Summary Table of Public Comments submitted on September 29, 2011 

at the Arlington, Texas Hearing on the Oil and Gas Sector

Name of Submitter* Date of Letter Subject of Comment

Pamela E. Ice September 27, 2011 Against Hydro-fracking

Jason Hitt Against Hydro-fracking

Lauren Neitzel September 27, 2011 Support for Hydrofracking rules

Stephanie Ransby September 27, 2011 Support for pollution controls

M. Renee Vaughan September 29, 2011 Support for pollution controls

Lynn M. Rooks September 29, 2011 Support for pollution controls

Jocelin De Leon Support for controls related to drilling

Adam Chesley Support for EPA regulations

Erin Crocodus September 29, 2011 Support for controls related to hydrofracking

Timothy Sliter September 27, 2011 DFW highly populated area. Fracking 

causes pollution. 

Stephanie Pareia Against hydro-fracking

Linda Bishop Against hydro fracking within 1⁄4 mile of 

people

Gewn Hibbett September 28, 2011 Against urban drilling

Marianne Herrmann Support for proposed rules

Tammi Vajda Support for proposed rules, believes existing 

sites should also be included.

Betty Clark September 29, 2011 Support for proposed rules; States TCEQ 

does not properly enforce current rules

Jack Cooper September 29, 2011 Support for controls

Justin Howell Ban Fracking

Kathryn Rowe Support for controls on Oil and Gas 

operations

Michelle Tolle For clean air and water

Larisa Rouhani September 23, 2011 Stop gas drilling and fracking

Ryan Heptre Ban hydraulic fracturing

Jonathon Alonzo Stop urban drilling

Marshall Anderson Support for controls on Oil and Gas 

operations

Diana Wiley September 28, 2011 Health risks related to fracking

Yozo Pershing Support for controls on Oil and Gas 

operations

Traci Bubek September 28, 2011 Support for controls on Oil and Gas 

operations

Bryan and Sara Bruner Support for more efficient drilling

Pamela Flores Against urban drilling

Bonita Coaly September 28, 2011 Support controls for drilling

AJ and Sally Reilly Support for effective government

Ken Shimamoto September 28, 2011 Support for controls on Oil and Gas 

operations

David Hart Against unregulated fracturing

Dawn Tankersley September 28, 2011 Against hydro fracking
Summary Table of Public Comments submitted on September 29, 2011 

at the Arlington, Texas Hearing on the Oil and Gas Sector

Josh Rollins Support for controlling fracking

Ruth Riggan Support for controlling fracking

Clinton Johns Against urban drilling

Leticia Escalante September 27, 2011 Against hydro fracking

Craig Keaton Protect environment and health from drilling

R. St. September 27, 2011 Protect environment and health from drilling

Lisa Markley September 27, 2011 Support for EPA to protect environment 

from fracking

Anonymous Support for controlling fracking

R.E. Cloud III No drilling [urban areas]

Michael D Putnam Support for controlling drilling in urban 

areas

Alex Carson Concern for fracking; support controls

Daryl Howard September 28, 2011 Protect environment and health from oil and 

gas operations

Monica Rivera Concern about health and environmental 

effects from drilling

William Townsend September 26, 2011 Support for proposed rules

Ana Rodriguez Against drilling in urban areas

Dan Wickberg September 27, 2011 Concern about health and environmental 

effects from industry

Susan Evans-Wickberg September 27, 2011 Concern for fracking in Dallas city limits

Sigrid Webb September 26, 2011 Support for control especially near 

urban/suburban areas

Brittany Martin Support for controlled drilling

C. Yoffe Support for controlled drilling

Glenn and Aggie Weaver September 23, 2011 Support for safer oil and gas operations

Larry Cantrell Concern for health and environmental 

effects from drilling

Edwin W. Langley, Jr Concern for health and environmental 

effects from oil and gas operations

Harris Family Support for regulations controlling 

emissions

Menka Goyal September 26, 2011 Concern for urban gas drilling

Sheri Schmidt Against urban gas drilling, surburban gas 

drilling

William Carolan September 29, 2011 Limit drilling 1⁄2 mile from homes and 

schools

Jack Chernick September 27, 2011 Support for controlled oil and gas operations

Anonymous Against drilling in developed areas

Tim Beach Sees Natural Gas pollution near home

April Beach September 27, 2011 Drilling surrounds home in CO

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I am urging you to accept the proposed rules for the oil

and gas drilling industry.

