and water which is consumed directly or indirectly by millions.

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Comment From: Alan Bader

1/10/18 @ 4:02 AM

Please do not approve fracking involving the Delaware River. Ban fracking in this area. Thank you.

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Comment From: Janis Bader

1/10/18 @ 3:54 AM

I urge the DRBC to ban any Delaware River fracking. Thank you Janis Bader Yardley PA

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Comment From: Ronald Thomas

1/10/18 @ 3:09 AM

I am a land owner that owns approximately 110 acres in Canaan Township (Map 04-0-0260-0019) and approximately 90 acres in Cherry Ridge Township (Map 05-0-0273-0020). I have previously worked for Newfield Drilling and I know that when done properly, d...↓

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Comment From: Brian Smith

1/09/18 @ 3:21 AM

I need to speak early because I have a School Bus to drive.

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Comment From: Kelly Thompson

1/09/18 @ 2:15 AM

A sweeping ban for the basin is a gross overreach of the DRBC authority. The DRBC is blatantly disregarding the rights of landowners in the basin. A prohibition on gas exploration, drilling and extraction within this region is in contrast to the adja...↓

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Comment From: James J Thomas Thomas

1/09/18 @ 1:23 AM

Thomas J. Shepstone I am a land owner in Canaan Township (Maps 04-0-0262-0015 & 0014). In support of President Trump and his effort "To Make America Great," I support horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Drilling and Fracturing is a...↓

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Comment From: Xaver Kandler

1/06/18 @ 6:59 AM

I fully support a ban on fracking. However, the ban must be complete. A ban that still allows the processing of fracking water and the extraction of water from the Delaware River Basin for fracking in other areas is dangerously incomplete and contrad...↓

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Comment From: David Falvo

1/06/18 @ 3:10 AM

It is time for us to permanently protect our water and our precious Delaware River. I urge you to permanently ban fracking and to prohibit the contamination of all water resources including our drinking water. A permanent and comprehensive ban on nat...↓

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Comment From: David Benner

1/03/18 @ 4:37 PM

As a land owner and farmer along the banks of the Dyberry creek in Wayne County, I am so glad the DRBC has upheld it's ban on fracking the Delaware River Basin. We do wood fired pizza and live music events at our bucolic setting and I fly fish w/ m...↓

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Comment From: Richard Harner

1/03/18 @ 9:53 AM

Dear Comments, I am writing today to voice my strong opposition to the Delaware River Basin Commission\'s (DRBC\'s) proposed rules to severely restrict---and therefore effectively ban---hydraulic fracturing (\"fracking\") and horizontal drilling ...↓

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Comment From: Erika Kolecki

1/03/18 @ 12:06 AM

The current proposal regarding the Delaware basin falls short of protection of the basin because it allows for dumping fracking waste water in the basin. This must not be allowed. Please correct this. Erika Kolecki

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Comment From: Wayne Augenstein

1/02/18 @ 4:30 AM

I support the the prohibition of high volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in any kind of rock formation anywhere in the Delaware Valley, New Jersey and everywhere else. Instead of prolonging the use of dirty energy, the money spent thereon should be u...↓

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Comment From: Marcey Cook

1/02/18 @ 2:30 AM

Contrary to what the Corporations would like us to believe, there is scientific proof that fracking harms water supplies, can cause earthquakes, harms the quality of life for those in the community living where fracking is done in in the path of tran...↓

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Comment From: Sondra Wolferman

12/31/17 @ 8:42 AM

DRBC claims that water withdrawals and disposal of fracking waste will not harm the watershed, but there is no environmental or biological assessment showing the cumulative impacts of these activities on the environment and communities of northeaster...↓

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Comment From: Adrian Johnson

12/30/17 @ 9:48 AM

Dear Comments, I write to oppose the Commission\'s proposal that effectively bans natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin region. Our nation\'s public policies---at all levels of government---must be based on evidence, science, and...↓

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Comment From: Aashir Awan

12/30/17 @ 6:36 AM

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Comment From: Jo Ann Thometz

