By MIKE LEE - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Mon, Feb. 11, 2008
FORT WORTH -- The City Council will reopen its discussions about the gas drilling ordinance Tuesday.
The League of Women Voters of Tarrant County is calling for tighter restrictions on pipelines. The Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods, which had called for a moratorium on new permits until the ordinance is rewritten, is gathering input from members about what issues to push.
The drilling ordinance is important because Fort Worth is the largest city in the Barnett Shale gas field. There are more than 500 gas wells, and counting, in the city. Also, many smaller cities have followed Fort Worth's lead in creating ordinances.
City Council members will discuss two key points during an early afternoon workshop Tuesday: who gets to sit on the task force and what topics they'll discuss.
Mayor Mike Moncrief has said he wants to keep the committee focused on a few key issues and let an industry group work out a solution on saltwater disposal wells.
An exact start time for the workshop has not been set. It is scheduled to start immediately after a 1 p.m. committee meeting Tuesday at City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Online
The League of Women Voters proposal is at
www.lwvtarrantcounty.org/files/gas_pipeline_advocacy.pdf.
The League of Neighborhoods information is at www.fwlna.org.
The city has a Web page devoted to gas drilling information, including a map of well locations, at www.fortworthgov.org.
The Star-Telegram's Barnett Shale blog, startelegram.typepad.com/barnett_shale/, has a list of previous posts about the Fort Worth drilling ordinance and links to more information about gas drilling in Tarrant County.
Read more in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
DFW Regional Concerned Citizens collaborate to be informed on air quality and water issues. Breathable air and safe drinking water is essential. Air Quality impacts transportation funding, health and quality of life.
Gas drilling in the Trinity and Barnett Shale Aquifiers presents challenges for residents calling for sensible ordinances to balance safety, quality of life, water quality and water availabilty with other resources.
- TCEQ Rules for Service Station VRSs
- TCEQ Emission Tables by County - Barnett Shale
- SMU Pollution Study of Barnett Shale Gas Production, Transmission and Storage
- Preventable Pipeline Hazards
- NPR: Health and Gas in DISH
- News 33 Coverage of Daniel Dr Pipeline May 2009
- NCTCA
- Natural Gas Devastation: An Aerial View
- Natural Gas Devastation - Arial View
- E Arlington - Industrial Pipeline Construction
- Drilling Rigs In Arlington and Grand Prairie
- DFWRCC
- Daniel Dr. DFW Midstreams Pipeline Update
- Corinth Cares
- Child endangerment: Cedar Point Apt.and Bob Cook Park
- Child Endangerment in Arlington - open gas pipeline drilling holes
- Child Endangerment - Sump Holes in Residential Neighborhoods
- Blue Daze
- Atlngton Texan
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Fort Worth council to revisit rules on drilling
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