The gas industry contributes a great deal of pollution to

our already dirty air in the DFW metroplex. They also

make lots ofmoney. There is no reason why the rules

should not be accepted!

These rules would prevent leaking ofsmog-forming

volatile organic compounds (VOCs)from hydraulically

fractured wells by 95% The gas industry is releasing

more VOCs than all the cars and trucks in the region!By capturing leaking gas, they can even make additional

money.

We can never clean up our air without including the gasindustry! It is common knowledge how much illness and

death is caused by breathing in dirty air.

We cannot tolerate this pollution any longer!

Please adopt these rules!

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national, non-profit organization that works with

communities to lessen impacts from energy and mineral

extraction.

Flower Mound currently has over 60 wells drilled or in

production and 15 more approved to be drilled. We have

a large compression and gas production facility and 5 sites

that currently have gas lift compression. In a little over a

year and a half, close to 90 odor and heafth corn p!nts

have been made to the TCEQ just in Flower Mound alone.

Every one of those complaints has been at or near gas

drilling production sites.

I personally was diagnosed with adult onset asthma and

currently rely on a daily inhaler and a rescue inhaler when

needed. I am a non smoker and never suffered from

asthma before moving to the Barnett Shale. When I leave

this area, I no longer wheeze or have breathing difficulties.

Two weeks ago fracking begin across the street from my

neighborhood. Some days you could not walk outside

without smelling miserable odors from the fracking

operation. Combined with some high ozone alert days,
require the gas drilling industry to capture all emissions

and chemicals before they are released into the air. If the

new rules do not include existing gas production sites,

many of us living on the Barnett Shale will never get relief

and will continue to suffer. Again I will say, it is important

that ALL existing sites be included in the new rules. I

believe everyone has the right to breathe clean and

healthy air.

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enough oxygen into my blood because the tissue ofmy lungs has been

thickened. I have never smoked. I went into the hospital for two weeks and

had many tests done. The doctor told me I needed to move out of this area if

I was to get any better.

I live north west of

a gas pressure pumping station in Dalworthington

Gardens, TX. The wind blows towards my house from the site most days. If

I go out I have

a hard time breathing. My eyes itch, water and bum. I cough

so much it makes my chest hurt. My skin will itch all over and I have

a

funny taste in my mouth. After going out I have to take

a shower and wash

my hair to feel any better.

I was born in Fort Worth Texas. I have been active outdoors all my life. I

have camped in all parts of my state and other states. I have never had any

allergy to anything I had been around until the gas wells started showing up

near my home.

If 1 drive by the site in Dalworthington Gardens, just north of it, there is

a very bad odor

a lot ofthe time. It will make me cough, my eyes water so

bad I have to pull over and stop driving for

a little, It is like driving through

a gas cloud.

On May the 11th I was in my back yard and heard this very loud noise in

the afternoon just before dark. The sound lasted for about thirty minutes.

People everywhere were out trying to find out what was going on. I found

out that raw gas was being released for

a site in

Dalworthington Gardens., TX. After that night my hens stopped laying

eggs for some time. I was sick for about

a week after that happened.

I know it is the air pollution in my area that is damaging my lungs.

I received an email from the city of Dalworthington Gardens, saying

there was no hazard to health from the event.

The TECQ folks have tested the toxic fumes

a number of times. One

TECQ employee got sick himself after doing

a test at the site.

We were promised

a pollution control device on the site. But later the

Midstream Pipe Line Company said they would not do anything about the

emissions.

A lady from the City of Dalworthington Gardens, admitted there

was

a leak at the site but would not disclose what was leaking into out air.
asking the EPA to put new air pollution control laws into effect and clean up

our air. Our State officials do not want to do anything about the pollution.

So, I’m asking you to help our people with this problem of pollution.

I want to ask a few questions.

#1. Why when they report on the news that the day will be a level

orange day for pollution, They know our air is so bad, Why doesn’t anyone

do anything to help clean it up?

#2. Why do cars have pollution controls on them but Not diesel

vehicles, and other engines that burn it? Trains, planes, large industry all

pollute our air. Why isn’t there pollution controls on their pollution also?

#3. Why do some states comply with air quality standards and

others not?

We need help from the EPA to clean up our air and environment for the

people living today and the future population.

