Texas city 重さを計るs 禁止(する) on new fracking 許すs

DENTON, Texas (AP) ― A North Texas community that sits on a large natural gas reserve could become the first city in the 明言する/公表する to 部分的に/不公平に 禁止(する) hydraulic fracturing, with city leaders in Denton 始める,決める to 投票(する) 早期に Wednesday on a 国民-led 嘆願(書) to 無法者 new 許すs for the 演習ing method.

The 過程, also called fracking, has led to 重要な 経済的な 利益s but also to 恐れるs that the 化学製品s could spread to water 供給(する)s, より悪くする 空気/公表する 質 and even 原因(となる) small 地震s.

得点する/非難する/20s of other cities and some 明言する/公表するs have considered 類似の 禁止(する)s, but the 提案 in Denton is a litmus 実験(する) on whether any community in Texas ― the nation's biggest oil and gas 生産者 ― can rebuff the 産業 and still 栄える. 産業 groups and 明言する/公表する regulators 警告する that such a 禁止(する) could be followed by litigation from mineral 権利s' owners and could have 経済的な 関わりあい/含蓄s for the 明言する/公表する and even globally.

Area residents and registered speakers watch proceedings on a television screen from one of the three overflow rooms as others wait their turn to address the...

Area 居住(者)s and 登録(する)d (衆議院の)議長s watch 訴訟/進行s on a television 審査する from one of the three 洪水 rooms as others wait their turn to 演説(する)/住所 the city 会議 during a public 審理,公聴会, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Denton, Texas. The North Texas city could become the first in the 明言する/公表する to 禁止(する) hydraulic fracturing if city leaders 認可する a 国民-led 嘆願(書) to 無法者 the 演習ing method. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

An 概算の 500 people turned out to Denton City Hall Tuesday, 流出/こぼすing over into 衛星 rooms and even a city building across the street. More than 100 people 登録(する)d to speak during a 審理,公聴会 before the 投票(する) that stretched into the 早期に morning hours Wednesday.

Fracking 伴う/関わるs 爆破ing a mix of water, sand and an assortment of 化学製品s 深い into 地下組織の 激しく揺する 形式s to 解放する/自由な oil and gas. While the method has long stirred 関心s about its 影響s on the 環境 and human health, 産業 proponents argue that fracking can be done 安全に and is cleaner than other forms of energy extraction.

Under the 提案するd 禁止(する), 操作者s would be 許すd to continue 抽出するing energy from the 275 井戸/弁護士席s in Denton that have already undergone fracking, but not reinitiate the 過程 on old 井戸/弁護士席s or frack new 井戸/弁護士席s.

Texas 法律 分裂(する)s land 所有権 between the surface and the minerals below, and in Denton, most of the mineral 権利s are held by 広い地所s and 信用s outside Texas. Denton 居住(者)s with mineral 権利s 得る about 2 パーセント of the total 王族s.

明言する/公表する 規則 "pre-empts" a ny city 権利 to 禁止(する) "economically viable 演習ing," によれば former Texas 最高裁判所 長,指導者 司法(官) Tom Phillips.

Phillips 代表するs the powerful Texas Oil and Gas 協会 and says its thousands of members would "undoubtedly 告訴する" if the 禁止(する) passes.

Members of the Denton 演習ing 認識/意識性 Group, who 組織するd the 嘆願(書), argued that the costs of fracking are 最終的に higher than the 利益s.

の中で the 登録(する)d (衆議院の)議長s was Maile Bush, who 証言するd that her son has 苦しむd from nose bleeds and other health 問題/発行するs since fracking 近づく their house began.

Construction company owner Randy Sorrells, 57, …に反対するs the 禁止(する), and said he hopes fracking of the five 井戸/弁護士席s on his 100-acre 所有物/資産/財産 will 基金 his three children's college education.

"There is a 井戸/弁護士席 300 feet from my bathroom window. We've never had a problem," Sorrells said.

Denton sits on the Barnett Shale, which is believed to 持つ/拘留する one of the largest natural gas reserves in the U.S. City leaders introduced a 一時的な 禁止(する) on new fracking 許すs in May after fracking-禁止(する) proponents 配達するd a 嘆願(書) 含む/封じ込めるing about 2,000 署名s.

Sorrells submitted a 嘆願(書) on に代わって of Denton Taxpayers for a Strong Economy that he said 含む/封じ込めるs about 8,000 署名s of 対抗者s to the 禁止(する).

Denton, with a 全住民 of about 120,000 居住(者)s, is about 35 miles northwest of Dallas and is home to the University of North Texas. If the 会議 拒絶するs the 嘆願(書), it would likely go to Denton's 投票者s on a November 投票(する).

Council member Dalton Gregory, right gesturing, ask a question of Frack Free Denton member Adam Briggle, after Briggle's presentation to the council during a...

会議 member Dalton Gregory, 権利 gesturing, ask a question of Frack 解放する/自由な Denton member Adam Briggle, after Briggle's 贈呈 to the 会議 during a public 審理,公聴会, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Denton, Texas. The North Texas city could become the first in the 明言する/公表する to 禁止(する) hydraulic fracturing if city leaders 認可する a 国民-led 嘆願(書) to 無法者 the 演習ing method. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Council members Kevin Roden and Greg Johnson listen as Alyse Ogletree responds to their question after speaking at a public hearing in City Hall, Tuesday, Ju...

会議 members Kevin Roden and Greg Johnson listen as Alyse Ogletree 答える/応じるs to their question after speaking at a public 審理,公聴会 in City Hall, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Denton, Texas. A North Texas city could become the first in the 明言する/公表する to 禁止(する) hydraulic fracturing if city leaders 認可する a grassroots 嘆願(書) to 無法者 the 演習ing method. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

A member in the audience uses his smart device to record part of the proceedings in the public hearing at City Hall, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Denton, Texas...

A member in the audience uses his smart 装置 to 記録,記録的な/記録する part of the 訴訟/進行s in the public 審理,公聴会 at City Hall, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Denton, Texas. A North Texas city could become the first in the 明言する/公表する to 禁止(する) hydraulic fracturing if city leaders 認可する a grassroots 嘆願(書) to 無法者 the 演習ing method. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Council member George Campbell, left rear, talks with Mayor Chris Watts as council persons Anita Burgess and Dalton Gregory right, listen to Former Texas Rai...

会議 member George Campbell, left 後部, 会談 with 市長 Chris ワットs as 会議 persons Anita Burgess and Dalton Gregory 権利, listen to Former Texas 鉄道/強行採決する (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある director John Tintara, at podium, speak at a public 審理,公聴会 at City Hall, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Denton, Texas. 現在の and former Texas 公式の/役人s have 警告するd a North Texas city that it 欠如(する)s the 当局 to 制定する a 禁止(する) it's considering on hydraulic fracturing. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)