Have you felt threatened or harassed by Vic Furman, in person or online? CONTACT ME.

Have you felt threatened or harassed by Vic Furman,
in person or online?

Have you witnessed him telling outrageous lies about someone?

I would like to know about.

PLEASE CONTACT ME PRIVATELY:

607-321-7846 or WilliamAHuston@gmail.com
and please make the SUBJECT: VIC FURMAN HARASSMENT

Thanks,

BH

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Get 9 for Zephyr on 9/9!

TinyURL.com/9ForTeachout

This is a way to visualize the effort required.

She needs ~350,000 primary votes to win.

We just need ONE person!

A Registered Democrat.

To get 9 friends to PROMISE to vote 9/9TEACHOUT / WU

But the trick is, you have to get

YOUR 9 friends to commit
to getting 9 more.

And so on.
Pass it down.

1 becomes 9
(step 2)...becomes 81
(3)...becomes 729

(4)...becomes 6,561

(5)...becomes 59,049
(6)...becomes 531,441 <--- Enough for a win!(7)...one more step becomes 4,782,969 <-- Every registered Democrat in NY

Stated another way:

We need 1 out of every 10 NY registered Democrats in NY
to Vote for TEACHOUT / WU on 9/9

And it starts with YOU!

Get 9 Democrats to vote 9/9
TEACHOUT / WU
Pass it down...

See the attached image.

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Minisink lost appeal (Minisink Residents v. FERC)

DC Circuit Court to Minisink Residents:

Sorry, you DO NOT MATTER. Suck it up.
The rest of the country needs the gas.

Their collective rights trump your individual rights.

This does not look good for other people fighting FERC cases.

The DC Circuit Court is the court of original jurisdiction for all
cases appealing any FERC decision.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKINS.

"Given the choice, almost no one would want natural gas infrastructure
 built on their block. "Build it elsewhere," most would say. The sentiment
is understandable. But given our nation's increasing demand for natural gas
... it is an inescapable fact that such facilities must be built somewhere.... "

12-1481 Minisink Residents for Enviro. v. FERC 08/15/2014
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/E85B91009B1FF66485257D35005254A9/$file/12-1481-1507746.pdf

 

To recap other recent cases involving FERC:

The DRN v. FERC case was very important because the Court admonished FERC that they cannot
segment cases in violation of NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act), despite the fact
that the projects involved are already built and in-service;

13-1015 Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. FERC 06/06/2014
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/30B6F48600A85C1E85257CEF004E34F1/$file/13-1015-1496336.pdf

Then this case came out in July, which says that FERC can violate NEPA
or other laws all they want to! But citizens cannot bring petition for review
unless they have suffered actual injury-in-fact (in this case, health impacts

from radon gas exposure from Marcellus shale gas in homes.)

12-1470 NO Gas Pipeline v. FERC 07/01/2014
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/697F6EFB6207041985257D08004ECDF5/$file/12-1470-1500149.pdf

Bottom line to communities:

1: FERC is a rogue agency which is NOT funded by Congress,
    but by the very industry they regulate. They have a mission to

    build out gas infrastructure.

2:  FERC's Environmental Impact Statements  leave out upstream and downstream
    impacts, as well as many other concerns raised by people during the scoping process. 

3: Neither the President nor Congress have oversight over FERC's operations.
    (Although Congress could TAKE control by changing the law).

4: The system is rigged so lawsuits can only be filed AFTER FERC issues

    their permit.

5: The permitting agency (FERC) is different from the safety agency (PHMSA)

   so FERC generally does not get input about an operator's safety or compliance

   record into the permitting process.

6: The DC Circuit Court seems to be very pro-gas, pro-industry, anti-local communities.

    Allows FERC to violate the law by refusing standing to plaintiffs.

7: Bottom line: Any community fighting a FERC project should try EVERY POSSIBLE

    LEGAL REMEDY, but be prepared to lock down and blockade the project with your

    bodies, using Nonviolent Direct Action (NVDA).

If we look back to the Civil Rights cases, the federal courts eventually changed,
but it required a massive movement of people.

There are 100 different battles against various new infrastructure buildouts
all over the country... I suggest we find more ways to join together and fight
these battles collectively.

There is already work underway on having a regional meeting to link people
& groups fighting pipelines in the Northeast... this looks like the meeting
may be December. Contact me if your group wants to get involved here

and I'll pass along to the organizers.

There is also an effort to try to get congressional hearings on all of these
infrastructure projects destroying communities. If you were not on the call
today and want to keep informed, again let me know and I will try
to get your group connected to this effort.

