Take radioactive, toxic drilling waste, put it on a barge, and send it down the Ohio River. It is a recipe for disaster and exactly what the U.S. Coast Guard is permitting (without so much as an opportunity for the public to comment).
The Army Corps of Engineers has jumped in. Oh, not to stop it. They’re authorizing construction of barge loading and unloading sites for shipping these toxic wastes.
Here’s the current list of active or proposed barging sites along the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers:
- Monongahela River Mile 96.7, Star City near Morgantown, WV
- River Mile 43.5, Speers, near Belle Vernon, PA;
- Allegheny River Mile 29.6, Freeport, PA;
- Ohio River Mile 93.5, Comtech Industries Terminal at Bellaire, OH;
- River Mile 123.1, Hannibal, OH and offloading at River Mile 160, Enlink Midstream/Belles Run Terminal, Newport, OH and River Mile 173, Deep Rock Disposal Terminal, Marietta, OH.
A coalition of organizations is calling on the Coast Guard to revoke and deny authorizations to barge the waste and on the Army Corps to revoke and deny authorizations of barging sites. The threat to the communities along the 3 rivers and their water is just too great.
Please sign our petition and share it with your friends! Here’s the direct link. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/keep-radioactive-fracking-waste-off-the-3-rivers
The shale gas industry has never found a good way to deal with its waste. (Spoiler alert – It won’t. It doesn’t exist.) Sending it down the river on barges to dispose of it in someone else’s community is just their latest desperate attempt. Help us stop it!
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