[Editor’s Note: The latest attempt by citizens of the Culver Crest area to influence what they call “responsible drilling” in the Inglewood oil field — before government regulations are finalized — is the petition presented below. The petition is being circulated under the signature of community activist Suzanne De Benedittis, a former Catholic nun with a Ph.D in social ethics and social change. The final public hearing on regulations will be convened by the County Regional Planning Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m., in downtown Los Angeles, 320 W. Temple St., Room 150.]
Dear Neighbors,
Please sign the linked online petition and pass it on.
Safeguard Our Families & Community from Oil Drilling Dangers
[http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/]
Background
PXP, the oil company operating in the Baldwin Hills oil field, is proposing to drill an additional 1,000 wells and continue to operate the current 436, plus reactivate a good portion of the 600 dormant wells on their property. Do you want 2,000 wells pumping 24/7 in our “backyards”?
The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and regulations PXP is proposing would make it legal to drill with 500 feet from your home, hospital, health or educational facility. It contends that it is okay to drill within 50 feet of an active earthquake fault zone. If there is an escape of toxic fumes (which has occurred in the past), it could encompass most, if not all, of Culver City. PXP’s current operating standards are for the most part antiquated. Yet there has been little or no testing of many of their practices. They are too numerous to list here but we are challenging them all.
More startling, if this EIR is approved by the County, it sets PXP’s operating standards for the next 20 years. We would be powerless to make any adjustments short of a disaster, at which time it would be too late. Is this what you want to expose yourself, your children and family to?
Please visit the Culver Crest Neighborhood Assn, website at www.culvercrest.org for more information on this issue.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has not yet made a decision on this matter.
We must speak up now!
Please sign and pass on!
Safeguard Our Families & Community from Oil Drilling Dangers
[http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/]
