By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - May 27, 2009
State Rep. Lon Burnam wrote a good bill, which would have made life safer for residents in the Barnett Shale. The House Energy and Resource Committee, chaired by former Speaker, Rep. Tom Craddick, butchered Burnam's bill (HB1537), removing requirements for gas to be odorized and dehydrated at the wellhead, and relaxed pipeline inspection standards from 2 years to 5 years. C.S.H.B. 1537, the committee's version, has few of the protections Burnam tried to get for the people of this region. Read entire article on Arlington Texan
Is this "the industry standard" for covering up a drilling well sump hole so children can't fall in?
PHOTO BY EDDIE CROSSWHITE - copyright 2009 - used by permission
Driver Pipeline's work crew's responded to instructions this week to cover-up the deep well hole (sump holes) on the Daniel Drive DFW Midstreams Pipeline/ONCOR constuction site in East Arlington. Homeowner Eddie Crosswhite photographed the hole from his back yard after the crew was gone. The president of DFW Midstreams Pipeline, in a phone coversation with Faith Chatham Wednesday afternoon stated:
Driver Pipeline's work crew's responded to instructions this week to cover-up the deep well hole (sump holes) on the Daniel Drive DFW Midstreams Pipeline/ONCOR constuction site in East Arlington. Homeowner Eddie Crosswhite photographed the hole from his back yard after the crew was gone. The president of DFW Midstreams Pipeline, in a phone coversation with Faith Chatham Wednesday afternoon stated:
"They are supposed to be covering the sump hole when they leave each day. Do you know if that is happening?"Faith assured him that she could find out. Read article on About Air and Water
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