March 8, 2018
Florida Senate to Vote on Fracking Ban on Thursday, March 8!
Please call your senator on Thursday morning, tell them you’re a constituent, and urge them to vote YES on the following amendments that would ban fracking in Florida.
Sen. Farmer has filed amendment 245018 to SB 1308 to prohibit any fracking activity in geological formations above, below, or within the Floridan or Biscayne aquifers. He's also filed the same amendment to HB 1149 (which is the companion bill to SB 1308). The fracking ban amendment to HB 1149 is barcode 561580.
The amendments will PROHIBIT
· Hydraulic fracturing
· Acid fracturing
· Acid matrix stimulation
· It provides a PENALTY of up to $5,000 a day for violating the prohibition and
o It does NOT interfere with using conventional drilling techniques to recover oil or gas
o It does NOT interfere with water well drilling
o It does NOT interfere with routine well cleanouts or maintenance
The amendments will prevent toxic chemicals from being injected at high pressure through the aquifers we all depend on.
Passing this bill in the Senate is a tremendous opportunity; there’s still time to pass it in the House too!
Please call to urge your senator to support the fracking ban amendment to SB 1308 and HB 1149. If we can get the Senate to adopt this language tomorrow, we still have time to pass it in the House!
Your State Senator's district number is on the back of your Voter Information card. Or you can find it by entering your address at http://flsenate.gov/Senators/Find.
—David Cullen, Sierra Club Florida lobbyist