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Fracking moratorium rally in Annapolis

March 13, 2013
Annapolis, Maryland

Is Fracking Coming to Maryland?

Maryland’s Department of the Environment (MDE) has issued for public comment a draft report, Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Study Part II Best Practices. Comments will be accepted until August 9th. The PSR Chapter will submit comments expressing a concerned that the proposed best practices are not based on a scientific assessment of likely impacts in Maryland and would allow polluters to hide behind complicated trade secret rules and non-disclosure agreements.

In addition, PSR , the Maryland Environmental Health Network, and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments have requested that the Maryland’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene provide the public with a 30-day comment period on the proposed scope of a fracking health study it is conducting and a 60-day comment period on the draft study.

Please stay involved. Sign up for our newsletter and submit your comments to MDE on the Best Practices Study. Comments may be submitted by email to Marcellus.Advisory@maryland.gov or to Brigid E. Kenney Senior Policy Advisor, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD  21230

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