Save Our Salem Community Presentation
Who is the POC?
Our Team
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Introduction
Truck Traffic Drill Rigs Valves/fittings Compressor Stations
Processing Plants
Pipe LinesStorage & Treatment
Introduction
Risk of Exposure
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Risk to Workers
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Will Current Regulatory Standards Protect Families & Communities?
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Emissions Sources
Truck Traffic Drill Rigs Valves/fittings Compressor Stations
Processing Plants
Pipe LinesStorage & Treatment
Emissions Sources
Operational
Fugitive
Emissions Sources
Pollutant Health EffectsParticulate matter (PM)
Pollutant Health Effects
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s)
Truck Traffic Drill Rigs Valves/fittings Compressor Stations
Processing Plants
Pipe LinesStorage & Treatment
Health Impacts
Steinzor, Subra, and Sumi, NEW SOLUTIONS, Vol. 23(1), 2013 https://www.earthworksaction.org/files/publications/SteinzorSubraSumiShale
GasHealthImpacts2013.pdf, McKenzie, et all. Colorado School of Public Health “Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in Rural Colorado.” Environmental Health Perspectives, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306722
Pregnancy and Birth Defects
Health Impacts
Proximity
Peter M. Rabinowitz, et al. “Proximity to Natural Gas Wells and Reported Health Status: Results of a Household Survey in Washington County, Pennsylvania.” Environmental Health Perspectives, September 2014 https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1307732/
Health Impacts
Toxicity
Health ImpactsNoise & Light
McCawley, Adequacy of Current State Setbacks for Directional High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus, Barnett, and Niobrara Shale Playshttps://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2016/2/ehp.1510547.acco.pdf
Risk to Children
Bodies are still developing
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Risk to Children
Risk to Children
Fracking In Your CommunityOur Community
Concerns In Salem
Fracking In Your CommunityOur CommunitySalem & Surrounding Community
Images from:
Fracking In Your CommunityOur CommunityStatewide Progression
Our CommunityMariner East 2
Kirk Jalbert, PhD, MFA, Fractracker Alliance, Mariner East 2: At-Risk Schools and Populations
https://www.fractracker.org/2016/12/me2-schools-populations/
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What You Can Do
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What You Can Do
What are Act 14 Municipal Notifications?
Why are they important?
Role of Local GovernmentWhat You Can Do
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What You Can Do
Municipalities have the power to:●
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What You Can Do
Take PrecautionsWhen an activity raises threats of harm to the environment
or human health, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.
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Added Protections
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Air Monitor in Homes & Schools
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Communicate Your Needs
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Create a Remediation Plan
What You Can DoKeeping Families Safe
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● Salem Township Pipeline Explosion, April 29th, 2016. Resulted in a
one-quarter mile evacuation and injury to one person, destruction of
one home and damage to several others.
What You Can DoCommunity Involvement
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What You Can Do
Contact Appropriate Agencies
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Summary
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Take action to protect the residents & workers by requesting health & safety technologies be used
Goal: Health & Safety of Community & Workers