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Submission to: BAPE environment (BAPE) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY OF SHALE GAS TO QUEBEC

Presented by: Odette Larin Larin

Roland November 2010 Mr. President and Madam
the commissioners

My husband and I are retired since December 2006. We live in the municipality of Saint-Louis, in the district of Richelieu, 1979. We have also experienced our childhood and adolescence, to be born me and my husband happened to be the age of two years. The only time in our life that is held outside of St. Louis was from 1969 to 1979, during which time we lived in Longueuil and where our children were born. Then we had to choose between the eventful life to the city or the peace and tranquility in the countryside. To give our children and ourselves the quiet, clean air and tranquility as we considered necessary, we have chosen to establish definitively in St. Louis, our little paradise.

In the summer of 2007, an operating company of Gas Branch came to drill a well. in search of natural gas. She settled on a vacant lot in the heart of the city limits, 250 feet (76 meters) from our property, without any consultation or prior information. It's wanting to know more and after several steps we have managed to get some information from a representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources, he told us the names of the companies involved, they held all the necessary permits and that we did not have to worry, that there was no danger. It was later learned at the last meeting of the Association of Information gas. that the company that owns the "claim" needed to quickly find a white area in land so that the drill back to Alberta and to avoid delays in obtaining permission the CPTAQ. if the work had been done in agricultural areas. Thus, for some material concerns, the company had no qualms about
settle in the center of our little village.

Only when the installation work was completed as the representative of this company is coming here to inform us and chat with us by explaining that once completed, they would not return. They drilled for 22 days, night and day.

Then, in summer 2008. partner, an American company came and again when the facilities were completed, the representative met us, mentioning that the same kind of work in 2007 would be made and then it would be finished. The work took 28 days, 24 hours 24. And finally, in fall 2008, the company has made partner hydraulic fracturing, from October to January 2009, in the middle of the village. We lived for 93 days, all operations and maneuvers related to hydraulic fracturing, almost always 24 hours 24. We had two explosions in the middle of the night with an especially traumatic that rattled the windows of our house. We have suffered harm as a result lighting, operation of generators, the comings and goings of machinery and constant traffic of tractor-trailer. For six days, we were heavily intoxicated by the fumes of carbon monoxide from diesel engines and heavy machinery that is very large abnormal return in the village in a farming community. The noise was unbearable these behemoths. The company also built three pools including a greater recovery for water fracturing, always in the center of the village. According to recent studies, these waters contain gases and other volatile products harmful to health.

To support these claims, we join in Annex 1 and two aerial photographs in Appendix 2, an amateur video that we tour. Aerial photographs were taken by the gas company in October 2008. Just before the fracturing
work while much of the necessary machinery was already in place to work. Our home is surrounded on the photos. The DVD was filmed by us at various times between October and December 2008 and for the last part of the film in the summer of 2009. This DVD shows some machinery used to inject high pressure water into the well. It also heard the noise and see the pollution emitted by diesel engines
during fracturing. Some shots show the flame coming out of the flare and the lights used to illuminate the site during the evening and night. It shows also the service rig for fracturing, a little smaller than the drill used to make the vertical and horizontal drilling.

On the second day of hearings of the BAPE, industry Gas Branch said the fracturing operations do not emit more than 40 decibels and that if some work disturbing, mitigation measures could be taken. The industry, which claims to be responsible citizens, may well say what she wants. But to see the size of these behemoths, the size of diesel engines that power them and the number of such machines, what concrete steps can they apply to make their operations acceptable when we know they need a couple of these machines?

Another aspect is to deepen the royalties, or rather leave granted to royalties Gas Branch. If we understand the principle, the government would leave charges during the first 5 years of operation. We have included in Appendix 3 a copy of a document published by Wellington West Capital Market. July 22. 2008. demonstrating that the primary use will be primarily during the first 3 years. How can it be said that there will be money for Quebec if the wells are almost dry after 5 years?

The Mining Act, dating from the late 19th century, allows companies to perform tasks which are provided to at least 100 meters from residences. We are in the twenty-first century and there is no need to be an expert to say that the machinery and processes used today do not compare to those used at the beginning of last century. For all the reasons mentioned above. Here are our suggestions that could possibly come to the social acceptability and so sought after by others.

First, we suggest that it is strictly prohibited drilling within the limits of any urban area. For this purpose, and to avoid further damage, we suggest that forcing the companies involved to abandon and condemn e boreholes dug in the village of St. Louis.

Second, we suggest that forbids companies to drill within a mile from any residence, having regard to air pollution, noise and light generated during exploration operations.

Finally, even if the BAPE is not the appropriate forum for this request rary, we also ask that a moratorium be declared to the authorities concerned have time and give themselves the means to assess the merits exploration and exploitation of shale gas What do we bequeath to our children and our grandchildren? A basement emptied Resources it still contains? A polluted environment? Or do we want them to leave some wealth so they can also have a chance to prosper.

In conclusion, although we asked about what will result from the limited mandate that was granted even though we have strong doubts about the impact that your recommendations will have on our decision, although we have long hesitated before going our position. We hope that this democratic process is not an empty word and that our intervention will just tip the balance.


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