NO Fracking in Franklin Park!

Please join us in urging Council to adopt stronger protections for Franklin Park residents!

Franklin Park Borough will be holding a public hearing on May 15th to consider a Oil and Gas Ordinance that will open Franklin Park up to drilling in residential areas - unless our voices are heard! Please join us in opposing this plan and push for a strong, protective ordinance.

Send a message to the council today and urge them to protect Franklin Park from fracking!

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Protect Franklin Park from Fracking!

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Dear Franklin Park Borough Council,

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To ensure a stronger a ordinance to protect the community, we demand that Council make the following changes to their ordinance:

*Remove fracking zoning from residential areas
*Consider joint Oil & Gas zoning with neighboring municipalities
*Expand setback distances to 2,600 ft or more
*Increase the minimum lot size requirement to 10 contiguous acres
*Require energy companies to report disclosure of all unconventional drilling hazards and risks
*Require excess road maintenance agreement costs to be borne by energy company elements
*Require energy company applicants to file a 10-year master plan during application process
*Adopt further protective ordinances, pertaining to injection wells, seismic surveys, and prohibition of the sale of public land within the Borough

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