Best,
BH

 

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Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, FERC EIS scoping hearings, COMPLETE video coverage

Thanks to videographers Scott Cannon, Leland Snyder, Dean Marshall, and moi (BH),
we have complete coverage of FERC's EIS scoping hearings for the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.

I have created a master playlist (which will be complete after my 5 segments from Annville finish uploading)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo1TDxDrIRYp4PvfHlm2rHwwJ5NRzWJV0

or use the shortcut:
TinyURL.com/AtlanticSunriseEISscopingVideo

I have limited contacts with the groups in PA fighting this pipeline,
so please help distribute this info the the appropriate people.

Hopefully this record will be helpful at stopping this pipeline

which will only further increase the massive environmental impacts
seen at the source, in the fracked gas fields NE PA.

Additional NOTES:

• The Docket number is currently PF14-8, but this will change once the application is made.
  View the record so far:
  http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/eSave.asp?fd=01/01/2014&td=06/02/2035&cat=submittal,%20issuance&dkt=pf14-8&ft=fulltext&dsc=description
  
• DO NOT SIGN with the pipeline company! Do not allow them to enter your land.
  http://www.nofrackingway.us/2014/04/04/pipelines-eminent-domain-and-condemnation/
  
• If you have signed an agreement, or allowed survey access, send Williams / Transco a Letter Rescinding Access. Here is a sample letter. BE SURE TO CHANGE IT because this was designed for a different pipeline. Include the Docket #PF14-8 and send it certified mail.
  http://www.stopthepipeline.org/how-can-we-stop-the-constitution-pipeline/handouts/rescind-permission-letter/
  
• Once Williams/Transco files the formal application, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT if you are affected by this pipeline in any way, that you register as an intervenor. Only intervenors will have rights to file a lawsuit later. Here are (example) instructions on how to intervene for a different pipeline. AGAIN: YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE DOCKET NUMBER for the Atlantic Sunrise.
  
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNnaJ6Zp3E&list=PLo1TDxDrIRYoOSND7uKrDMeK8RD46Ks8T&index=11
  
  
  
• TinyURL.com/SuperSimpleStepByStep
• Learn the relevant law:
  
  
  1. STATUTES
     
     
     1. Natural Gas Act
        
     • 15 USC § 717
     • e.g., 15 USC § 717f
       
     2. National Environmental Policy Act
     • 42 USC § 4321 
     • 42 USC § 4331
     3. Criminal Law
     • 18 USC § 201 
     • 18 USC § 1001
     • 18 USC § 2331
  2. REGULATIONS
     
     
     • 18 CFR § 157.10(a)(1)
       
     • 18 CFR § 157.10(a)(2),
       
     • 18 CFR § 157.14
       
     • 18 CFR § 380.6
       
     • 18 CFR § 380.10(a)(1)(i)
     • 18 CFR § 385.211 
     • 18 CFR § 385.212 
     • 18 CFR § 385.214(a)(1)
       
     • 40 CFR § 1502.4
       
       
• Delaware Riverkeeper Network won an important lawsuit concerning Project Segmentation and Cumulative Impacts analysis (Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. FERC, 13-1015, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit)
  
  http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/river-action/SuccessItem.aspx?Id=57
  
  Essentially, the courts have admonished FERC to consider the cumulative environmental impacts of the proposed project "as well as related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable projects, as required by NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act.
  
• However, as a practical matter, this decision is diminished by the fact that the projects involved are mostly completed, in the ground and in-service.  The system is rigged, so that lawsuits can only be filed after the permits is issued, so at that point is is mostly TOO LATE, since lawsuits can proceed long after the project is completed.
  
• Additionally, another recent decision from the same court (12-1470. No Gas Pipeline, et. al., v. FERC. U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit) ruled that FERC can violate the law (NEPA and the Natural Gas Act), and as long as there are no demonstrable "injury in fact", NO PERSON OR GROUP has the right to ask the Courts for review!! So the situation is rather bleak.
  
  One legal tactic which I have not seen tried yet is a lawsuit seeking INJUNCTIVE relief, meaning, asking the courts to BLOCK FERC from issuing a permit PRIOR to issuance, due to a clear and present danger. This is an opportunity for legal research.
  
• FERC is organized as an "Independent Regulatory Agency", with little oversight from the President, or Congress (although ultimately they derive their authority from Congress).
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government#Independent_regulatory_agency
  
  
• FERC's budget in 2012 was $304.6 million dollars, and $0 was funded by Congressional appropriation. Huh? YES, FERC is 100% funded by fees which is paid by the very industries which it regulates!
  
