EPA and Fracking

For those who think I'm "chicken Little" and the "sky is falling" with regard to the EPA and fracking, you may want to attend one of these four "already scheduled" meetings. Four meetings are scheduled to discuss "the plan" that is already being put together. The location of the meetings are very interesting.

I think most of us understand how far along a Federal plan has come when it starts the "public comment" period. Usually 60 - 90 days after the last meeting, the plan is put into place.

The governor has said horizontal drilling would cease for two to three years while the Federal rules were put in place. Maybe this would allow time for the infrastructure for the energy industry everyone wants in North Dakota. It would also provide time to figure out how to manage critical housing needs. (Of course, if drilling is stopped for two to three years, housing really won't be a problem, will it?)

The EPA is winning every battle it takes on under the current administration and it looks like it is going to take on the fracking battle.

Let's see ... if the casing that protects the water table blows out while drilling ....

NOTE: I am being very cynical and inappropriate in this posting. I would recommend that it (the posting, not the EPA) be ignored. I am just venting. Everything will work out just fine. I think even "Chicken Little" had a happy ending. The sky really didn't fall.