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The newly formed Citizens’ Alliance for a Pristine Perinton, CAPP is an organization of Fairport and Perinton residents that alliance of citizens concerned about the health and welfare of our children, grandchildren and generations to come. Put simply, the group has been formed to address the current “gold rush to drill” mentality of politicians and energy companies eager to capitalize on the potential of drilling for natural gas contained in the Marcellus and Utica shale layers.
Drilling of the Marcellus shale may seem a remote possibility for our neighborhood but recent events like the brine well spill in Pennsylvania, which leaked into a trout stream in Allegany State Park have caused irreversible damage.
The Utica shale is next site of future drilling. Companies have already started drilling this shale system in eastern Ohio. We are all downwind and downstream from calamitous pollution, not only from incessant trucking but from methane flare offs and faulty pipelines, that transport mined gas. Fracking toxins are found in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.
These are unavoidable consequences of the fracking method drilling. These effects cannot be mitigated or remedied. Despite erroneous claims from the drillers that all is safe, the practice is not.
The goal of CAPP is to research this issue and to make certain that the laws that are in place to protect our community are up to date and contain no loopholes through which a billion dollar multi-national gas company can bulldoze. Our action committee has been told that our zoning laws are strict but we must be certain that they are ironclad.
Also of concern are the zoning laws of Wayne and Ontario counties. Drilling may not come to our town but brine waste disposal is a problem. Will radioactive drill cuttings and carcinogens in manufactured flowback water from beyond our borders be dumped here to leach into our aquifers and water sources?
The unthinkable is already occurring. Trucks are already spreading flowback brine water (the chemically laced liquid that is brought up as part of the drilling process) from PA on New York roads. This NYDEC sanctioned “dust control measure” is 20 times more concentrated than regular brine applications and is research substantiated as damaging to aquifers and farmlands (particularly to maple sugaring trees).
CAPP’s mission is to keep Perinton as one of the Top 100 Places to Live without being sullied by the invasive consequences of fracking that threaten our fresh air and pure water, trails, open space and farmland.
Citizens’ Alliance for a Pristine Perinton has formed to make certain that our elected officials, both local and statewide, honor their commitment to look out for the health and welfare of their constituents.
To find out more about the CAPP and how to get involve, please contact John Jongen at JohnJJongen@yahoo.com.
The newly formed Citizens’ Alliance for a Pristine Perinton, CAPP is an organization of Fairport and Perinton residents that alliance of citizens concerned about the health and welfare of our children, grandchildren and generations to come. Put simply, the group has been formed to address the current “gold rush to drill” mentality of politicians and energy companies eager to capitalize on the potential of drilling for natural gas contained in the Marcellus and Utica shale layers.
Drilling of the Marcellus shale may seem a remote possibility for our neighborhood but recent events like the brine well spill in Pennsylvania, which leaked into a trout stream in Allegany State Park have caused irreversible damage.
The Utica shale is next site of future drilling. Companies have already started drilling this shale system in eastern Ohio. We are all downwind and downstream from calamitous pollution, not only from incessant trucking but from methane flare offs and faulty pipelines, that transport mined gas. Fracking toxins are found in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.
These are unavoidable consequences of the fracking method drilling. These effects cannot be mitigated or remedied. Despite erroneous claims from the drillers that all is safe, the practice is not.
The goal of CAPP is to research this issue and to make certain that the laws that are in place to protect our community are up to date and contain no loopholes through which a billion dollar multi-national gas company can bulldoze. Our action committee has been told that our zoning laws are strict but we must be certain that they are ironclad.
Also of concern are the zoning laws of Wayne and Ontario counties. Drilling may not come to our town but brine waste disposal is a problem. Will radioactive drill cuttings and carcinogens in manufactured flowback water from beyond our borders be dumped here to leach into our aquifers and water sources?
The unthinkable is already occurring. Trucks are already spreading flowback brine water (the chemically laced liquid that is brought up as part of the drilling process) from PA on New York roads. This NYDEC sanctioned “dust control measure” is 20 times more concentrated than regular brine applications and is research substantiated as damaging to aquifers and farmlands (particularly to maple sugaring trees).
CAPP’s mission is to keep Perinton as one of the Top 100 Places to Live without being sullied by the invasive consequences of fracking that threaten our fresh air and pure water, trails, open space and farmland.
Citizens’ Alliance for a Pristine Perinton has formed to make certain that our elected officials, both local and statewide, honor their commitment to look out for the health and welfare of their constituents.
To find out more about the CAPP and how to get involve, please contact John Jongen at JohnJJongen@yahoo.com.