We need laws that will be enforced not just talked about. I feel it is

irresponsible for the problem of pollution not to be addressed. We MUST do

something NOW to help clean up our air and make it safe for people to

breathe.

I will continue to ask for the problem of bad air quality to be solved

until the air is a lot safer for all people. It is not right for our land and air to

be damaged by pollution. Something Must be done to clean the pollution

up.

Please, please help with our problem.

Betty Clark

817-795-9886
TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

I am not accustomed to public speaking and instead am submitting this letter.

There is much justified concern among citizens about drilling for natural gas. Although naturalgas has been touted by the gas industry as the safe and clean substitute for coal, it is a poor anddangerous substitute.

Trip Van Noppen, Director of Earthjustice, says, “the clean reputation of natural gas is good PR,but lousy science.”Mr. Van Noppen further states, “We have also learned that gas development can make people

sick. Air pollution from concentrated gas development has become a leading public healthproblem. . .“Fracking has all the air quality problems of extracting by conventional means, plus a host of

water quality and health concerns from the use oftoxic chemicals in the fracking process and theproduction of vast quantities of polluted water with little or no treatment available before it is

returned to the environment.”

Subsituting one fossil fuel for another is a poor choice. Instead, we should increasingly utilize

clean and sustainable energy, such as air and solar power.It can be argued that shutting down gas drilling and coal plants will cause loss ofjobs. Not atall! There are plenty ofjobs available for those who are willing to work in “green” energy, such

as wind farms and solar plants.

Of course, change ofthis magnitude does not happen in a day. However, the Dallas / Fort Worth

area has been in non-attainment for nearly 25 years. We have waited far too long, and we want

you to act now! I enthusiastically support the EPA to regulate the gas industry against use ofharmful chemicals and against air and water pollution.

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into our water supply after being injected deep into the ground.Current gas industry practices release millions of tons of pollutants into the air which are

proven to contribute to serious health conditions, such as asthma attacks and even cancer.

Both of my children have asthma — a life threatening condition which never happened to

anyone in our family before. I feel like neglect to environment problems starts to catch up

with our children and I feel very worried for their future.

I support general opinion of many people out there that oil and gas industry agenda is to

internalize profits while externalizing the cost of dealing with consequences oftheir

activities to the public. Any economic activity must be accountable to the common good

it serves. I may say we do not need gas drilling if it kills our children decades later.

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Before Bamett Shale had even invaded Fort Worth, I worked to inform my neighborhood

association and neighbors ofthe health risks if we approved “fracking” in our city and

our neighborhoods. Since then, all I predicted has come true.

1) Dallas and Fort Worth’s air pollution was tested again this year and found to be

more polluted by several percentage points than a year ago. I read a comment inthe newspaper that said “nobody knows why”. THE BIGGEST CHANGE iN

THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FRACKING! Air pollution results in death and

disease and ifleft unchecked could prevent future life on our planet.

2) Ground water around drilling sites is polluted. In researching fracking before it

took off I used the Internet and discovered that the State of Michigan denied

permits to drill near the Great Lakes because ofthe potential for massive

pollution.

3) Fracking was discontinued near Cleburn because of earthquake-type tremors.

While those drilling would not admit blame they did, in fact, discontinue drilling

in that area and the mini-quakes stopped.

4) 1 attended the preview of the film Gasland at the Modern in Fort Worth. I

thanked the director for bringing this subject to the attention ofthe general public.

Unfortunately, I didn’t see a single City Council person, the Mayor, or any other

governmental representative there. And I still wonder why they were so afraid to

be informed.

Ifthe oil and gas industries are unwilling to invest in green energies such as wind and

solar, and if they want to make money, it would be reasonable to demand that they put air

and water safety measures in place. This would create more jobs and still result in

profits.

Fracking proponents say that lighting water on fire to prove the existence of pollution is

an ordinary product of mother earth. What makes it extraordinary is that 25,000 more

wells per year not only release methane in huge quantities but also introduces benzene,

sulfur dioxide and other pollutants which poison the land on which cattle feed and water
George Washington said, 

Let your heart feel for the affliction and distress of everyone.

With that in mind, I urge you to help protect EVERYONE—not just those who want to

make money at the expense of the planet.

