Is Ohio Violating the Great Lakes Compact?
| Autor: | Thompson, Justin Evan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Environmental Law
Environmental Management Environmental Studies Legal Studies Mining Petroleum Production Political Science International Law Law Public Policy Regional Studies Sustainability Water Resource Management Environmental Science Hydrology Great Lakes Compact injection wells hydraulic fracturing fracking environmental law transnational environmental policy international treaty |
| Druh dokumentu: | Text |
| Popis: | The question this paper addresses is whether or not the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the State of Ohio are in violation of the Great Lakes Compact for allowing unapproved water to be depleted from the Great Lakes Basin Watershed. This project used two distinct study designs: a legal analysis of the Great Lakes Compact was conducted to interpret the binational agreement as written. Additionally, secondary data analysis was used to extract, extrapolate, aggregate, analyze and then interpret data from the ODNR to investigate whether or not this accord has indeed been violated by examining the quantities of water used to drill and stimulate oil and gas wells in Ohio permitted after December of 2008 when the Compact went into effect. 450 wells were found to have been permitted in the Lake Erie Watershed between December of 2008 and December of 2021. This study has shown that the use of injection wells as a means of disposal for hydraulic fracturing wastewater originally derived from the Lake Erie Watershed is in violation of the spirit of the Great Lakes Compact. There are potentially implications for future litigation to address this violation pending further research. |
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