Posted on 09/13/2010 4:32:31 PM PDT by epithermal
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 10 -- The US Environmental Protection Agency asked nine service companies to voluntarily supply information about chemicals in their hydraulic fracturing fluids for its study of the completion process’s possible effects on subsurface drinking water.
It asked the companies to provide the information within 30 days and to report within 7 days whether they will be able to comply.
EPA undertook its study in response to a 2009 congressional directive and has held public hearings, the final two of which are scheduled for Sept. 13 and 15 in Binghamton, NY. In its request, it also asked BJ Services Co., Complete Production Services Inc., Halliburton Co., Key Energy Services Inc., Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., RPC Inc., Schlumberger Ltd., Superior Well Services Inc., and Weatherford International Ltd. to provide data on the chemicals’ human health and environmental impacts and standard operating procedures and locations of sites where the process has been used.
(Excerpt) Read more at ogj.com ...
All the talk of cutting taxes don’t mean squat as long as these bureaucratic dictators are crushing business.
EPA AND MANY AGENCIES NEED TO BE GUTTED AND PUT IN LINE!
Ping.
Obummer - He has his boot on America.
The new congress should just defund the EPA.
As a New Yorker with 3 gas leases that are on hold I say: Frack me baby, like my back ain’t got no bone!
Have you ever seen a frac job? 15 or more huge frac trucks, 30 or more frac tanks, and enough frac sand to cover Myrtle Beach. Didn't think so. Blowing apart natural oil/gas and water formations is a serious concern. And trust me, they don't give a big rats ass if they contaminate your water or not.
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