The Native Americans’ belief was the wisest of all: Every decision we make today should

be based on what is best for the next seven generations. Help us to curb fracking and

require that those responsible eliminate the resulting pollution.Thank you,

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they drank the well water from the development. She has attempted to get her landlord to

have the water tested, without success. I have encouraged her to break her lease andmove, to get her family away from the wells’ noxious emissions before they are

surrounded. The cost of breaking the lease would be considerably less than the medical

bills her family could incur.The unrestricted release of contaminants from hydro-fracking operations into the NorthTexas environment puts our families and communities at risk for health problems thatwill last for generations. It is imperative that EPA enact rules to limit these emissions,

both here and around the country.

Thank you for your consideration.

Ken Shimamoto

4521 El Campo Ave

Fort Worth TX 76107
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I am against hydro-fracking, it will cause harm to the

environment and more importantly to our health. It is an

unsafe method and other options should be considered. Clean

drinking water is more important. Methane extraction for

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monitor in an industry where time is money. And what happens 20 or 30

years out, when the developers are gone and the wells, which typically

have a rapid drop off in productivity, are abandoned?

Our plentiful, clean water is a precious asset that should not be put at risk.Our water resources are already under constant attack from agricultural

and golf course runoffs, aging waste water infrastructures and publicly

owned treatment works that were never designed to handle much of what

already comes their way. Why put a further burden on marginal or

incapable systems?

My neighbors’ right to profit from leasing their land for natural gas

extraction stops where my right to the continued peaceful enjoyment of my

now clean water begins.

Take a look at the track record of the oil and gas industry. They have

shown little to no concern for the health of those of us affected by theirdrilling sights and their refineries in the past. Why should they change on

their own now? Our health is not their problem. When will our EPA step up

and truly protect me, my family and my neighbors? Please do something

now, if not for me, then for my future grandchildren.

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Thank you for taking time to read this letter. I just got the news that several natural gas

drilling companies are in the process of expanding their drilling into the Dallas City limits. As aconcerned and well-informed business owner and resident of Dallas, I must insist that these

companies be stopped in their efforts to drill in Dallas. I know for a fact that these companies

have no regard for citizen safety. They routinely use highly toxic poisonous chemicals, such as

arsenic, in their drilling and fracking process, and evidence has proven that these chemicals

have in some regions seeped into aquifers and then into people’s drinking water, causing major

health problems for people and animals that drink it. I know for a fact that these companies

have been exempted from the environmental protection laws that other companies have been

required to follow for years. They are obviously more interested in their own profits than the

health and safety of the people who are forced to live near these wells. My son-in-law lives in

South Fort Worth where several natural gas wells have sprung up around his house, and my

nephew lives in Ponder where forty plus wells have been installed, one being about four

hundred feet from his back yard. They have been constantly harassed by representatives of

these companies going door to door trying to coerce them into signing away their mineral

rights, and these same representatives have turned a deaf ear to the neighbor’s complaints of

loud noises from crews working all night long on the wells. Before you make a decision to allow

these companies to poison the City of Dallas drinking water supplies, please watch the movie

Gasland. It is a documentary that takes you on a tour around the whole country to show youthe damage that is being done by these drilling companies. This is not just a local problem.

Force these companies to follow the same environmental protection laws that everybody else

routinely follows, and prove to me that they actually have a concern for the local environment,and I will consider saying “yes” to their requests to drill in Dallas.

Sincerely,

Daryl Howard
range anywhere from minor irritation to upper respiratory system to chronic

respiratory disease, heart disease, lung cancer, and death. Air pollution has been

shown to cause acute respiratory infections in children and chronic bronchitis in

adults. It has also been shown to worsen the condition of people with preexisting

heart or lung disease. This reduces the life expectancy of people.

My concern is that I, nor my family want for gas drilling to be a part of our lives.

It is a concern because these pollutants do not only harm our drinking water but

our air. There are many other options to take in regards to drilling.

Concerned Resident in Oak Cliff

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y understanding that it take huge amounts of ground water mixed with other chemicals (that the oil and gas companies will not disclose) to frack. This wastes water and put dangerous chemicals into the ground where it pollutes the ground water, seeps into wells and can ruin the health ofthose who drink it.

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In addition, I have personal experience with a gas well that is being drilled here in Flower Texas ofHighway 2499. On several evenings this spring while sitting in our backyard we were forced to retreat into our home because ofthe strong smell of hydrocarbons in the air. We could not stand to stay in our backyard because the smell was so strong. Also, please note that there is a grade school and middle school halfthe distance we are from the drill site. We did not move into Flower Mound, TX to live close to a gas well.

