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BK:00027 PG:0894
<br /> (10) Lee County's unique geography and minimal separation between shale formations and
<br /> groundwater supplies puts well water users disproportionately at risk of groundwater supply
<br /> contamination; and,
<br /> (11)Within 258 square miles, Lee County is home to two active quarry operations and will soon
<br /> house up to eight million tons of coal ash in a lined structural fill project per the Coal Ash
<br /> Management Act; and,
<br /> (12)The Gulf Fault,the Crawley Creek Fault,the Deep River Fault, and the Governors Creek
<br /> Fault run through Triassic Basin in Lee County,and hydraulic fracturing has been associated with
<br /> increased seismic activity;and,
<br /> (13) Lee County's local roadway infrastructure is currently subject to minimal traffic, consisting
<br /> mostly of private cars, light trucks,and agricultural vehicles,and oil and gas development will
<br /> greatly increase traffic by both private and large commercial vehicles,which, in turn,will greatly
<br /> increase wear-and-tear on local infrastructure, resulting in increased repair and maintenance
<br /> needs; and,
<br /> (14) Lee County will incur increased costs for services, including emergency services, increased
<br /> policing and other social services,and compliance monitoring, as a direct result of oil and gas
<br /> development activities; and,
<br /> (15)The hazardous materials used during oil and gas development and the potential for
<br /> operational accidents will require existing emergency response providers to acquire additional
<br /> training and to respond to additional emergency calls;and,
<br /> (16) Lee County cannot afford to provide additional funding for such increased costs; and,
<br /> (17) Existing state statutes and regulatory programs for oil and gas development do not yet
<br /> constitute the best management practices necessary to adequately ensure such activities will
<br /> not negatively impact the air,soil,water,environment, and health of residents within Lee
<br /> County; and therefore do not adequately protect the health and welfare of the County's
<br /> residents because they do not address oil or gas development's locality-specific effects on the
<br /> unique natural,geologic,demographic, social,financial, and other conditions that exist within
<br /> Lee County's boundaries; and,
<br /> (18)Significant environmental, community, and human health impacts have resulted from
<br /> commercial oil and gas development in other states; and,
<br /> (19)The full extent of such impacts and the anticipated impacts in North Carolina and,
<br /> specifically, in Lee County have not yet been determined; and,
<br /> (20) For the reasons stated herein, including other, unenumerated reasons,the extraction of oil
<br /> or gas in Lee County poses a significant threat to the health, safety, and welfare of residents,
<br /> neighborhoods,the environment,and natural features; and,
<br /> (21)The Board finds it necessary to provide for additional time to study the impact of fracking
<br /> and other oil and gas development activities that have been experienced in other states and to
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