Culver Crest Neighborhood Association

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:

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/…/HFWorkshop.aspx

Save the Date: Tuesday June 12, 2012, City Hall, Culver City

The State of California, Department of Conservation, of which the Division of Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) is a branch, will be conducting a listening tour in seven cities throughout the state.  They are being “conducted as part of a comprehensive information gathering process aimed at the development of regulations governing hydraulic fracturing.”  One of these will be in Culver City on June 12th, 2012, at City Hall.

Each 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.  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 at Hydraulic Fracturing Workshops

Given that the listening tour may be only two hours, and that if its style replicates the recent CAP meeting on fracking, a good portion of the time will NOT be spent on listening to our concerns.  To help prepare eceryone to maximize time for public input at the June 12th, 2012 event, Dr. Suzanne De Benedittis will be hosting a preparatory educational event.  Contact her at MakeCCsafe@gmail.com for more information.