Welcome to  SilverMaple.info

The purpose of this site is to provide a portal for information on the proposed natural gas drill site located on land behind the homes on Silver Maple Dr. in Arlington, TX.

Some neighbors have agreed that a group is the best way to funnel information about the drill site and to insure that all issues are addressed.

Please forward any information that you would like to see on this site . Again the purpose is to provide exposure to the issues so informed decisions can be made.

some of our concerns

• traffic pattern
• time line
• number of wells on 3.44acres
• property value
• safety
  
• future school campus
  
• noise and visual buffer
  

             

Click here for SilverMaple.info PowerPoint Presentation

Zoning Case SUP08-31
(Cornerstone Drill Site – 217 Cravens Park Drive and 5415 Matlock Road)
Application for approval of a Specific Use Permit for gas drilling on approximately 4.614 acres zoned “A” (Agriculture) and “NS” (Neighborhood Service); generally located south of Southeast Green Oaks Boulevard and east of Matlock Road with the approximate addresses being 217 Cravens Park Drive and 5415 Matlock Road.

· Property values*· Neighborhood depreciation·* Air pollution*· Water pollution*· Soil contamination*· Noise and light pollution*· Health and safety*· Increased crime and traffic congestion*·
 Wildlife mortality*·Loss of green space*·
Aesthetic impacts*· Catastrophic accidents*·
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Pooling Map
Division Orders

Seismic Testing
Question: What can you tell me about seismic testing? Dawson Geophysical is going through our neighborhood asking for signatures/permission to test even though they say they will not egress/ingress our property. They said they have the City permit and are asking for signatures as a courtesy along with a $25 check.***
Answer:They put out small "book box" size equipment along the curb.  Then wires are strung along the curb.  It is taped down, however my neighbor got it wrapped over her axle as she exited her drive way.  The extension cord like wires was in our neighborhood for about two weeks.  A thumper truck comes through and has a device that goes down and thumps the ground.  I couldn't feel this.  I was about 85 feet away.  It allows drillers to examine the ground below us to help determine the best places to drill or not drill.  I have a fault line near my house and Randol Mill Park.  Faults are bad for drillers.  They try to avoid them, but Darren Groth told me some faults have been drilled through.  I did not sign/give permission for the testing.  I did not have the cord on my side of the street.  I asked a Dawson guy what happens if I don't sign.  He said they are supposed to black out my property on the map, so the seismic stuff isn't shown.  I don't remember being offered any money for signing, but it was a long time ago when they tried to get me to sign.  Large areas of Northwest Arlington have had Dawson crews working.
I've been told the fault starts south of DFW airport and runs diagonally across North Arlington towards Lake Arlington.  I heard the West side of UTA has faults too.
An injection well just South of DFW was thought to have contributed to the small earthquakes North Arlington experienced a couple years ago.

News Updates

March 2010

• Benzene Exposure and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma WFAA report
  

• The Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Arlington will be meeting to discuss issues related to gas well drilling.  You and your neighbors are invited to attend and provide your input.  Two meetings are scheduled to be held.  Both will be in the Council Briefing Room on the third floor of City Hall from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24 and March 31, 2010.

 Please contact Cindy Harding at 817-459-6658 if you have any questions.

Feb 2010
City of Arlington Gas Drilling Review PowerPoint
Jan 2010
GAS LEASE TOWNHALL MEETING:
JAN. 21 2010 (Thursday night)
Grace Community Church
(where we signed the leases.... Bardin Road, just west of Matlock)
7pm – 9pm  more details


Dec 2009

• Barnett Shale residents and visitors-PLEASE take advantage of this EZ way to help clean the air. 

• Barnett Shale Data Map

Nov 2009
new links

• NTXLeaseLitigation.com

• SEAC South East Arlington Communities

email from Attorney at Law Texas A&M Real Estate Center
MY Question:

I’m looking for information on an effort to require homeowners selling real estate to disclose if a well is within 600 feet of the property. I believe the story ran earlier this year. Thanks

Answer:

There is no law is Texas to my knowledge requiring the type of disclosure you described in your recent email to the Texas Real Estate Center.  You must have read about it somewhere else. 

If you own both the surface and minerals, you would want to restrict their drilling a well outside the 600 feet you described, otherwise the lease will allow them to drill no closer than 200 feet. 

However, I have no answer to your inquiry.  If anyone would have written about the topic here at the Center, it would have been me.

 

September 2009
The drill site construction began and drilling on the first well started on 9.19.09. Currently Chesapeake has permits for 2 wells. The next action for property owners should be to watch for additional permit applications and ask for conditions if warranted. I want to remind everyone that this effort was intended to lessen any negative effect to our neighborhood from actual drilling. This effort is not related to any mineral rights contract. Some of the links on this site might be dead ,but, you could copy and paste the headline in google to find a current web site.
click here for current Chesapeake / Cornerstone activity site
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Action plan: 

action plan from lawmakers

FORT WORTH — State Rep. Lon Burnham is tackling what he sees are pressing issues relating to natural gas drilling in Tarrant County's Barnett Shale.

Speaking in Fort Worth Friday morning, he presented six bills he just filed in the state legislature. They have to do with protecting and informing property owners when it comes to pipeline routing, eminent domain and safety issues.

"We have not been wise, and we have not loooked out for the small, independent homeowner," Burnham said. "They have a right to have assistance in dealing with this."

Burnham said we need to get this right before a catastrophe strikes — not after.see full story