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Senate committee holds first hearing on bill to ban hydraulic fracturing beneath Ohio state parks
Summary
Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee members heard sponsor testimony Wednesday on Senate Bill 132, titled the PERSERV Act (Protecting Public Resources, Ecosystems, Sensitive Lands from Extraction, Violation and Exploitation Act), which would ban horizontal hydraulic fracturing beneath Ohio state parks and public lands.
Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee members heard sponsor testimony Wednesday on Senate Bill 132, titled the PERSERV Act (Protecting Public Resources, Ecosystems, Sensitive Lands from Extraction, Violation and Exploitation Act), which would ban horizontal hydraulic fracturing beneath Ohio state parks and public lands. Minority Leader Antonio delivered the sponsor testimony.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee that explosions, fires and accidents at hydraulic fracturing sites pose a risk to parks, wildlife and nearby communities and cited a recent explosion near Salt Fork State Park as an example of the danger. "While wildlife and water sources were reported to not be impacted by this explosion, it highlights abolishing the practice within Ohio…
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