From The City of Culver City:
This is a courtesy notification that the California State Department of Conservation will host a workshop to discuss the practice of hydraulic fracturing for production stimulation, commonly called fracking, in the Culver City City Council Chambers (9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232) from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. This workshop is one of several being conducted as part of a comprehensive information-gathering process aimed at the development of regulations governing hydraulic fracturing.The workshop will begin with an overview of oil and gas production in California, including discussion of California’s geologic formations where oil and natural gas are found. Existing well construction requirements and what those regulations protect against will follow. The overview presentation will also focus on technical, non-policy aspects of hydraulic fracturing. Following this overview, the Department will welcome public comment.These workshops are intended as an information gathering exercise to advise the Department about specific public concerns regulations could address.More information can be found at: