The three-person Buffalo County, Wis., Board of Adjustment tabled a conditional use permit for the Seven Sands frac sand mine and wash plant at a recent public hearing in Alma, Wis. The hearing lasted six hours and included expert testimony by consultants hired by Glacier Sands, the company that would operate the mine, as well as attorneys representing the Cochrane-Fountain…
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New York Fracking Moratorium Considered
A moratorium on high-volume, horizontal, hydraulic fracturing was passed in the New York State Assembly and delivered to the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, passed the Assembly by a vote of 89 to 34. If passed in the Senate, the bill, A.5424-b, would ban the drilling practice for three years from the day it is signed, according…
Read MoreMinnesota Governor Won’t Issue Frac Sand Moratorium
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton received more than 6,000 petition signatures asking him to issue a frac sand moratorium in that state. But Dayton said he can’t personally block the frac sand industry from expanding in southeastern Minnesota, rebuffing a group of mining opponents that delivered a moratorium petition as part of an Earth Day rally at the capitol.
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The Wabasha, Wis., city council voted to extend its frac sand moratorium for another year in order to get more complete information on air quality, truck traffic and environmental concerns, according to the Winona Daily News. Although the frac sand moratorium was extended, a moratorium on truck traffic was not. The council at the same meeting allowed that moratorium to…
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