Fracking is very dangerous, and Illinoisans request that their many concerns over the rules, processes, and procedures around this risky extraction method be heard by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and our Illinois lawmakers.
We, the residents of Illinois, formally request to the IDNR that public hearings be scheduled on the draft rules for fracking soon after they are published. We request at least three public hearings with enough scheduled time to accommodate all of the residents who want to speak and with adequate public notice: one in southern Illinois (the Marion-Carbondale area); one in Central Illinois (the Peoria area); and one in the Chicago area.
Additional public hearings would be welcomed as well.
Why is this important?
Fracking is inherently dangerous. Negative effects of fracking that have been proven in other states include everything from water contamination, air pollution, methane release contributing to Global Warming, decimated national forest lands, residents and livestock getting sick, wildlife deaths, earthquakes, radioactive waste, truck accidents and rural lifestyles being degraded. The IL Dept. of Natural Resources is formulating rules for fracking at this time, they will be published soon. We, the concerned residents of Illinois, request public hearings on this dangerous extraction method so that our concerns will be heard by our state government and acted upon before fracking is allowed to harm our environment or our neighbors.
