tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818349562250281613.post6198244035235088236..comments2021-09-15T04:57:08.676-05:00Comments on Westchester Gasette: Southlake, Texas: The ModelWestchester Neighborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680654681555827977noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818349562250281613.post-16875755038843047632010-09-30T01:43:04.607-05:002010-09-30T01:43:04.607-05:00Unlike Southlake, Grand Prairie holds the door wid...<b>Unlike Southlake,</b> Grand Prairie holds the door wide open for drilling. Based upon the <a href="http://www.gptx.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4035" rel="nofollow">Grand Prairie Gas Drilling Ordinance,</a> it is no wonder that we have the <a href="http://westchestergasette.blogspot.com/2010/09/closest-residential-frac-pond-in.html" rel="nofollow">closest residential Frac Pond in the entire Barnett Shale.</a><br /><br />After receipt of a permit for gas drilling from the <a href="http://webapps.rrc.state.tx.us/" rel="nofollow">Texas Railroad Commission,</a> the <a href="http://www.gptx.org/index.aspx?page=84" rel="nofollow">Grand Prairie Environmental Services Department</a> decides whether or not to <b>"approve" the permit.</b> No citizen input. And no public hearing via the <b>Specific Use Permit.</b><br /><br />This is precisely the reason why most of the citizens of Grand Prairie (including the Planning & Zoning Commissioners) know close to nothing about gas drilling activities in Grand Prairie. <b>(This was confirmed to us after attending the P&Z Commission Meeting on September 13, 2010.)</b><br /><br />To be clear, Grand Prairie's gas drilling permitting process is <b>not a crime.</b> But it <b>is criminal,</b> to see the impact that gas drilling activities are having and will continue to have on our community.Westchester Neighborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680654681555827977noreply@blogger.com