Thank You

William Townsend

1112 Indian Cherry Lane

Flower Mound, TX 75028
land was useless to grow anything. It finally got stopped but too late damage was done. Now

someone wants to drill and lie and say it’s safe. Other neighborhoods have dealt with this and nowhave long term after effects. Those locations are being monitored, right enough money and come

back with another result NO TI tANK YOU. Go drill outside of communities/ city limits.Nothing should be within or near city limits at all. I grew with Asthma problems and did not have a

fun childhood, can only imagine with this would do to the air quality now rather deal with high

pollen count from pollenating plants and trees.

As for the economy with this so Hydro-Fracturing process don’t bore me with opportunities this

will bring. To many people without jobs me included with too c1ualified or under qualified. Only

certain people would benefit from this it is a waste of money to only endanger the air around uspointless. Who really wins residents would get sick/die a slow probably cancer death.

Neighborhood will disappear because its will be deemed unsafe anymore to many things wouldhappen because of this and none of really good for the citiens/ residents who put trust in officials

to do the right thing for us.You have an obligation to the communities who chose to live here. I don’t want to have my city be

in the news because of some Ilydro-fracturing was allowed only to go terribly wrong. Put this far

far away from the city, suburbs before the suburbs and city residents wind up leaving for health

reasons due to this so called diing for Gold/Gas.

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Dear EPA representatives,

As a resident of Flower Mound, Texas, I believe that you have no choice but to implement rules to further protect and ensure the safety of all people living near

gas wells and for those who must work directly in the field performing the drilling operations. I live in the Southern section of town, south of FM 3040 on

Gerault Rd. From where I live, there are three gas well drilling sites; Grapevine Mills in Grapevine, Texas, one a few miles to my East directly adjacent toapartment housing with new construction underway, and the last one on Hillard

property on FM2499 right near two schools, Bluebonnet Elementary and Shadow Ridge Middle Schools. This is also an area that is heavily populated with numerous homes, businesses, and churches. I have great concern about the pollution and the possibility of accidents. They DO happen and HAVE

happened in Flower Mound; spills for example in NorthWest Flower Mound.

Some of the gases released during the drilling process, benzene for

example, is known to cause cancer! Do we really want to risk our health and

wellbeing from potentially toxic pollution released into the air or contaminated

waste water leaking into our soil? What about the kids that attend the schools

near drilling sites or those of us that “live” near these sites? I don’t want to be

somebody’s experiment to “wait and see” what happens! Just for Money!?

Be a good neighbor, please do all that you can to ensure our safety and our futures!

Thank You,

Sigrid Webb

1413 Cilantro Dr.

Flower Mound, TX 75028
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how gas drilling releases huge amounts of asthma-triggering smog and

other harmful pollutants into the air.

Having dear friends with children that have asthma, it saddens me

to know that continued drilling will cause them to be exposed to these

harmful fumes right in our own backyard.

Please consider putting into place rules to limit these harmihi

emissions from our area and across the country.

C. Yoffe

Flower Mound Texas Resident
My wife and I are both deeply concerned with gas companies whose practices release harmful polluting gases into the environment. We have three young children in our household and the youngest two (4 and 5 years old) require breathing treatments periodically to help them breath. I know of more people with as asthma and other breathing problems now than I ever did when I was growing up. The EPA needs to hold the gas industry accountable for installing and utilizing the most advanced equipment available to protect our environment and the people who live on this planet

I would also encourage the gas and oil industries to move towards less harmful ways to produce energy such as solar, tidal, and wind. We have had 5 earthquakes in North Texas in the last few months and I suspect that all the drilling for gas and oil has something to do with this.

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children? Is it not our duty to leave this place better than we found it? There is a saying that

goes “Take only pictures and leave only footprints.” I teach my children this every day.

Please hold these gas drilling companies liable for the damage they are causing. Pass the laws

that are required to stop the pollution that is pervading our communities. Help us have a healthy

environment to raise our families in.

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Living in Flower Mound, we find that drilling is taking place far to close to our

schools and homes. The potential health and environmental impacts can be significant.

I would like to see a rule that limits drilling to no more than V2 miles from

residential homes and schools.Sincerely,

William Carolan

/724 Shadvwood LN

Flower Mound, Texas
our demands, we will still need to locate and develop indigenous natural gas, coal and oil to meet our needs.

