An ***URGENT MATTER*** requiring your attention and signature NOW:

Just recently, a notice to the public was published in our local newspaper regarding seeking permits to the final process by the FDEP to begin exploratory drilling (aka Fracking) in Okeechobee (3193 NE 366th Trail Okeechobee, FL 34972). If a second permit is issued this will allow for non hazardous construction material and non hazardous water to be injected into the well.

We must urge the FDEP to relinquish all current (330373-001-UC/1EX) and future permits as this state and area (3193 NE 366th trail Okeechobee, FL 34972) is not suited for such a travesty. We all are trying to protect our natural resources one problem at a time. Another reminder this would threaten the air we breathe, the water we drink, the communities we love, and the climate we depend on.

http://appprod.dep.state.fl.us/www_pa/county_permit_detail.asp?county=OKEECHOBEE&permit_type=Water%20-%20Injection%20Well%20Construction%20Permit

Please sign, share, email, call a friend and let them know we MUST STOP this NOW! We have a deadline to collect all essential signatures otherwise the permits could be approved. DO NOT DELAY!!!

THE DEADLINE: 4/9/2015

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"So what exactly is fracking? It is a method of extracting under-ground natural gas and oil. Water mixed with sand and chemicals is injected into the ground at high pressure to fracture the rock around wells drilled for this purpose. The process releases the gas or oil, which is then pumped out. Fracking for oil and gas has been used for many years, but new technology now supports wells that reach as far as a mile underground. While drilling at this depth may allow companies to reach new deposits of oil and gas, it also greatly increases the risk of local water supply contamination in the process. Fracking presents a host of dangerous environmental and public health threats, including:

Each fracking site requires 2-4 million gallons of fresh water. The demand would place additional heavy burdens on Florida’s communities and economy.

• A number of toxins, often including diesel fuel, benzene and pesticides, are added to water before it is injected into the earth. Few formal studies have been conducted to assess the impacts of to drinking water of potential contamination.
  
  

• The wells require exceptionally large well pads — up to 5 acres each — and a series of roads and pipelines to connect them. These pads, roads and pipelines encroach upon pristine habitats, damaging streams and fragmenting Florida’s native habitat.

Each fracking site produces a million or more gallons of heavily polluted water (six to ten times saltier than the ocean) which comes back to the surface and must be properly treated and dis-posed of. Treatment is dangerous and costly."

(Source: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/feature/fracking-fl)

THE DEADLINE: 4/9/2015