Fracking: What to do?
Fracking: What to do?
Like almost all human activities, fracking is neither good nor bad and is strongly influenced by local conditions and culture. The following list contains the studies and Management Plans that resolve 95% of the effects and impacts of fracking. These studies and management plans are:
1. Environmental
impact assessment
2. Health
Impact Assessment
3. Social
impact assessment
4. Geophysical
risk assessment
5. Environmental
Risk Assessment or Study
6. Infrastructure
adaptation plan in the project area
7. Communications
plan to the population and local governments (including emergencies)
8. Erosion
control and soil protection plan
9. Compliance
plan with international ESG policies
10. Hydro-fracture
water management plan and aquifer protection
11. Rainwater
and Storm Management Plan
12. Management
plan for natural areas and areas in recovery
13. Waste
and hydrofracture waste management plan for construction and operation
14. Management
plan for invasive and undesirable animal species
15. Management
plan for vulnerable (or endangered) animal and plant species
16. Management
plan for invasive plant species, weeds and plant pathogens
17. Management
plan for poisonous, toxic, aggressive and dangerous species
18. Drilling
water and sludge management plan
19. Management
plan for vectors and parasites important for human and animal health
20. Natural
gas management plan, gas incineration and burning in torches and teas
21. Health
Impact Management Plan
22. Heavy
Traffic Management Plan
23. Social
management plan, induced migration, protection of the economy and local work
24. Climate
change mitigation plan (zero balance in-process and final product)
25. Water
Monitoring Plan
26. Air
quality monitoring plan
27. Noise
and vibration monitoring plan
28. Monitoring
and control plan for leaks of natural gas and other gases
29. Risk
reduction and prevention Plan
30. Prevention
and management plan for induced seismicity for the area of influence
31. Biodiversity
protection and management plan,
32. Land
claim and end-use Plan
33. Seismicity
risk reduction plan
34. Emergency
management and response plan (leaks, spills, fires, etc.)
35. Final
decommissioning and reclamation plan (expected lands’ use)
36. Land
use plans of local municipalities and coordination of expected end-use
37. Claim
plan compliance policy or Insurance
38. Policies
and Insurance of coverage of the reduction and emergency response plan
39. Annual
Reports of Sustainability and Greenhouse Gases, atmospheric and surface and
deep water discharges, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System report,
compliance with the Environment, Society and ESG Corporate Governance policies,
and others mandated by law
Much of the
information to build the plans are routinely obtained for other purposes but is
not presented in concrete plans for the public.
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