Village of Gates Mills "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban, Issue 51 (November 2014)

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A Village of Gates Mills "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban, Issue 51 ballot initiative was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the village of Gates Mills in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where it was defeated.

If approved, this measure would have established a "Community Bill of Rights" that would have prohibited any hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, in the village.[1]

See also: Energy and the 2014 election: the ballots and beyond

Election results

Village of Gates Mills Issue 51
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No71569.28%
Yes 317 30.72%
Election results from the Cuyahoga County Elections Office

Text of measure

Ballot question

The question on the ballot appeared as:[2]

“

Shall Article II of the Charter of the Village of Gates Mills be amended to add Section 4, Gates Mills Community Bill of Rights?[3]

”

Background

Map of oil and gas wells around Gates Mills, OH

The first oil well was drilled in Ohio in 1895 and production has been occurring ever since. Just over 75 percent of counties in Ohio have commercial oil and gas resources, although production is concentrated in the eastern half of the state.[4] From 1895 to 2009 Ohio produced more than 1 billion barrels of oil and 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.[5] Ohio sits on top of the Utica shale formation, which is expected to hold between 5.5 to 25 billion barrels of oil and 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.[6] Fracking began in Ohio in 1952. From 1952 to 2009 fracking has been used to extract oil and gas from 80,306 wells.[7]

The map to the right shows all the active, horizontal and directional wells around Gates Mills as of September 9, 2014. The blue dots mark where a well has been permitted, but not yet drilled. Dark pink indicates active injection is happening at that well. Yellow signifies a well that is being drilled. Green indicates that a well is producing. Light pink denotes that the well is plugged. Salmon means that the well is inactive. Orange means the well is dry and abandoned.[8]

Oil and gas drilling is regulated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources. The Division is responsible for regulating oil and gas operations, drilling, underground injection, solution mining and brine disposal. The ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources is also responsible for inspecting the drilling, plugging and restoration of wells and well sites.[9] On June 11, 2012, Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 315, creating new regulations applying to fracking. This bill created a chemical disclosure requirement, set up rules for chemical sharing among doctors, required water sampling, created daily fines up to $20,000 for noncompliance and increased operator liability for horizontal wells.[10]

Similar measures

See also: Notable 2014 local measures

Local measures

Approveda Denton, Texas (November 2014)
Approveda Athens, Ohio Issue 7 (November 2014)
Defeatedd Santa Barbara, California Measure P (November 2014)
Approveda San Benito County, California Measure J (November 2014)
Approveda Mendocino County, California Measure S (November 2014)
Defeatedd Gates Mills, Ohio Issue 51 (November 2014)
Defeatedd Youngstown, Ohio Issue 4 (November 2014)
Defeatedd Kent, Ohio Issue 21
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot City of Niles "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban Initiative (November 2014)
Defeatedd City of Loveland Two Year Fracking Suspension Initiative, Question 1 (June 2014)
Defeatedd Youngstown "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban Charter Amendment (May 2014)
Defeatedd Johnson County Fracking Ban Referendum (March 2014)

Statewide measures

Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Colorado Fracking Ban Initiative (2014)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Michigan Fracking Ban Initiative (2014)

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cleveland.com, "Anti-fracking bill of rights will be on Gates Mills November ballot after village officials change stance," September 8, 2014
  2. ↑ Cuyahoga County Elections Office website, "List of Cuyahoga ballot issues," accessed October 30, 2014
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Department of Natural Resources, "Oil and Gas Fields Map of Ohio," accessed March 18, 2014 (dead link)
  5. ↑ One barrel of oil produces about 19 gallons of gas U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Frequently Asked Questions," May 30, 2013, accessed March 18, 2014
  6. ↑ Energy in Depth, Ohio, "Ohio Energy 101," accessed March 18, 2014
  7. ↑ PolitiFact.com, "State Sen. Kris Jordan says 'fracking' has been used more than 60 years in Ohio," June 15, 2011, accessed March 18, 2014
  8. ↑ Ohio Department of Natural Resources, "Ohio Oil & Gas Wells," accessed March 18, 2014
  9. ↑ IDNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources, "About Us," accessed March 18, 2014
  10. ↑ ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources, "SB 315 Information," accessed March 18, 2014
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