Pa. DEP won’t renew permit for recycling drill cuttings
Monday, March 28, 2016
StateImpact Pennsylvania reports that natural gas drilling waste made up of rocks and dirt — also known as drill cuttings — will no longer be reused as construction fill in the state.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection isn’t going to renew permits that allowed the waste to be used for construction purposes. Range Resources, Clean Earth and NJ Zinc LLC are the three companies that currently hold the permits, but those permits expire next March.
According to the source, Range Resources used drill cuttings to build a well pad in the western part of the state. The company said the method provided the needed stability, but opponents of the practice are concerned about environmental impacts since the drilling waste can contain industrial chemicals, heavy metals and naturally occurring radiation.
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