  
• The net result is that FERC is nearly 100% unaccountable to any branch of government, or the people. Here is a silly song about this very bleak truth:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKjaogdw5fQ
  
  
• Some people are very excited about CELDF's "Model Community Ordinances". I am a huge fan of Tom Linzey, and CELDF, and I am a CELDF Democracy School graduate (2004). However. I am unaware of any instance where such an ordinance has been used to block a project with federal jurisdiction (like an interstate pipeline).
  
  I DO encourage you to investigate this approach! We must try everything.
  LEARN MORE: http://www.celdf.org/
  ORGANIZE A DEMOCRACY SCHOOL: http://www.celdf.org/what-is-democracy-school
  
  Here is a great speech by Tom Linzey explaining how useless that participating in a permitting process (like this FERC process), because the game is rigged against us. MUST WATCH THIS. If you don't have much time, JUMP TO 12m:30s
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUGB-kmMoM#t=12m30s



• So friends, realistically, the situation is bleak. The game is rigged.
  
  The ONLY thing that will defeat a project like this
  is a MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE.
  
  SO GET ORGANIZED! We have been able to slow down the Constitution Pipeline, and have delayed the project so far by at least a year. But this took a huge effort!
  
  You should try EVERY administrative remedy available to you, including letters to your Congressional reps, participating in the FERC public hearings, and even lawsuits.
  
• But you should also be prepared for NVDA: Nonviolent Direct Action,
  blocking the bulldozers with your bodies, should these remedies fail.
  
  There are organizations like Ruckus Society (and others) which will come to your town and give you this training. There are also useful materials on the internet. Just search for "NVDA Nonviolent Direct Action"
  

I hope this is helpful,

BH

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HEADS UP! DEC Proposes Updates to Petroleum, Used Oil and Chemical Storage Regulations!

Friends!!--

Please help get this out to other environmental / fracking lists in NY!

URGENT Time sensitive info! -- BH

From: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation [mailto:nysdec@public.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 1:04 PM
Subject: DEC Proposes Updates to Petroleum, Used Oil and Chemical Storage Regulations - A New NYSDEC Press Release

 

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Hello,
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has issued the following press release:

DEC Proposes Updates to Petroleum, Used Oil and Chemical Storage Regulations

Public Comment Period on Proposed Changes to Run Through November 4, 2014

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has proposed changes to update and consolidate Petroleum Bulk Storage (PBS) and Chemical Bulk Storage (CBS) regulations, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. The proposed changes would clarify existing requirements and should therefore make it easier for those who store bulk amounts of petroleum or hazardous substances/chemicals in tank systems to comply with equipment and handling standards needed to prevent contamination of soil, groundwater, surface water and public water supplies.

"Consolidating, updating and clarifying our bulk storage regulations will bring together many changes made over the years to several state and federal laws and regulations," said Commissioner Martens. "Our proposed changes will allow us to improve environmental standards while making it easier for the owners and operators of nearly 40,000 facilities in New York State to comply."

The modified proposed modifications to the regulations, subject to public comment are: the PBS regulations (6 NYCRR Parts 612-614); the CBS regulations (6 NYCRR Parts 595-599); the Used Oil Management regulations (6 NYCRR Subpart 374-2) and the Hazardous Waste Management regulations (6 NYCRR section 370.1(e)(2)). Parts 612-614 would be repealed and replaced with a combined Part 613, and Part 595 would be repealed and Parts 596-599 would be amended. Subpart 374-2 and section 370.1(e)(2) would also be revised to reflect changes in the federal regulations.

To maximize opportunities for public input, DEC released the proposed changes to the PBS and CBS regulations for informal public comment in August 2013. DEC modified the proposed rule in response to the comments received, and the revised proposals reflecting stakeholder input are now being released for formal public comment. Due to the many issues addressed by these regulations, DEC is providing a 90-day public comment period for these proposed rule makings, which ends on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

These proposed regulations represent Phase I of a planned two-phase rule making process. Phase II will be proposed after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes its rule making process that is currently underway to revise the federal regulations governing the storage of petroleum and hazardous substances in underground storage tanks (USTs) (40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 280-281).

Phase I is intended to accomplish three important goals:

• Incorporate changes in state and federal laws, particularly the requirement for tank system operators to receive special training and to describe in more detail DEC's authority to prohibit deliveries of petroleum and hazardous substances to tank systems that are in significant non-compliance with the regulations.
• Consolidate existing state PBS and CBS requirements and most federal UST requirements so that they are in one set of regulations.
• Make the PBS regulations more consistent with the federal regulations, particularly regarding key definitions and the structure of the regulations.

