CT State Reps Support House Bill 6329

From CT State Reps: State Rep. Scott Storms (R-60) recently testified in support of House Bill 6329, a bill he proposed that received a public hearing at the State Capitol before the legislature’s Environment Committee.

The legislation, H.B. 6329, An Act Concerning Hydraulic Fracturing Waste In Connecticut, looks to permanently prohibit the storage, disposal, handling and use of waste of hydraulic fracturing waste in Connecticut.. “Hydraulic fracturing is a process used to extract natural gas by injecting fluids consisting of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure “fracturing” shale formations to allow gas to flow into collection wells on the surface,” said Storms. “This process produces a high volume of wastewater that must be treated, recycled or disposed. In many states, this waste product has been used as a deicing agent on local roads and bridges. In other instances, the waste materials have been used as land fill. This is of particular concern as the waste substance contains high concentrations of chemical pollutants and radioactive particles toxic to humans, animals, groundwater supplies and the environment.”

New York, Massachusetts and Vermont are among several states that have banned hydraulic fracturing operations. Connecticut placed a temporary moratorium on the use, storage, and disposal of fracking waste in 2014. Recently 10 Connecticut towns have enacted local ordinances prohibiting the sale, storage, transport and use of fracking waste within their borders.

“The Town of Windsor enacted such an ordinance in January of 2017, and by unanimous resolution of its Town Council, petitioned its state legislative delegation to support a permanent ban of fracking waste materials in the State of Connecticut,” Storms noted.

H.B. 6329 was initially co-introduced by Representatives Zawistowski (R-61), Storms (R-60) and Baram (D-15). For more information on H.B. 6329, or any legislation that Rep. Storms has proposed, please visit www.RepStorms.com or call (860) 240-8700.

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