Texas Fracking Companies Self Regulating

[CPA]

So wait, the video in the OP was of a tanker that was leaking at the time due to a possible malfunction. Some lady saw it, and video taped it instead of calling the proper authorities to come clean up the spill. Instead the video gets posted as "proof" of illegal dumping and all the idiots here buy into that claim. Wow.... just shaking my head at this.

No one in Texas condones illegal dumping. It is ILLEGAL here like anywhere else. There are laws and regulations the companies have to follow. Will some companies or employee be less scrupulous and try to do illegal things? Sure, people break the law everywhere for various shit. They do have inspectors and regulators that try to catch them though. Some will be missed just like some criminals everywhere get away. It's tragic when it does.

Still when something like a spill is noticed you don't fucking run home to get a damn camera to video tape it for a shill of a website. You fucking call the authorities ASAP to get them out there to clean the shit up before it gets worse.

Don't you love it when posters who don't live in texas act as if they know the laws of Texas. The comment about no regulation is such a joke.

Texas has balanced regulation. Meaning we try to strike a balance between good stewardship and good business climate.

 

[theeedude]

So wait, the video in the OP was of a tanker that was leaking at the time due to a possible malfunction. Some lady saw it, and video taped it instead of calling the proper authorities to come clean up the spill. Instead the video gets posted as "proof" of illegal dumping and all the idiots here buy into that claim. Wow.... just shaking my head at this.

No one in Texas condones illegal dumping. It is ILLEGAL here like anywhere else. There are laws and regulations the companies have to follow. Will some companies or employee be less scrupulous and try to do illegal things? Sure, people break the law everywhere for various shit. They do have inspectors and regulators that try to catch them though. Some will be missed just like some criminals everywhere get away. It's tragic when it does.

Still when something like a spill is noticed you don't fucking run home to get a damn camera to video tape it for a shill of a website. You fucking call the authorities ASAP to get them out there to clean the shit up before it gets worse.

I am sure they'll "get their best people on it."

 

[trenchfoot]

Don't you love it when posters who don't live in texas act as if they know the laws of Texas. The comment about no regulation is such a joke.

Texas has balanced regulation. Meaning we try to strike a balance between good stewardship and good business climate.

Which simply means that the Repub controlled state gov't of Texas religiously and vigorously employs the oft stated and time honored Repub ideological principles of "less regulating for higher profits."

Say it ain't so.

 

[BoberFett]

People who are dumping chemicals are simply ignoring unjust/illogical laws.

 

[HumblePie]

I am sure they'll "get their best people on it."

Fuck, it's the same thing when that stupid coal plant in NC leaked shit into the water way. Companies fuck up. It sucks when it happens, and there are usually contingencies to deal with them. Sometimes the contingencies aren't good enough and need to be re-worked. That happens to. To make bogus bullshit claims that Texas doesn't have laws and regulations and enforcement of those laws and regulations is just stupid.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Come on down to Texas and get caught not reporting a spill.

If you spill less than a gallon of oil on a concrete floor you can clean it up yourself, if you spill more than that you must report it. If you spill in on the ground you must report it and have the soil removed/cleaned and then returned.

 

[Anarchist420]

just privatize the fucking roads and pollution wont be as much of a problem. after all, the most polluted property is public