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EPA releases draft permitting guidance for using diesel fuel in oil and gas hydraulic fracturing

Posted Mon, 2012/05/07 - 10:01am by RCAP

Guidance will clarify means of compliance with 2005 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on May 4 draft underground injection control (UIC) program permitting guidance for class II wells that use diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities.

ProPublica: New study predicts frack fluids can migrate to aquifers within years

Posted Fri, 2012/05/04 - 9:19am by RCAP

 

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 4:29 p.m.

A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water supplies far more quickly than experts have previously predicted.

Obama administration announces new partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research

Posted Fri, 2012/04/20 - 11:39am by RCAP

WASHINGTON – Three federal agencies announced April 13 a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President Obama’s executive order released earlier that day, which created a new Interagency Working Group to Support Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources.