The Coastal Plain area in the State of Virginia, inclusive of King George County, comprises as area that has a one of kind natural environment consisting of that very fragile balance only nature can build.  Because of this fragile balance, without stringent guidelines and powerful legislation, allowing the introduction of any manner of underground exploration for gas/oil, drilling, stimulating or fracking or other related processes almost certainly guarantees some measurable negative impact on the environment, the water quality, both coastal waters and the ground water depended upon by citizens for drinking water.  Residents of King George (and other counties as well) depend on ONE SOURCE for our drinking water.  It remains beyond the comprehension of many how any well informed person could possibly be in favor of allowing any action which could negatively impact our drinking water.  Forget the monetary profits (SOME CANNOT), the impacts to infrastructure, the noise and other pollution, forget the reclamation costs, so of which may (and in fact WILL) be passed back to the taxpayer eventually on some level and examine the FACT that these proposed processes, if allowed, could horribly impact/contaminate/destroy our one and only water supply.  And what shall we do when we cannot drink the water?                    

The modes of exploration, stimulation and extraction of gases and oils are not without harm.  The chemicals used in the processes are often not identified, citing "proprietary formulas".  Examine the human error component which further increases the probability of accidents in whatever form also must be considered.  Along with many residents of King George County, I believe at this time no exploration, drilling, stimulation or fracking should be allowed.  We do not know the impacts to our fragile, unique environment.  We cannot be guaranteed our drinking water will be safe.  The gas and oil companies can not and will not give citizens the guarantees.  So the actions must be banned for now.