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The Sand Sentinel Program

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The Sand Sentinel Project is aimed at creating an easier way for people to collect and file reports on suspected permit violations by frac sand mining companies.

Background

Due to its use in fracking, the frac sand mining industry has been plaguing communities in western Wisconsin for many years. In September 2018, a number of people from around the Midwest who are fighting frac sand mining issues hosted check-in meetings on how things were going, sharing notes on some projects to date and ideas on pathways forward people were seeing that were new, or could use some more attention (see notes here and here). The Sentinel Program, originally conceived of by @Pat was highlighted as an opportunity.

Goals

The goals of this project are to make frac sand mining industry violations easier for people to spot and understand, and to increase accountability and transparency in reporting.

People who are involved

Activites we've done in our project

So far on this project, we have:

Next steps:

  • Finalize the draft reporting form materials,
  • Create an introduction to the folder,
  • Create draft training materials for sharing on how to use the folder and do reporting.
  • Pilot an in-person training.

Sentinel Materials

Below is draft materials for the Sentinal Program. Each document or page can be printed. (There is also a google docs version of this material available on this page)

1) Frac Sand Mining Pollution Incident Report Form and Guide 2) Observable air quality violations related to frac sand mining 3) Observable water quality violations related to frac sand mining 4) Observable transportation violations related to frac sand mining 5) Local reporting on frac sand mining issues

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Title Author Updated Likes Comments
Appreciating Reporting Support Materials @stevie about 3 years ago 0
Sentinel Training Online @stevie about 3 years ago 3
CANCELED Event: Sand Sentinel Training, Bloomer WI @stevie about 4 years ago 1
Event: Wisconsin Sand Sentinel Training @stevie over 4 years ago 0
Practice reporting suspected frac sand violations @stevie over 4 years ago 2
How do I take good photographs of environmental issues? @stevie almost 5 years ago 1
Draft Sand Sentinel Program @stevie almost 5 years ago 0
Event: Frac Sand Mining Health Research Public Forum @stevie almost 5 years ago 0
Frac Sand Sentinel Fellowship @stevie over 5 years ago 0
Notes from Tuesday’s frac sand call @stevie over 5 years ago 1
Recent conversations on the frac sand issue @stevie over 5 years ago 9

Questions