Demand responsible horizontal drilling in growing suburban areas
- by: Carrie Clear
- recipient: Oklahoma Corporation Commission, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State Supreme Court, Roan Resources, LLC, Oklahoma
FEB 17 UPDATE - We are meeting at 6:30 tomorrow in the Mustang Library to work on our plans for the next Corporation Commission hearing on the proposed well site at SW29th and Czech Hall in Oklahoma City. Please let me know if you are able to attend and able to help with some of the research we still need to do. We also need to know who is willing to speak at the hearings. At previous hearings the judge has limited our comments to 2 minutes per person. If that's the case at this hearing, we need to have several people prepared to speak. We would like to split the issues up so each person is speaking on one topic and we aren't repeating ourselves.
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FEB 8 UPDATE - We are meeting with Richard Parrish, Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance, on Monday, Feb 18, at 6:30 pm at the Mustang Library to talk about the proposed drill site at SW 29th and Czech Hall. We sent out an email earlier this week outlining what we believe we need to focus on. I've copied it below. It would be great if we can break these items down and assign them to people to research and speak about at the hearings.
Please let me know if you can attend and/or if you have any questions.
Thanks
Carrie
Hello everyone,
As we discussed after the motion for hearing last week, we should decide on each of the key issues and concerns with the production of these wells and choose someone to speak on each of these topics individually. Here are the issues I feel we should address on an individual basis.
1) Traffic - the production of these wells will restrain our normal traffic flow and cause undue harm to the roadways with taxpayers absorbing the financial burden.
2) Safety - hauling and using dangerous chemicals in an urban setting is too risky.
3) Disturbing the Peace - the operation of these wells will restrict us from the peaceful use of our homes and community.
4) Environmental - lasting effects of oil and gas production would be a danger to residents from contamination.
5) Water Vulnerability - the majority of the residents are completely reliant on well water and the risk for water table contamination is too great a risk.
6) Decrease in Property Values - a produced oil well site with multiple containment tanks and gas vents will negatively affect property values for the life of the well (typically 50 years).
7) Overall Poor Use - the area in which the wells are intended is not suitable for large scale oil and gas wells.
I feel this covers every issue that the OCC would actually govern. If one individual would speak on each topic it would eliminate repetition of facts and concerns while keeping to the facts of the matter rather than emotions. I will be willing to speak on one issue and I personally don't care what issue I would cover. Some people are probably better suited to cover certain issues but I wont suggest anyone person over another, I think this is something someone should volunteer to do.
JAN 29 UPDATE - We had a motion hearing at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission this morning to set the protest hearing dates. We will present our concerns on March 27, 28 and 29. It is very important that we are organized and prepared for these hearings. We will spend the next week or so looking at the state laws to determine exactly which areas we need to address and then will schedule a work meeting to delegate these items to our volunteers. We need to solidify the research we have already done and continue to look into the areas we've recently identified. I will post the date and location of this meeting as soon as it is available. The more people we have working on this, the better our chances of success.
JAN 16 UPDATE: Monday at the Corporation Commission, Roan Resources requested a continuance of our protest to February 4, 2019.
Our group has also petitioned the Oklahoma City Council for increased and/or new drilling restrictions within the City limits. The Councilmen asked for a minimum of 30 days to review our petition. We are hopeful that a decision will be made and offered in February 2019.
UPDATE - The protest hearing with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is schedduled for Monday, Jan 14 in the Jim Thorpe Building at the state capitol complex. We need as many people as possible there so they can see the level of concern in the community.
The Czech Hall Safety & Environmental Protection Project requests the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the City of Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma State Supreme Court deny Roan Resources, LLC's applications for multi-unit horizontal wells and spacing at the corner of S.W. 29th and Czech Hall Rd, Township 11N, Range 5W, Sections 7-9, 16-21, and 28-30 (specifically sections 17 and 20), Oklahoma City, Canadian County, Oklahoma.
The risk of water table contamination, earthquakes, traffic impediment, road deterioration, property values loss, and environmental and other financial and ecological concerns of hundreds of tax paying citizens, far outweigh the benefit of profit for Roan Resources' desire to set up and operate multiple fracing rigs near our schools and homes.
We understand that the oil industry is vital to the state of Oklahoma. We simply ask that the drill site be moved to a less populated area to protect our families, homes and schools from illness, injury or damage.
Residential Housing neighborhoods
Mustang Public Schools Bus Route Statement
Initial Protest email to OK Corporation Commission
Oklahoma City in Canadian County Map
Since 2010, 7 new subdivisions with 150 - 200 homes each, and a new 200-unit apartment complex were built. One of the newest subdivisions, Mustang Ridge, is adding 256 new homes at SW 44th and Czech Hall Road. Roads and infrastructure for new additions on Cemetery Road are under also construction.
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