On June 12, 2015, the
FreshWater Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization, filed a formal
complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against
GreenHunter Resources, Inc., for making false statements about authorization
from the U.S. Coast Guard to barge fracking waste on the Ohio River.
On January 26, 2015,
GreenHunter Resources announced in a News
Release that USGS gave them the authorization to ship
brines along the Ohio River, which is described by GreenHunter Resources as a
“significant ‘win’ for both GreenHunter Resources and our valued clients”.
It has been reported
that the USGS refuted having given such authorization and explained that they
were still reviewing GreenHunter Resources’ request to carry shale gas
extraction waste via barges on the Ohio River.
Further information is
available at: http://www.fwap.org/sec-asked-to-investigate-greenhunter-llc/ and a copy of the U.S. Coast Guard 2013 proposed rule on “carriage of
conditionally permitted shale gas extraction waste water in bulk” can be found
at: https://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg521/docs/78FR64905.pdf.
Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
06/23/2015
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