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Public Meetings to discuss Saltwater Disposal Wells
From the www.fortworthtexas.gov website:
http://fortworthtexas.gov/citynews/default.aspx?id=91152
Five public meetings to discuss saltwater disposal wells
Posted Nov. 21, 2011
After the first of the year, Fort Worth residents will have the opportunity to learn about saltwater disposal wells and give their opinion on the practice.
Five public meetings are planned in January and February. Meetings will be held in four quadrants of the city and downtown. Each meeting will include a presentation by city staff on saltwater disposal, comments by a panel made up of industry members and residents, and a moderated discussion between the panel and the audience.
These are the dates of the meetings:
- North: Jan. 19; Location to be announced
- South: Jan. 26; Location to be announced
- West: Feb. 2; Lost Creek Country Club
- East: Feb. 9; Tarrant County College Opportunity Center
- Central: Feb. 23; City Council Chamber
All meetings begin at 7 p.m.
Following the public meetings, the City Council will be briefed on the results, and a public hearing is scheduled for March 6, 2012, at a City Council meeting.
A moratorium on saltwater disposal wells remains in place until April 30, 2012. Without these wells, gas drilling companies must truck millions of gallons of water outside the city as a byproduct of the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, process. Heavy truck traffic causes wear on city streets.
Saltwater Disposal Wells
Currently, there is a moratorium on saltwater disposal wells in Fort Worth. This means that this wastewater must be trucked out of the city, greatly increasing truck traffic on streets. The new rules would allow saltwater disposal wells in the city if the wastewater is injected into the Ellenberger formation – deeper than the Barnett Shale formation. Residents within 1,000 feet of a proposed salt water disposal well, along with neighborhood associations within one-half mile, must be notified.
If a proposed saltwater disposal well falls within 1,000 feet of a protected use, City Council approval would be required. Additionally, access to saltwater disposal wells would be limited to larger industrial roads in order to protect neighborhood streets from heavy truck traffic.
REUNITED WITH OWNERS! Yellow Labrador 4800 Block Birchman
Australian Shepard REUNITED WITH OWNERS
This beautiful merl blue Australian Shepard was found at Stripling Middle School off of Clover Lane Wednesday, December 21st. No microchip was found when she was scanned. Help her get back home, I am sure she is missed! Contact: Kelly Jo at vicepresident@arlingtonheightsna.com or call 817-798-0349
~ Yard of the Month December ~
Happy Holidays!
This holiday beauty at 2008 Hillcrest St. is the handiwork of Chris Hailey. There are a lot of decorated yards on Hillcrest. Send us your photos of other yards in Arlington Heights and we’ll post them on the website.
Pug-chihuahua mix found at Ashland and Crestline
A pug-chihuahua mix was found wearing a grey and black hoodie. No collar or microchip. If he/she belong’s to you, contact Mindy at 214-532-6003 or email her at pagedesigns@me.com.
Black/white boxer seen in the 4800 block of El Campo
No collar on him that I could see. If he belongs to you let me know and I’ll try and help round him up. gingercoolidge@me.com or 817.454.1567
MISTY HAS RETURNED HOME
MISTY HAS RETURNED HOME, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GREAT NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HER!
Wednesday night, Misty, a blue Australian Shepard jumped the fence from her owners home. Vicinity: Corner of Pershing and Tremont. Misty is microchipped, and she has her collar on with phone numbers. If you see her, please call Beth at 817-401-2531 or 817-822-8803 Misty’s “Mom and Dad” are VERY worried and are desperate for her to return home! (Please share this posting)
Mayor Price Answers Your Questions
When Mayor Betsy Price was our guest speaker at the September AHNA meeting, she took questions from the floor, but was not able to respond to all of them without doing some research. As she promised, here they are on the link below:
THANKSGIVING POTLUCK DINNER
Fort Worth Dish Out Scheduled for Oct. 23 at Rahr & Sons Brewing Co.
See their web site for more details: http://www.fortworthdishout.org/