<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Good Afternoon,<div><br></div><div>After the meeting in Pt. Arena last Friday I was</div><div>left with the impression that we're not going to</div><div>get much, if any, help from the Sec. of Interior</div><div>re fracking.</div><div><br></div><div>Over the last few months I've worked hard on</div><div>Hamburg and Mc Cowen. They express interest</div><div>but so far no proposed ordinance.</div><div><br></div><div>Having revisited our initiative passed in</div><div>1988 there may be some hope. I've asked</div><div>for opinions from those who have written </div><div>initiatives and read many similar to ours.</div><div><br></div><div>Please read: County code section: 19.04</div><div><br></div><div>There is already in our code restrictions on</div><div>by-products:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">Storage facilities: Facilities for the purpose of storing crude oil and gas, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>including tank farms, or storing chemicals, drilling muds, cuttings, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>produced waters and other toxic materials used in the production of oil and gas products;"</span><br><div><br></div></div><div>It is permissive for the Board of Supervisors to amend</div><div>the ordinance from time to time to make it more protective.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's give it a try.</div><div><br></div><div>Norman</div><div><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div></div></body></html>