<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3670"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3674" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3673" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3672" dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3700" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3830"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3829" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Liz Helenchild <deejayliz@yahoo.com><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3832"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3831" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "DOGGRRegulations@conservation.ca.gov" <DOGGRRegulations@conservation.ca.gov> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3834"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3833" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 13, 2014 5:17 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3836"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3835" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> SB 4 Well Stimulation Treatment Regulations/ my comment<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3701" class="y_msg_container"><font size="5"><br></font><div id="yiv0373204150"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3703"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1413256998790_3702" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25615"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26511" size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">To Department of Conservation,</span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25677" dir="ltr"><font size="5"><br><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25676" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26514" size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">As a CA resident horrified by the fast tracking of fracking ie "well stimulation treatment", I urge you to halt the process until this severe historic drought ends.</span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25891" dir="ltr"><font size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25675" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26515" size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In this time of increasing water scarcity, using well water for anything other than direct human necessity like home use & agriculture is unconscionable. The people of California are being asked if not forced to conserve, if they are fortunate enough to still have water. My household lives under threat of fines if we exceed our small allotment.<br></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25892" dir="ltr"><font size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25734" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26461" size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">I have no reason to believe that fracking does not contaminate the aquifer involved. There is abundant evidence that chemical contamination almost impossible to "clean up." Everywhere, energy companies have not proved to act responsibly for their damage.<br></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25893" dir="ltr"><font size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25850" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26350" size="5"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">I do not find any provision in your regulation that protects wells near frack sites & the people who use them.</span><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> Notification of residents within 1500 feet is not enough when they cannot effectively object.</span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25857" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">. <br></span></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25984"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26380" size="3">Please remember you are employed by the People of California. Your responsibility is to the citizen taxpayers, not to the corporations exploiting our natural resources.</font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26516"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26521" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26380" size="3">Thank you for your attention,</font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26517" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26520" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26380" size="3">Liz Helenchild</font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26519" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26380" size="3">Box 1276</font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26518" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26380" size="3">Mendocino CA 95460<br></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26013"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_26057"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25616"><font size="3"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25617"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25618"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25619"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25678"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></span></div><div id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_25679"><span id="yiv0373204150yui_3_16_0_1_1413237013983_24919" class="yiv0373204150" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">
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