The Barnett Shale natural gas field development has been an economic boon to North Texas over the past decade. Proponents claim it has generated over 65 billion dollars and has provided over 100,000 jobs to our local economy. However, there is dear cost to the environment associated with this boom. According to industry sources, it takes four to five million gallons of water to drill and hydraulically fracture one typical Barnet Shale natural gas well. The process involves drilling long horizontal paths underground and injecting a toxic mix of chemicals into the rock to further fracture the site in order to elicit greater production of natural gas. What happens to the contaminated water that is injected into the wells? Do the chemicals used in the fracturing process enter the water table? Is the rock sub structure that is drilled out subject to collapse or the creation of sinkholes? What is the chemical composition and actual amount of hydrocarbons that are released into the atmosphere as a result of drilling and pumping ? What is the effective on the air we breathe? Who monitors the outflow (and by extension, who monitors the monitors)? Who will be liable in the event of a disaster associated with the drilling?

Until there are safeguards firmly in place that reasonably protect the public from potential danger, I believe we are best served to proceed cautiously in the development of natural gas in our own backyard. How far away from residential areas, schools, public parks, and commercial/retail areas should drilling be allowed should be decided by the community impacted by the project. Only after strict standards based on scientific evidence have been established and voted upon by the community should we grant oil companies the right to drill in Dallas County. Until these safeguards have been established, I believe we need to exercise extreme caution before we blindly jump into this.

Yours Truly,

Jack Chernick
their back yard?

There are plenty of open areas that do not have neighborhoods and schools and lakes that can be used for drilling.
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September 27, 2011

To whom this may concern, 

This is a hard letter to write. Not because the content is not worthy, but because I may have 

difficulty processing through it all. 

First... let me say, that my lack of being present at this hearing is not a reflection of my feelings 

of importance for this issue. This issue is beyond “important”; this is presently the most 

important issue on my plate. I appreciate you allowing someone to read this statement and pray 

that you can in fact hear my voice though his.

I am April Beach; 35 year old Erie, Colorado resident, wife, mother of three amazing boys, owner 

of a New Parent Consulting Firm, stereo-typical suburban mom and an individual directly 

affected by the natural gas drilling surrounding me. I am educated, well balanced and could not 

necessarily be considered an environmental activist until now...until it hit home. Here is our 

story from the beginning and up to the minute. 

In 2002 my husband and I bought our first home in Erie, Colorado. Expecting our first son, this 

was an exciting time. Near this home, they drilled the first gas well I had ever seen. Not 

knowing what this was, we paid little attention to this well (within sight of our home) and 

managed to get used to the night tremors or little earth quakes it seemed to produce. Then in 

2005, with the addition of our second son, I began to not feel well. After 8 months of tests, 

spinal tapping and MRIs, I was diagnosed with an “unexplained lesion in my spinal cord”. 

Thankful for no cancer and MS, we moved from our first home and built the next; just down the 

street. I still continue to experience the affects from this lesion and am subject to yearly MRIs to 

monitor my condition. 

Our new home was perfect. It was on a cul-de-sac, backed to open space with trails for the kids 

(now numbering 3) to ride bikes, explore and just be boys. We did notice the presence of the 

two gas wells at the end of the road. No one seemed to pay much attention to them and I trusted 

that if in fact there was something to be concerned about; someone would surely let us know! As 

our oldest son grew, the huge Cottonwood tree right next to the wells became his favorite 

escape; tree fort and all. That same summer Tim played at the tree; he began breathing 

treatments for asthma like symptoms and developed migraine headaches which have become 

more frequent and which he deals with on a regular basis today. 

Time passed in this new home and our youngest boy Sam, presented some extreme sensitivities. 

First let me say that Sam is my hero. He is the toughest, strongest, happiest, “water-off-a-ducksback” kid I have ever met. Sam is a regular at the ER for on-contact anaphylaxis allergy issues. 

Sam’s auto immune issues are “unexplainably severe” and only 3% of the population experience 

reactions like Sam does, according to his doctors. Even with this, Sam never had asthma or any 

breathing issues what so ever! In fact, he is a super athletic kid. His activities range from 

kayaking and climbing to the fact that he taught himself to skate board... right there at the end of 

the street by the newest and scariest gas well. In January of 2010, shortly after the newest Well

was drilled and fracked; Sam developed asthma. 

