With so much controversy continuing to swirl around Linde Corp.’s operations in the business park of Carbondale Yards, city officials said last week that they are gathering all the information they can about the work being done there.
City Council members have also discussed the possibility of holding a public hearing at some point to share this information with local residents and provide a venue for them to voice all their concerns.
In recent months, many people have complained about potentially toxic chemicals being mixed to produce drilling fluid at the Linde site, which is located in the Fell Twp. portion of the park. The fluid will be used in the region for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the process by which natural gas is extracted from the ground by creating fractures in rocks.
During a council meeting on Monday night, Aug. 16, Mayor Justin Taylor stated that city officials are “educating ourselves on every aspect of what can possibly happen over there.”
He insisted once again that the chemical composition of the drilling fluid is “a non-hazardous and non-toxic substance.”
“The frack water is contaminated by minerals coming back up out of the ground from the rocks, not from any chemical,” he offered, “and obviously we’re not going to be drilling any wells in the City of Carbondale.”
Taylor also dispelled rumors that Linde is seeking to establish a waste water facility in the business park.
“Linde has not pursued and will not be pursuing a frack water facility,” he related, noting that the rumors were based on “a very one-sided story” in an area newspaper which was taken from “hypothetical remarks” made by a Linde Corp. executive.
Taylor said he wouldn’t support any proposed waste water plant, and council president Kathleen Connor stated that council members are in complete agreement with him on it.
“We don’t support that concept either,” she noted.
Councilman John Gigliotti pointed out that the city owns the sewer lines that would be needed for such a facility.
“We’re not in favor of allowing any type of waste water being discharged into our sewer lines,” he assured emphatically.
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With so much controversy continuing to swirl around Linde Corp.’s operations in the business park of Carbondale Yards, city officials said last week that they are gathering all the information they can about the work being done there.
City Council members have also discussed the possibility of holding a public hearing at some point to share this information with local residents and provide a venue for them to voice all their concerns.
In recent months, many people have complained about potentially toxic chemicals being mixed to produce drilling fluid at the Linde site, which is located in the Fell Twp. portion of the park. The fluid will be used in the region for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the process by which natural gas is extracted from the ground by creating fractures in rocks.
During a council meeting on Monday night, Aug. 16, Mayor Justin Taylor stated that city officials are “educating ourselves on every aspect of what can possibly happen over there.”
He insisted once again that the chemical composition of the drilling fluid is “a non-hazardous and non-toxic substance.”
“The frack water is contaminated by minerals coming back up out of the ground from the rocks, not from any chemical,” he offered, “and obviously we’re not going to be drilling any wells in the City of Carbondale.”
Taylor also dispelled rumors that Linde is seeking to establish a waste water facility in the business park.
“Linde has not pursued and will not be pursuing a frack water facility,” he related, noting that the rumors were based on “a very one-sided story” in an area newspaper which was taken from “hypothetical remarks” made by a Linde Corp. executive.
Taylor said he wouldn’t support any proposed waste water plant, and council president Kathleen Connor stated that council members are in complete agreement with him on it.
“We don’t support that concept either,” she noted.
Councilman John Gigliotti pointed out that the city owns the sewer lines that would be needed for such a facility.
“We’re not in favor of allowing any type of waste water being discharged into our sewer lines,” he assured emphatically.
