Monday, January 23, 2012
Environment Crapo, Other Senators Ask for Greater Review of Fracking Study
Posted by George Prentice on Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Idaho senior U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo has joined nine other Republicans in asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for greater scrutiny of a draft report that links fracking to groundwater pollution in a Wyoming gas field.
A Dec. 9 report from the EPA theorized that gas exploration activity, including fracking—the controversial method of injecting high-pressure fluids to enhance gas flows—may have caused groundwater contamination near two gas wells in Pavillion, Wyo.
The 10 senators want the report to be classified as a "highly influential scientific assessment," opened to a process in which EPA employees would not be allowed to serve on a peer review panel. A scientific report may be considered "highly influential" if it could have a public or private sector impact of more than $500 million a year, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
The EPA has already extended public comment on the draft report to March 12.
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Could be worse I suppose. Back in the 60s/70s they were trying to "frack" by using nuclear weapons.
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/robertshistory/p…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasbuggy
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