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= Copy/Paste of Hydraulic fracturing in the United States for editing = Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls' City Council approved an ordinance that prohibits natural gas extraction in Niagara Falls, as well as the "storage, transfer, treatment or disposal of natural gas exploration and production wastes". Elected officials there said that they didn't want their citizens, who experienced the Love Canal toxic waste crisis firsthand, to be guinea pigs for hydraulic fracturing, the new technology used in gas drilling operations. City council member, Glenn Choolokian said, “We won’t let the temptation of millions of dollars in reward for out-of-town companies, corporations and individuals to be the driving force that puts the health and lives of our children and families at risk from the dangers of hydraulic fracturing and its toxic water. I will not take part in bringing another Love Canal to the City of Niagara Falls.”“Our once great city and all the families of Niagara Falls have been through so much over the years. With Love Canal alive in our memories we aren’t going to allow another environmental tragedy to happen in our city, not today, not ever,” said Glenn Choolokian. Council Chairman Sam Fruscione said he was against selling out future generations of children for corporate greed. Rita Yelda of Food and Water Watch, pointed out that pollutants don't only affect Niagara's citizens, but those in communities downstream as well.

North Carolina
In 2012, the state had 83 million gallons of unused liquid natural gas which would estimate to a 5 year supply. On July 2, 2012, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling were legalized under Session Law 2012-143 (S. 820). The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) requires companies to still obtain a permit before they allow any drilling. This 2012 legalization comes after a 1945 law that banned horizontal drilling, a key component of fracking. Legislation was then passed in 2014 to create the Oil and Gas Commission which would replace the Mining and Energy Commission. Despite the fact that laws were passed to make fracking legal, as of July 2017 there have been no steps to drill or even build a well.

In late 2017, the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline started. A $6 billion dollar project, the pipeline is planned to be routed parallel to I-95 in North Carolina. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is being built by energy companies Duke Energy and Dominion Energy with the goal of providing natural gas to residential and industrial areas of North Carolina. The natural gas that will be transported in the pipeline is from Pennsylvania and West Virginia, fracked from the Marcellus Shale. The North Carolina portion of the pipeline will cross 320 North Carolina streams. In December 2018, the construction was halted in Virginia due to its impact on endangered species, and its crossing of the Appalachian Trail. There has been argument over the pipeline between North Carolina politicians and the governor over the funding of the pipeline.

Ohio
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, approximately 80,000 oil and gas wells in Ohio have been hydraulically fractured since 1951. Ohio does not allow frac flowback or produced brine to be disposed of to surface streams; 98 percent of produced water is injected into Class II disposal wells, the remaining 2 percent is used for dust and ice control on roads, subject to local ordinances.