12/30/17 @ 6:34 AM

Dear Comments, I write as a member of America\'s energy industry to say that I strongly oppose the DRBC\'s proposed rule to severely limit and thereby effectively ban hydraulic fracturing within your jurisdiction. Our industry serves the natio...↓

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Comment From: william woodall

12/30/17 @ 6:32 AM

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Comment From: Randy Buckley

12/30/17 @ 6:30 AM

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Comment From: Diane Kazimir

12/30/17 @ 6:28 AM

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Comment From: Trevor Trentham

12/30/17 @ 6:27 AM

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Comment From: Andrea Fritz

12/30/17 @ 6:25 AM

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Comment From: Aashir Awan

12/30/17 @ 6:22 AM

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Comment From: Aashir Awan

12/30/17 @ 6:21 AM

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Comment From: Rudolph Houck

12/29/17 @ 8:27 AM

Dear Ladies, dear Gentlemen: I am concerned that the proposed regulations, while helpful, contain too many gaps and opportunities for abuse. If I am correct, then residents of Wayne County, Pennsylvania will not have the economic benefits of frack...↓ing but will bear the burdens - wastewater pollution. My family and I have owned approximately 450 acres of lakes and forest for 4 generations. They are subject to "Clean and Green." They include over 80 acres of water, water which we drink. In my capacity as a landowner, I have spoken on fracking to a conference sponsored by the US State Department in Vienna, Austria. I am a lawyer, admitted in Pennsylvania and New York, but I do not specialize in environmental law. The aspects of the regulations which concern me: 1. We know that many of the pollutants in flowback are natural in origin. Reference to "flowback" fluids in the definition of "Produced water" helps. I suggest that the drafters check that other definitions make clear that the definition of pollutants includes naturally occurring ones. I am thinking of heavy metals found in flowback, metals NOT injected in fracturing fluids. 2. When determining what constitutes "high volume", I am concerned that the term "well" may be a point for industry manipulation. What constitutes a "well" is not as clear as it was when only one pipe producing oil or gas was sunk from each platform. Modern methods have made the definition more complex. 3. Frequently the regulations use the term "discourage." This term seems to permit exceptions. Is there some reason not to prohibit instead of discourage? That would be the only reason I could think of. 4. Several regulations permit importation of CWT wastewater. I oppose such importation. Only the operators to such treatment facilities benefit (and the few workers). The owners of land suitable for fracking do not. This is the worst of both worlds: fracking risks without any benefits. 5. Even if treatment facilities produced "pure" water, the trucks, pipelines or other means of moving flowback to treatment facilities in the basin are subject to accidents which put us at risk. Plus they put added burdens on the roads in the area. The materials extracted from the flowback have to be disposed of somewhere. Where? And should we have confidence that the treatment facilities will be thoroughly and frequently checked for compliance? As you can deduce, I am against using any area of the basin as a site for flowback treatment. I am also against using water from the area as an input source. While the pollution risks are relatively low, the burden on local roads caused by large tank trucks should be borne by the areas where at least SOME people benefit from fracking. I am NOT opposed to all fracking. I think natural gas can be part of a balanced fuel economy and bring some wealth (although few jobs) to Pennsylvania. But fracking requires thoughtful and thorough regulation AND tax revenue so that the people who do not own large tracts of fracked lands are compensated for the risks and burdens this industry brings with it. As a final remark, my family has been involved in energy production for 4 generations, in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Texas and Colorado. We know that energy is needed. The view from our Wayne County property now includes more than 20 wind turbines and new high tension electrical lines. We know 1st hand what wealth energy can bring but also what costs, including costs from pollution. I suspect pollution from my great grandfather's coal mines still exists. We should not repeat the mistakes of prior generations. Sincerely, Rudolph S. Houck

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Comment From: Jerry Grigas

12/29/17 @ 8:11 AM

Why this subject is even in question is beyond me. The commission has documented the Delaware River conditions since WW2 and it suffered terribly. Today, thanks to extraordinary efforts by many concerned citizens and groups, the river is still excep...↓

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Comment From: Gregory Green

12/29/17 @ 3:39 AM

The geological/natural area involved has value far in excess of any immediate financial rewards derived from fracking. We should be promoting the the incredible healthy beauty of the Delaware River and its environs.

