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Susquehanna River Basin Commission to vote on massive water withdrawals for fracking tomorrow morning, has threatened disrupters with arrest.
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission to vote on massive water withdrawals for fracking tomorrow morning, has threatened disrupters with arrest.
NPR State Impact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips reports today that the Susquehanna
River Basin Commission, which will meet tomorrow to consider accelerated permitting for massive water withdrawals from that river for fracking, is open to having arrested those who disrupt the meeting.
Reports Phillips:
Last week, the SRBC released a new set of rules for Thursday’s meeting, which include having attendees show photo I.D., forbidding public comment, and no video or taping by anyone but credentialed media. The media will be sectioned off in a specific area, as will anyone who wants to hold up a sign.
Susan Obleski, the spokeswoman for the SRBC, says after activists shut down the December meeting, Commissioners are committed to getting through Thursday’s agenda without disruption.
“It’s not our desire to have people arrested,” said Obleski. “But if it comes to that, then that’s the action we will take.”
Obleski says Capitol Police will be present, as well as plain clothed security officers. The SRBC has hired a private security firm as a consultant.
Protesters will certainly be there anyway, including a delegation from Phily-based Protecting Our Waters, which is urging citizens to call officials in opposition to the water withdrawal permits going before the commission tomorrow.
Organizer Iris Marie Bloom says that "we intend to exercise our first amendment rights. We have no desire to get arrested or go to jail, but we are willing to lose our freedom for a short period of time because the stakes are very high and somebody's got to step up."
In a media advisory issued today, Protecting Our Waters points out that the permits are going to be approved despite the lack of a cumulative environmental impact study and a state health impact study. You can read more about it here.
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