Public Hearings About the USEPA's Proposed Regulations to Reduce Air Pollution From Fracking

This week, September 27, 28, & 29, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency is holding public hearings about their proposed air rules for reducing air pollution from fracking.

The hearings will be held in Pittsburgh, PA on the 27th, Denver, CO on the 28th, and in Arlington, Texas on the 29th.

Addresses for the hearings, and phone numbers are included in this document .

According to the EPA's document, this is a chance to be heard and have your input considered if you are able to attand one of these meetings.

This is a direct quote from the document,
"The three public hearings will convene at 9:00 a.m. and wille until 8:00 p.m. (local time). The EPA will make everyl speakers that arrive and register before8:00p.m."

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Could Ohio Colleges Be Slated as Fracking Sites?

With public lands in the park system on the table as potential hydraulic fracturing drilling sites, it starts to seem as if nothing is off the table.

Imagine sending your college-age children off to learn in an environment where potential carcinogenic and radioactive toxins float around in the air from a fracking rig (or several) operating on the campus - not to mention the noise and grime.

How many of us would really choose that environment for our children? Think they'll learn much?

Some western states (yeah, Texas is one of them) already have drilling sites set up on college campuses.

In response to extreme budget cuts, some Pennsylvania colleges are getting ready to roll out the rigs and jump on the frac truck, too. (The article the link goes to also mentions the use of prison lands being used as drilling sites.)

So my question, could Ohio college campuses be in the line of fire also?

Even though it hasn't made the local news yet, it seems logical that, just like western students and (soon-to-be Pennsylvania) students; students attending one of colleges located above the Marcellus or Utica shale reserves could end up seeing rigs go up on the campuses they attend.