Senator Gaines sides with Oil Companies again.
Senator Ted Gaines voted "Against" a bill (SB
1054) that would require Well owners or operators to notify "Surface
Property Owners" before they can drill or perform "hydraulic
fracturing operations" that will occur below their property.
By blocking this bill fracking companies do 'not' have to
tell you, the property owner what they are doing under your property where you
pump or store your water. In the Midwest actual “Earthquakes have occurred”
where companies were “fracking for gas.”
I called Senator Gaines’ office and asked why did he vote
against the interest of his constituents?
The receptionist read from a prepared statement that said he was against
the $500,000 that the state would have to pay to setup this special fund.
I looked over the Bill and I couldn’t find any place that
said $500,000. In fact the
Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary says that a one-time cost of $220,000
would be pulled from the “Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund” financed
by energy companies fees.
So who would be hurt by this bill? Fracking companies. Who would be protected by this bill? Property owners. So who is Senator Ted Gaines really
protecting?
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