To help the public better understand the proposed regulations and be prepared to provide comments, DEC will provide the following opportunities for public involvement:

Webinar

August 26, 2014 from 10 a.m. - noon

Instructions on how to participate in this live webinar are available the DEC website.

Public Information Meetings

September 4, 2014 - Albany: Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 6; 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

September 9, 2014 - New York City: St. Francis College, Founders Hall, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn; 9:30 a.m. - noon; 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.; and 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

September 11, 2014 - Rochester: RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta; 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Seating is limited at each public information meeting. Instructions on how to register for public information meetings are available at on the DEC webiste.

Formal Public Hearings

Two public hearings will be held at each of the three locations below, starting at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. These hearing locations are accessible to persons with impaired mobility.

October 14, 2014 - Albany: Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 6

October 16, 2014 - Rochester: RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta

October 23, 2014 - New York City: St. Francis College, Founders Hall, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn

Seating is limited at each public hearing. Instructions on how to register for formal public hearings are available on the DEC website.

A public information meeting will also be held from 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. prior to each afternoon public hearing.

The public is invited to submit written comments about the proposed regulations through Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Written comments on Petroleum Bulk Storage Rule-making can be submitted online. Alternatively, written comments may be mailed to Mr. Russ Brauksieck, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Remediation, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-7020.

All documents and related information pertaining to these proposed rule makings are available on DEC's website.. If you do not have internet access, please write to the address above or call (518) 402-9553.

 

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Amazing tools for querying Oil and Gas production data from PA and NY + stuff I've learned from this

Here are four very useful tools for

scientific investigators, bloggers, journalists, and curious people

for querying PA and NY oil and gas wells'
spud and production data, PA drilling waste,
and toxic chemical spills in NY:

• http://williamahuston.blogspot.com/2014/08/amazing-tools-for-querying-ny-and-pa.html

I created this amazing map from one of these databases.

Jerry Action used this data to determine there
was little potential for shale gas in NY.

Related--

Here are some amazing things I've learned from having coffee
with the developer of one of these tools today:

• http://williamahuston.blogspot.com/2014/08/industrial-polluters-in-ny-state-get.html

Lots of info here: but this is one big takeaway:

You know how the Pro-Gas boosters are always saying

"They've been fracking in NY since the 1970s,
and there's never been any problems!"

This is because, only by examining every record in the
NYS DEC toxic spill database can you learn this:

Of 6885 spills in this dataset, which is everything recorded
for the last 12 years covering 7 NY counties in the Southern Tier,
none are attributed to any source!

So-- Industrial polluters,
(including the Oil and Gas industry,
one of the biggest offenders in the state)
get a clean bill of health because of shoddy reporting
of chemical spills by NYS DEC.

Check it and share this

where you see is appropriate.

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Industrial Polluters in NY State get a CLEAN SLATE from DEC!

Here's some amazing things I learned today
from talking to Johnny Wunder,
a local guy you made an amazing website to harvest
official data from NYS DEC regarding Oil and Gas wells,
as well as toxic chemical spills.

Of 6885 spills in this dataset, which is everything recorded
for the last 12 years covering 7 NY counties in the Southern Tier,
none are attributed to any source!

So you know how the gas industry hacks are always saying:

"There's been gas drilling in NY for 100 years
and there's never been any problems!"
      -- typical gas industry booster

Because of how the reporting is done,
The Oil and Gas industry in NY
has a clean slate according the NYS DEC!

Spills over a certain size associated with mining activity

get investigated by the Minerals Division,
which is a "big black hole", according to Johnny.

He said the paper trail ends there.

FOX GUARDING HENHOUSE

Also, get this--
ALL SPILLS IN NY ARE SELF-REPORTING.

The NYSDEC doesn't investigate and write spill report.
The company who made the mess gets to write the report!

How do you feel about that?

Do you trust corporate industrial polluters
to tell the truth?

STONE-AGE RECORDS KEEPING @ DEC

Additionally, the entire system is archaic.

Most compliance forms are on paper
and sent through the US Mail, and stored only
in a filing cabinet in some DEC regional office.

So records which might indict the safety of
these companies is not online, and not easily
queriable.

If you ask for such info under FOIL
you will likely get "No Records Found".

BUT WAIT! 
IT GETS WORSE!

Spills are Propitiatory and Confidential!

For spills associated with oil and gas drilling
there is a 90 day period of "confidentiality" allowed,
allegedly due to the "competitive nature" of O+G mining,

So the information is embargoed away
from public eyes for 90 days after the spill!

