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Coast Guard denies granting GreenHunter permission to barge fracking wastes on Ohio River
Coast Guard denies granting GreenHunter permission to barge fracking wastes on Ohio River
From an Article by Casey Junkins, Steubenville Herald-Star, February 5, 2015 http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/617605/Coast-Guard-denies-granting-firm-permission-to-barge-waste.html?nav=5010
Wheeling, WV — U.S. Coast Guard officials said Wednesday they are still reviewing a proposal by GreenHunter Resources to barge natural gas fracking waste on the Ohio River.
Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Chad Saylor said officials have not yet taken final action on GreenHunter’s proposal to ship “shale gas extraction wastewater and has not classified this cargo for shipment.”
“We are committed to ensuring proper research with regards to shale gas extraction waste water maritime transportation before approving any request to transport shale gas extraction waste water,” he added.
Last week during an earnings report conference call with investors, Kirk Trosclair, GreenHunter Resources chief operating officer, stated the company had received approval. Saylor declined to speculate why GreenHunter officials had the impression the Coast Guard granted them final approval for barging.
Last year, Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Diaz said the agency needed to sift through 70,000 comments on the matter, adding officials would take as much time as necessary to read all of them.
In a company statement dated January 26th, Trosclair claimed the Coast Guard gave the company permission to transport frack waste on Ohio River barges. GreenHunter officials have maintained this is the roadblock preventing them from further pursuing their planned porting area in the Warwood section of Wheeling.
“The U.S. Coast Guard approval is a significant win for both GreenHunter Resources and our valued clients,” Trosclair stated January 26th. “Our ability to transport disposal volumes via barge will significantly reduce our costs, improve our margins and allow us to pass along savings to our clients.”
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