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Comment From: Jeff Holloway

12/28/17 @ 1:29 PM

I believe in a complete BAN of all aspects of hydraulic fracturing in the Upper Delaware River Basin.

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Comment From: mark smith

12/28/17 @ 9:29 AM

I urge in the most emphatic way that the DRBC totally ban hydraulic fracturing AND any related activity, such as the taking of water for fracking purposes from any stream within the Delaware Basin. And/or the release of any water that has been used i...↓

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Comment From: Deborah Stone

12/28/17 @ 3:13 AM

Dumping used water from drilling, no matter how treated - or extracting water from our already stressed river - should be permanently prohibited - not simply "discouraged."

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Comment From: Douglas Reppa

12/27/17 @ 10:00 AM

I oppose all fracking activities in the crucial Delaware River Basin, including the disposal of waste water. The fracking industry refuses to disclose what is in the toxic stew that is injected into the ground to extract gas and there is ample eviden...↓

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Comment From: Jo Ann Thometz

12/26/17 @ 5:38 PM

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Comment From: Jo Ann Thometz

12/26/17 @ 5:36 PM

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Comment From: Kenneth Grainger

12/26/17 @ 5:34 PM

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Comment From: Kenneth Grainger

12/26/17 @ 5:32 PM

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Comment From: laurie wenzel

12/26/17 @ 5:30 PM

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Comment From: Brock Cordeiro

12/26/17 @ 5:29 PM

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Comment From: Christopher Seaver

12/26/17 @ 5:27 PM

Dear Comments, I am a concerned citizen writing to say that I strongly oppose the DRBC\'s proposed rule to limit and thereby effectively ban hydraulic fracturing within your jurisdiction. Our energy industry serves the nation as a whole and h...↓

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Comment From: Patrick Russell

12/26/17 @ 5:25 PM

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Comment From: Robert McKee

12/26/17 @ 5:23 PM

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Comment From: Arthur D Koenitz

12/26/17 @ 5:21 PM

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Comment From: Arthur D Koenitz

12/26/17 @ 5:20 PM

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Comment From: Alan Wood

12/26/17 @ 5:18 PM

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Comment From: Dennis Newman

12/26/17 @ 5:16 PM

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Comment From: James Duncan

12/26/17 @ 5:14 PM

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Comment From: Yolanda Santos

12/26/17 @ 5:12 PM

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Comment From: Timothy Mangum

12/26/17 @ 5:11 PM

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Comment From: Paul Campion

12/22/17 @ 8:25 AM

I am deeply concerned about the impact of removing water for fracking, and then replacing the so-called treated water back into the ground. Take a look at the environmental impact of fracking in southwest Pennsylvania. Now, is that result what you ...↓

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Comment From: Delaware Riverkeeper Network (Tracy Carluccio)

