Comment on FR Doc # 2012-11304

The Public Lands belong to all us including future generations. They should be managed in a way that does not cause irreparable damage. Enough information needs to be provided by gas lessee applicants, including public disclosure of chemicals they plan to use, use of wells, handling of flowback waters, ongoing monitoring program, plan for dealing with damage that may occur, bonding to cover any cost for restorations and any other information needed to determine that the operations can be carried out in a non-damaging way before a lease is given. More research is needed before this high risk is implemented on public lands. I was a federal employee for 34.5 years for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Nebraska, Kansas and Idaho. I was responsible for assisting landowners in managing and protecting their resources. I worked at the county, regional and state levels. I find it very disturbing that the federal government might allow a procedure to be used on public lands that has not been adequately proven to be safe and without planned proper evaluation and monitoring. It also concerns me that the gas industry is inappropriately influencing the use of fracking on public lands.