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He said even though the school objected to having a gas well on the property due to safety concerns for the children, there was not much they could do since Seagull has fulfilled ODNR’s obligations.

The drilling took place before school began for the children, but the fracking is still going on.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2010/08/seagull_development_corporatio.html ...
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Rootstown residents reject natural gas lease with energy company, fear for environment

 

''The environmental concerns overpowered all else,''

Opponents have cited examples of drinking water being contaminated where natural gas drilling has occurred and concern over hydraulic fracturing, a process in which water, sand and chemicals are pumped under pressure into wells to create cracks and free up more natural gas.

http://www.ohio.com/news/101359089.html

 

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http://www.justice.gov/usao/paw/pr/2010_june/2010_06_24_04.html
 
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, June 24, 2010, that a resident of Sheffield, Pennsylvania and a resident of La Quinta, California, have been sentenced in federal court in Erie as a result of their felony convictions for violating the Safe Drinking Water Act by unlawfully injecting brine produced from an oil drilling operation.

United States District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin imposed the sentences on...
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http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/ruling-gives-towns-power-over-drillers-1.968103

Ruling gives towns power over drillers
Published: August 23, 2010

By Elizabeth Skrapits

Would local officials be powerless to stop a natural gas company from
drilling a natural gas well in the middle of a housing development?

Not according to a new state court ruling, which affirms the right of
municipal and county officials to limit natural gas drilling to certain
districts, such as agricultural, mining or manufactu...
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