12/22/17 @ 5:55 AM

December 22, 2017 Commissioners Executive Director Steve Tambini Delaware River Basin Commission P.O. Box 7360 25 Cosey Road West Trenton, NJ 08628 Dear Commissioners and Director Tambini, We, the undersigned organizations, reques...↓t the public comment period for the Commission's Draft Natural Gas Regulations to be extended to 180 days, and we request the public input process to be broadened. The proposed regulations are of the utmost importance to the future of the Delaware River Watershed and its water resources. The 15 to 17 million people who rely on the Delaware River for drinking water are dependent on the Commission to protect the quality and quantity of their water supply and have nowhere else to fill this essential need. The Wild and Scenic Delaware River serves millions of people every year who enjoy, appreciate and are economically dependent on this Congressionally-recognized resource. The watershed is an irreplaceable, nationally treasured asset, whose future hangs in the balance as these regulations are considered. The carefully managed flows of the Delaware River provide complex challenges for all the states in the Basin and the effects of these regulations will have enormous consequences for the future health and habitats tied to the river's flows. The entire region that spans this watershed will be directly impacted by the decisions made regarding these regulations and the activities they may or may not allow. The public has been deeply involved in natural gas development issues in the Basin since gas drilling emerged as an issue here in the Basin, more than 10 years ago. Highly consequential outcomes, such as the de facto moratorium on drilling and its activities, resulted from public participation in the Commission's decisionmaking on this issue over those years, especially during the last public comment process when more than 69,000 comments were submitted and thousands of people testified regarding the draft gas regulations that were proposed in 2010. The public has continued to express profound interest and engagement regarding gas drilling, fracking, and its activities submitting information, educational reports, and technical analyses to the Commission during the seven year moratorium. Since the prospect of lifting the moratorium surfaced at the beginning of this year, hundreds of people and organizations representing millions of members have weighed in, calling for the Commission to adopt a complete and permanent ban on gas drilling, fracking, and all of its related activities throughout the entire Delaware River Watershed. This high level of public input shows the desire and commitment of people to actively participate in the regulatory decision-making process in a substantive way. In order for all those who will be affected to be involved, a robust, open public participation process is needed. Meaningful comment on the myriad technical and policy issues involved will require expert and well-developed input to the decisionmaking process and that will take time. The commencement of this process during the holiday season already handicaps many people who otherwise may be able to take part. We request the following for the Commission's public participation process: • The public comment period should be a minimum of 180 days to allow for broad and substantive public participation; 90 days is wholly inadequate, especially considering that holidays occurred in the midst of this period. • Verbal testimony is essential to the input process and, for many, the only practical means of participation available to them. Four hearings, two on each day, at only 2 locations in the Basin are not nearly enough to allow needed input from the affected public. Public hearings should be held at geographically accessible locations; people cannot be expected to travel hours to speak at a hearing. There should be at least one public hearing in each Basin state - Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania - and at least one public hearing in each of the two largest population centers that rely on Delaware River water supply, New York City as well as Philadelphia. Since Pennsylvania is such a large state with a long spread within the Basin and considering the bad timing of winter travel, one Hearing should be held in the Upper Delaware region, one in the central region and one in the southeastern region of the Watershed. In New Jersey, there should also be more than one Hearing due to distances and time of year that must be traveled; one Hearing in the northwestern part of the state, one in Trenton, and one in South Jersey should be set. In New York State, also due to distance and difficult winter travel, the Upper Delaware region should have a conveniently located Hearing in the Catskills, one in the Port Jervis area, in addition to the one in New York City. • The Public Hearings should be moved to more accessible and less costly locations. Both are being held in difficult to reach locations, especially considering the winter travel conditions and the lack of accessibility to public transportation. The Wayne County location is hours from most of the population and at a very high elevation that poses even more difficult conditions in cold weather. The Philadelphia location is an Airport Hotel, not even close to downtown and City neighborhoods, and requires a $10 parking fee. • To attend or speak at a Public Hearing requires registering on line by December 31, then waiting to be contacted by DRBC with a speaking slot. That means unless you register ahead you cannot speak or even attend the Hearings. The cut-off of December 31 for Hearings to be held January 23 and 25 severely limits the number of testifiers since many people may not learn of the Hearings until after the holidays and closer to the Hearing dates, but it will be too late to register to