State sues Rover Pipeline for spills
Friday, November 17, 2017
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has filed suit against Rover Pipeline LLC for polluting waterways with illegal discharges in nine Ohio counties, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
DeWine’s office filed the complaint in Stark County Common Pleas County in Canton on behalf of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The lawsuit claims that environmental and clean-water laws were violated when the pipeline discharged millions of gallons of drilling fluids and sediment-laden stormwater.
The action claims Rover has failed to comply with orders from the EPA and asks that the company apply for state permits and pay $10,000 a day for each violation.
Learn more: The Columbus Dispatch > DeWine sues Rover over pipeline construction spills
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
Is it safe?
What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.