If the industry can hide it from view,
this means: NO PIZZA FOR YOU!

"HOLY CRAP!
Just write "UNKNOWN" on the form,and call for the vacuum truck!"

For many spills, the quantity is recorded as "unknown".

Oh really? No idea at all?
Nope!

This is probably due to the self-reporting, and that NYS DEC  has so few inspectors for this region.

So industrial polluters in NY can say whatever the frack they like.

6885 spills, 100% officially have unknown causes
Most wells are lucky to get a site

visit every 18-24 months.
Spills are commonly not inspected at all or
investigated thoroughly, and in 6885 spills,
NONE are attributed to any source!
So despite the fact that,
according to NYS DEC,

there were 6885 chemical spills
in 7 counties over 12 years,

and that most of these spills related industrial activity,
and many associated with the 4123 oil and gas wells in the region,

NONE of these spills are officially associated
with oil and gas drilling,

or have any official cause whatsoever. 

Have a nice day!

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Johnny impressed upon me that while he thinks all the
activist energy which was focused upon the SGEIS and
Regs for fracking shale in NY got all the attention it did,

He says the existing permitting process, spill reporting system,

compliance reporting, and regulatory enforcement
of the many EXISTING CONVENTIONAL Oil and Gas wells in NY
is sorely lacking.

He has impacted water from the drilling of the Stagecoach field,
and has not consumed his local water for about 10 years.

While he is moving out of the area,

he thinks we should pressure the Legislature
to review and modernize the entire system

around permitting and reporting of all Oil+Gas mining
in NY, as there is a DIRE NEED for quality public information.

He has tried to make tools, covering at least the area near where

he lives, accessible to the public on the internet for free,
to partially make up for the extreme deficiencies in the  NYS DEC

online reports, but there is still a lot of work to do.

I hope this is helpful,

BH

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Amazing tools for querying NY and PA drilling data, toxic spills, waste tracking & inspections

Here is info about 4 amazing tools,
and some useful things you can learn
by studying the data they report.

If you consider yourself a blogger, journalist,
scientific investigator, or just a curious person,
you might find these tools very valuable.

Please send this info to other people/groups
whom might benefit.

You can learn some amazing things

by querying these databases

and you can do original research
to find (break) important news stories
which have never been in any newspaper.

1: Leland Snyder's PA Spud Database

Leland Snyder has created a way to query
the Pennsylvania Spuds database,
which contains spud date, production data,

waste disposal, and inspections, using

a web form and simple SQL calls.

http://www.localpress.com/dbintro.php

There's a video you can watch to show you

how to make a report and graph it.

With access to the information in this database,

Jerry Action was able to determine there was
very little gas in NY, and where the best prospects
are. (just a sliver a few miles wide, along the
southern edge of Chemung, Tioga, Broome,

and Delaware County NY, along the PA border.

2: Johnny Wunder's NY Well and Spill Wiki

• 4123 Wells
• 6885 toxic spills
• 7 counties (Tioga, Broome, Steuben, Chemung, Chenango, Livingston, Genesee)
• 12 years

This data is queryable various ways.

What this data shows, by combining these two databases together is that

the history of oil+gas drilling in NY has been associated with MANY
incidents of surface contamination.

• http://johnnywunder.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
• http://johnnywunder.info/cyberSpells/Nearby.html

3: Wellwiki.org

This is a site very similar to Johnny Wunder's site, only for PA data (like Leland's site),

strangely based in the University of Alberta:

• http://wellwiki.org/

4: Laura Legere's dataset of 973 PA DEP Determination Letters

This was the first public dataset, other than the two Consent Agreements between Cabot and the PA DEP
over the well known contamination in Dimock, Susquehanna County, which conclusively showed that the
PA DEP knew water contamination from drilling is pervasive in many counties. Almost 1,000 total complaints,

and 161 were "positive determinations"

• Story: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/sunday-times-review-of-dep-drilling-records-reveals-water-damage-murky-testing-methods-1.1491547
  
• Data Summary: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48182083/ScrantonTT_GW_RTK.csv
• The actual letters: http://scrantontimestribune.com/waterproject/1.pdf  ... to... 973.pdf

I was able to use this dataset to graph the water contamination complaints in
six counties in NY PA, along with the well locations from the SRBC, to show the hotspots of
drilling in NE PA are also the hotspots of water contamination complaints.

There are many more stories in these datasets just waiting for you to find!

I encourage you to explore these datasets...

BH

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