Review of Wastewater from Shale Drilling Underway
Monday, January 21, 2013
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the new Pa. Auditor, General Eugene DePasquale, will begin reviewing the state’s Department of Environmental Protection’s water regulations, testing and enforcement program.
The audits may be due, in-part, to the water-testing program coming under fire last year by some rural residents and environmental groups for producing incomplete lab reports on drinking water contamination complaints.
Read it:
“Calling protection of the state’s water resources, including rivers, streams, lakes and groundwater, “one of the biggest issues facing Pennsylvania,” Mr. DePasquale said the performance audit will cover the years 2009 through 2012 and take up to a year to complete.”
This is a big win for environmentalist groups.
When the audit is complete, the final report will be made public, according to Mr. DePasquale.
» Via: The Pittsburg Post-Gazette › Pa. auditor to review wastewater from shale well drilling
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