HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0421.094 2012-2014 COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAII
Yes to Bill 129 Time 1Ct:RECEIVED
Helene Love 982-6433 :36'.m- By
NO TO FRACKING IN HAWAII (don't let Big $$ decide—this is our home; our JO tO/' 13
Is it proven cost effective—for whom? How much water does it take; who pay for water used?
Has Big Island ever had beginning to end"Standards of Operating Procedures"with input from
professionals from all fields, even when drilling straight down into a volcano on Zone 1, yet alone,
fracking. If law-makers lived next to geothermal drilling and Geo plants, the highest safety
precautions would be enforced. Fracking's been proven to cause earthquakes.
All the risks with any type of drillings should be identified, first, with"what if plans" in place!!! What
can go wrong during earthquakes, eruptions, or blowouts? Who's responsible?
The corporate fracking industry lies to property owners,drills more holes and closer to homes than
told, drills under private properties, destroys the land and entire towns, rivers, lakes, fish, livestock,
soils for planting, water, air, and forces generations of family-owned property owners out of town,
(while having to pay for and deal with major health issues caused by fracking).
Corps don't care about lives being destroyed. Fracking in Hawaii won't be any different. Look how
long Puna residents have been trying to protect their mental and physical health and their proudly-
owned properties, while having no laws in place. Fracking corps. run our gov. and changed the
environmental laws to suit their toxic money, even to the point of talking BLM to give up millions
of acres of Federally protected lands to the,presumably, "safe renewable energy" of fracking.
When was the last time the water/aquafers and soil was checked for all contaminants at existing PGV?
Do so now, before any new drilling may take place.
Who's responsible for the total "clean-up/over-sight"of the existing PGV plant—when? If
PUC/HELCO insists on drilling, can the existing plant be up-graded with more MW enhancement,
instead of more drill sites having to take place?
No fracking for electricity; no fracking or drillings for electricity used by other islands.
The fracking process includes hundreds of toxic chemicals; some chemicals new and unknown to
science.
Fracking won't keep Hawaii's land, water, aquifers unaffected; no matter what type of drilling, there
are toxins involved.
Safe fracking methods proposed by President Obama are not safe and they either lied to the public or
were being lied to while mainland drill sites were put in at an unimaginable alarming speed.
Hawaii has no fracking-trained engineers/environmentalists and didn't even have their own hydrogen-
sulfide meters to protect the citizens forced to live with this worry.
What pre-planning has been completed for the six geothermal contracts sitting with HELCO; shouldn't
this be categorized as "Industrial,"versus residential, agriculture, and recreational? What will the
drilling method be, certainly no newly disguised "proprietary" fracking name.
There can be no drilling involving the collection of any other earth elements.
City and County departments should receive monies from drilling company for water used, disposal of
any environmental toxins (even tho' we know there won't be any used), tearing down and cleaning
site after use, payment for lawyers needed by residents if issues occur.
Drill in specific "Industrial Site"area away from housing areas; no more drilling in Puna(how about
at a hidden PTA non-fracking geothermal site?). Better yet, sun and wind energy at PTA and other
sites.
Electricity for Big Island, only
Know all chemicals used and being brought into Hawaii for any type of geothermal drilling.
No fracking or drilling that involves drilling underneath others properties
Drilling company finances (up-front) a fund to be used for any damages incurred to area and our roads.
I have electricity and love it; can we please produce electricity with a safe, clean, and responsible
method. Please let me know how I can help.
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Ref. Date OCT 0 2 2013