attend or speak by then. The on-line registration form and the December cut-off date are impediments for the public, putting up roadblocks rather than encouraging participation. • The electronic comment process only allows for submission through DRBC's website form. This on-line platform, which requires filling out a form and following restrictive guidelines, should be supplemented with an avenue that allows people to submit written comments by email, fax, postal mail service and hand delivery. Email is a convenient way for a person to submit a comment, with few "gateways" and forms to fill out, which makes submitting a written comment quick and easy and increases the number of people who will be able to do so. But not everyone has access to a computer or has an email account. Those who cannot afford to own or cannot gain access to a computer are being unfairly excluded from the written comment process. It appears the Commission is not even allowing regular mail service for the delivery of written comments; this is a perplexing and unfair exclusion of a most available and inexpensive route of delivery. There is an exception request that can be filed but that in itself is a burden and places a hurdle in the path of those who want to have a readily accessible way to submit written comments outside of an on-line form system. We request that written submissions be allowed in the form of email, fax, hand delivery and postal mail service to allow for accessible and ready public submission of written comment that is just and equitable for all who may want to take part. Thank you for your consideration of our input to the public participation process regarding the Commission's draft natural gas development regulations. 314Action 350 Philadelphia 350.Org Bucks County 350.Org 350Brooklyn 500 Women Scientists Alliance for a Green Economy Already Devalued and Devastated Homeowners of Parsippany American Littoral Society Aquashicola/ Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Berks Gas Truth Beyond Extreme Energy Bucks County CCAP Bucks County Green Party Bucks County Sierra Club Bucks Environmental Action Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War Citizens For Water Clean Air Council Clean Ocean Action Clean Water Action, New Jersey Clean Water Action, Pennsylvania ClimateMama Coalition Against the Pilgrim Pipeline New Jersey Compressor Free Franklin Concerned Burlington Neighbors Concerned Residents of Oxford Damascus Citizens for Sustainability Delaware Interfaith Power & Light Delaware Nature Society Delaware Riverkeeper Network Delaware Sierra Club Earthworks Food and Water Watch Frack Action Franklin Local Friends of Sparta Mountain/NJ Forest Watch Friends of the Upper Delaware River Gas Free Seneca Grassroots Environmental Education Green Justice Philly Green Party of Delaware Green Valleys Watershed Association Guardians of the Brandywine League of Women Voters of New Jersey Lehigh Gap Nature Center Milkweed Poetry Workshop mj Chojnicki, Architect National Parks Conservation Association Natural Resources Defense Council New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey Highlands Coalition New Jersey Sierra Club New Jersey Tenants Organization New York Communities for Change (NYCC) New York Progressive Action Network NJ Environmental Lobby NoFrackingBucks.com North American Climate, Conservation and Environment North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE) Northern NJ Chapter, National Organization for Women NY Water Project NYH2o NYPAN Omega-Alpha Recycling Systems Orange Residents Against Pilgrim Pipelines Organize for Action WNY PA Forest Coalition PA PAUSE - People of Albany United for Safe Energy Pennsylvania Council of Churches Pennsylvania Federation BMWED-Teamsters People, Not Pipelines NY Peoples Climate Movement NY Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility Pinelands Preservation Alliance NJ Plymouth Friends for Clean Water NY POWA - Protect Our Water & Air PA Protect Orange County Ramapo-Catskill Group, Sierra Club Raritan Headwaters NJ Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway Alliance resolution media fund Safe Energy Rights Group NY Sane Energy Project Sanford-Oquaga Area Concerned Citizens (S-OACC) ShaleshockCNY Sierra Club Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Sierra Club Niagara Group Sierra Club, Pennsylvania Chapter Sludge Free UMBT, Inc. Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) Stop the Pipelines Sullivan Area Citizens for Responsible Energy Development (SACRED) Sustainable Warwick Tidewaters Gateway Partnership Inc. Trout Unlimited Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills Unitarian Universalist PA Legislative Advocacy Network United for Action WATERSPIRIT Wilmington In Transition zac ventures inc

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Comment From: George McCraw

12/22/17 @ 3:08 AM

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Comment From: George McCraw

12/22/17 @ 3:00 AM

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Comment From: Elizabeth Bush

12/22/17 @ 2:58 AM

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Comment From: George McCraw

12/22/17 @ 2:56 AM

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Comment From: Robin Clark

12/22/17 @ 2:54 AM

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Comment From: Minerva Bordeaux

12/22/17 @ 2:52 AM

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Comment From: Allen Haines

12/22/17 @ 2:50 AM

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Comment From: Allen Haines

12/22/17 @ 2:48 AM

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Comment From: Timothy Sepulvado

12/22/17 @ 2:47 AM

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Comment From: Timothy Sepulvado

12/22/17 @ 2:45 AM

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