Bear Lake Injection Wells-
Bear Lake Pa. The wells are proposed Marcellus Shale Wastewater or Fracking Wastewater, that will inject Marcellus Gas fracking fluids into abandon Gas Wells in Bear Lake Pa.




My trip to Bear Lake Pa.

The two newest per­mit­ted Injec­tion wells (also called brine dis­posal wells) in Pennsylvania are oper­ated by Bear Lake Properties, LLC in War­ren County. Bear Lake Properties President is Karl Kimmich. Local res­i­dents have chal­lenged those per­mits and they’re cur­rently under review. Bear Lake Properties, was permitted last June to inject fracking water into the Medina Formation (depth between 4,200 and 4,300 feet). The drillers use injec­tion wells to dis­pose of fracking waste water, that has a high salt and chem­i­cal con­tent, and contains heavy met­als, and radioac­tive mate­r­ial.

On Sunday, September 16th, 2012 I took a trip to Bear Lake Pa, in Warren County to see the site of the proposed Bear Lake Injection Wells for myself. I wanted to see where they were and how close to people the proposed wells are located.

Actually, I was surprised how close to homes and farms the wells are located. The most depressing fact is that they are "just up the hill a little way" from the very beautiful Tamarack Swamp.

The Tama­rack Swamp is just below or adjacent to the proposed injection well site. What I call a toxic chemical dump. Make that toxic and radioactive chemical dump! Tama­rack Swamp is a rare, white-pine glacial swamp. Accord­ing to James Bis­sell, a botanist at the Cleve­land Museum of Nat­ural His­tory, The swamp contains rare and endan­gered orchids, birds, and drag­on­flies, and is the head­wa­ters for the Bro­ken­straw Creek, which empties into the Allegheny River.

Among the closest homes to the proposed injection wells is a home right across the street (in NY State) heading north, and then just across the street heading east, is an Amish family. There are children just across the street from the dump site in two directions!

There are two dented and rusty looking tanks on the property that some tell me will hold the poison chemicals until they are injected.

Another issue will be the heavy truck traffic on the narrow, winding rural roads that lead to the dump site. There are many Amish in the area and many farms. They do not mix well with "hopped up", impatient, overworked, young frack truck drivers, driving big heavy trucks hauling toxic and radioactive chemicals! God bless the poor Amish. And the poor town folks who will suffer greatly when the trucks start rolling through town! Just Google "frack truck accident" or "frac truck accident" if you have any doubts. "Frac truck accident" will yield about two million hits! The truck drivers are mostly young, impatient, overworked, angry and "on something that helps them work long hours"!

Enter the emergency responders! Who may not be fully capable of handing a spill or spills of this nature! GOD only knows what will be in these trucks! And in what concentrations! (Google "H2S" for an education!)

I was impressed when I saw so many "anti-injection well" signs all over town. It's also pretty impressive that so many people came out for the protest they had a while back! And I talked to some really great people in Bear Lake! Good, decent, caring individuals who care about their town and the health of their residents ..... AND CHILDREN!

I'm asking all my friends and associates to please help these people out if you can! Contact your Representative and tell them we don't want fracking waste water dumped down a hole in Bear Lake or ANYPLACE in Pa! Tell the drillers "don't produce this poison if you can't dispose of it properly"!

MORE TO COME SOON ....... I will be involved in this until the final outcome ......


STONY!


On the way to Bear Lake Pa!


What may be in store for the future!


Lion or "Lyin'"?


Entering Bear Lake


Residents from all political backgrounds oppose the Injection Wells!


Gloria, John, and Janet


The first responders who may be most at risk!


Now here is a plethora of signs!


The swamp and the game lands will be changed forever if this Injection Well is allowed to operate


Some people just want to vote Corbett out of office, while others, myself included would like to see him get some well deserved jail time!


What will be left? Homes will be worthless!


The Tamarack Swamp in the background .... teaming with wildlife




Two dented and rusty storage tanks I'm told they plan to use


"LLC" or NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY AT ALL?



This is just too ironic! It would be funny if it were not sad! "Do not litter". Putting poisons and
radioactive materials into the ground, and ultimately into the water table is OK, but littering is
against the law!


Looks good on paper! How rusty do you think that pipe is considering it was put in in 1987 and it goes through a "salt zone"?



I measured the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) in Tamarack Swamp at a very low 28PPM! What a shame if this were to change!

More info can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/bearlakewells

Stoney, one of my son's friends works for a drilling company and he stated that he is drilling up around Watkins Glenn area and I asked for oil?? He informed me that they drill down 2800 feet into the earth and then they flush out the salt, yes salt. This leaves a huge cavity in the earth and then it is filled with liquid propane for storage! I never heard of such a thing.

Under ground storage is used for any liquids around the world. THe national oil reserves sit in underground storage. I know of at least 4 old oil leases in the McKean Co. area that are used for crude storage.

Salt wells are very common in that area of New York and further north into Silver Springs and further. Morton owns many if not most of them. These wells are particularly dangerous because of the risk of collapse. When I was a bit younger, I worked for a company that cemented the casings of those wells. We had to wear respirators, fire retardant gear, and other safety equipment because 2 weeks before my first job a giant collapse occurred and 2 rigs along with most of both crews were lost.

Not salt but limestone.

http://www.huntmidwest.com/subtropolis/index.html

Where and when was that?

As far as gas storage in wells goes ..... one of the big local "secrets" is that under most of the Allegany State Park there is a big dome of stored gas.

I'm not sure how they determine how secure or sealed a depleted gas well actually is.

My guess would be that they would add pressure to it and then wait to see if the pressure drops, but I'm reading all over the internet (about injeciton wells) that they often "fake" the presure tests, use the well anyhow and end up polluting aquifirs and releasing chemicals to the surface!

My condern with Bear Lake is that the injeciton well is right below the Tamarack Swamp which is "spring fed" from below, and the water and environment around it is "pristine". The swamp is home to rare orchards and other wildlife. Not to mention the close proximity to several peoples homes and water wells.

I know there is a salt mine or abandon salt mine in Mount Morris NY near Rochester NY. It's suposed to be several miles long. I belive they are growing mushrooms in it. And I heard they are using it for storage also. Maybe even food storage?