EPA News Release Contact: Terri White white.terri-a@epa.gov 215-814-5523 PHILADELPHIA (July 25, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has completed its sampling of private drinking water wells in Dimock, Pa. Data previously supplied to the agency by residents, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Cabot Oil and Gas Exploration had… Read more
EPA News Release Contact: Roy Seneca seneca.roy@epa.gov 215-814-5567 PHILADELPHIA (July 25, 2012) — Talisman Energy USA Inc. will pay a $62,457 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous chemical reporting requirements at 52 hydraulic fracturing facilities throughout Pennsylvania that include natural gas well sites and compressor stations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Talisman… Read more
www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TVLHPG0.htm DIMOCK, Pa. Testing at 20 more water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania community at the center of a debate over the safety of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale shows no dangerous levels of contamination, according to a report issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA had already tested 11 wells… Read more
www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/epa-faces-suit-from-11-groups-over-coal-ash-630121/ April 6, 2012 12:00 am By Don Hopey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Eleven environmental organizations are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to better regulate toxic coal ash and citing recent groundwater contamination at 29 coal ash dump sites in 16 states, including two in Western Pennsylvania. According to the EPA’s own… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/first-11-dimock-homes-sampled-by-epa-show-no-health-concerns-1.1286406#axzz1pCMrG0Lu By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: March 16, 2012 The first 11 Dimock Township water supplies tested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not reveal levels of contamination that could present a health concern, but the samples indicated the presence of arsenic and other compounds that will require further tests at some homes,… Read more
www.timesleader.com/news/EPA_rsquo_s_Dimock_tests_divisive_03-06-2012.html Mar 6, 2012 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and its supporters are at odds with the federal agency. DIMOCK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s testing of scores of water wells will give residents of this small Suquehanna County village a snapshot of the aquifer they rely on for drinking, cooking and bathing. The… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/first-sampling-completed-in-national-fracking-study-1.1278041#axzz1nnFPjLzE By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: February 28, 2012 The first round of sampling at five case study sites has been completed in a landmark federal study of the potential impacts of oil and gas extraction on water supplies, the Environmental Protection Agency’s study coordinator said Monday. Results from those tests, which include drinking… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/cabot-raises-new-questions-about-epa-data-in-dimock-1.1265510#axzz1lEh9vXRN By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: February 1, 2012 Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. sharply criticized federal regulators’ rationale for investigating a potential link between the company’s natural gas operations and contamination in Dimock Township water supplies on Tuesday, saying the government selectively cited or misinterpreted past water quality data to justify its probe.… Read more
www.wnep.com/wnep-susq-epa-responds-to-cabot-oil-20120127,0,6032822.story January 27, 2012 There is now a response to a response. Two days ago Cabot Oil and Gas criticized the federal government’s deliveries of fresh water and its testing of several wells in Susquehanna County. Now the EPA responds to Cabot. One week ago the Environmental Protection Agency started delivering the water to a… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/drilling/in-dimock-epa-testing-draws-mixed-reaction-1.1263801#axzz1klDNn16y By Laura Legere Staff Writer Published: January 28, 2012 DIMOCK TWP. – Two teams of scientists sampling well water from four homes a day are producing a picture of the aquifer under this Susquehanna County town that will help define the impact of natural gas drilling on drinking water. The water captured in vials… Read more
