A public hearing is being held in Ridgefield on Saturday January 5th.  The hearing is about the proposed fracking ban ordinance.  It would make the storage, disposal, sale, acquisition, transfer, handling, treatment and/or processing of waste from natural gas or oil extraction prohibited within Ridgefield.  Violators could be fined 250 dollars, sent a “Cease and Desist” order and could be ordered to remediate any damage done to land, road, building, aquifer, well, watercourse, air quality or other asset, be it public or private, within Ridgefield.  The hearing on Saturday is at 10am in the Ridgefield Town Hall Large Conference Room.