On top of Sam’s issues, we are all very frequently sick! In fact, we are sick so often that our 

friends began to recommend we look into outside causes. Sicknesses would range from colds 

and flu symptoms, to migraines, to GI issues and lethargy, to strange and unexplained pains in 
our bodies. Not knowing what else to do; I began importing our water. This was a quick and 

expensive reaction to try and produce a good result. This did not work. I do not think the 

problem is our water; I think it’s our air. 

Last December, Encana Oil and Gas drilled a new well right at the end of our street and closer 

than the others. The drilling alone was difficult. Our walls were shaking, pictures fell and the 

hundreds of trucks that passed within feet of my home were hard to handle, especially the ones 

leaking fluids across the back field and the community walking trail. 

Shortly after this well was drilled, I became very sick with GI issues and extreme pain. The 

sickness lasted for nearly three months and consisted of vomiting, strange and gross bowel 

activities, lethargy, headaches, and extreme abdominal pain. Narcotics were the only way I was 

able to function and manage the pain. Test results came back negative and no one could explain 

my illness. In this time, I began to look into gas drilling. I have to credit my sister for making 

me look into it. I was afraid to find the truth that I did. 

Also during this time, Sam developed asthma. The onset was so fast that his symptoms went 

from initial development to completely out of control breathing within a week. We were using 

his rescue inhaler all the time and Sam still could not breathe. After another return to the 

hospital, Sam was placed on steroids to manage his symptoms. Sam now takes daily 

preventatives to breathe combined with a rescue inhaler when needed. I myself have now also 

developed asthma symptoms and have been ordered to undergo pulmonary testing. My nine 

year old has rotated on and off inhalers, and my 38 year old husband has been recently rediagnosed with his once-cured childhood asthma. 

One day, after the well was finalized, I came home to something new. At the immediate end of 

our street, right along the pedestrian walking trail and within 550 ft. from my home was a 

chimney. I am not sure if this is the technical name, but the object was in fact a chimney. 

Coming out of the top was a constant think, clear, vapor-cloud spewing all over the homes on my 

street and certainly on everyone walking by. In my children’s’ cases, it was pouring all over 

them. I had no idea what is was but began knocking on neighbors’ doors for information. 

Surely, this was a mistake. I immediately called Encana Oil and Gas who dispatched a crew to 

look into my concern. Their findings were a “properly functioning well”. I was told that the 

emission cloud was excess gas being burned off and not to be worried. Excess gas in itself is 

alarming, but after my own research, I learned that was not in fact what was seeping into my 

kids’ lungs but rather carcinogens, and VOCs and excess fracking fluids conveniently burned off 

as part of the process to save the gas. Save the gas... What about the kids? 

Where are we now? 

Today, the gas drilling is completely commanding and dominating the town of Erie, (just east of 

Boulder). There are notices and signs for new wells to be drilled all over town. They are drilling 

so fast that people don’t have time to question. It is my understanding that this is usually the 

plan; drill fast and get out; any health issues or property damage can be silenced with finances. 

As we speak there are 5 new drilling pads within a mile of my home. We also received notice a 

few months ago that Encana plans to drill numerous more wells directly within our area. In any 
community, this could be disastrous; in a place where the weather patterns and atmospheric 

inversions are already a health concern, this is a death sentence. 

Back at my House:

Tonight, as I prepare this document, Sam (now only 5), has been up for his 15th consecutive 

night with breathing issues. Sometimes he coughs so hard he throws up. Tonight, thankfully he 

this didn’t happen. In the morning, he will get up again and breathe his steroids, Timothy (9)

will wonder if he’ll get another migraine, my husband will follow his asthma management plan, 

and I will make my next appointment for an MRI, schedule with the asthma doctor, plan for my 

daily headache and try to gather all of my things to make it to this hearing. Because... I realize 

you are our only hope right now. 

When my boys grow older, I pray they are healthy. I want them to look back knowing that we 

did all we could, we were not silenced or naive. We stood up and voiced our rights to protect 

ourselves and others. We did what needed to be done, no matter how inconvenient it may have 

been. Despite the intimidation of big corporate funding, economics and the argument that we 

can’t make a difference because we’re too small. And most of all, because I want them to know 

that I love them, and that I did all I could to protect them and keep them healthy. I will never let 

them look back and ask me why not? This is important, and I am trusting in you to help make a 

difference where my arms cannot reach far enough to protect them. Thank you in advance. 

April Beach