Casey Wants More Oversight of Drilling
US Senator Bob Casey is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency for additional oversight of natural gas drilling.
He wants the EPA to determine whether it can take additional steps in Pennsylvania to investigate and respond to groundwater contamination and other potentially harmful consequences of drilling.
“Natural gas drilling can provide an economic boost to Pennsylvania but we must protect ground water,” Casey said in a news release e-mailed to WESB and The HERO. “We will not allow an out-of-state company to come to Pennsylvania and contaminate the groundwater of our residents. Three million Pennsylvanians rely on wells for their drinking water. We must ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect this most basic necessity for Pennsylvanians.”
In 2009, Casey introduced the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act. The legislation would repeal a Bush administration exemption provided for the oil and gas industry and would require them to disclose the chemicals they use in their hydraulic fracturing processes.
Currently, the oil and gas industry is the only industry granted an exemption from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
He wants the EPA to determine whether it can take additional steps in Pennsylvania to investigate and respond to groundwater contamination and other potentially harmful consequences of drilling.
“Natural gas drilling can provide an economic boost to Pennsylvania but we must protect ground water,” Casey said in a news release e-mailed to WESB and The HERO. “We will not allow an out-of-state company to come to Pennsylvania and contaminate the groundwater of our residents. Three million Pennsylvanians rely on wells for their drinking water. We must ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect this most basic necessity for Pennsylvanians.”
In 2009, Casey introduced the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act. The legislation would repeal a Bush administration exemption provided for the oil and gas industry and would require them to disclose the chemicals they use in their hydraulic fracturing processes.
Currently, the oil and gas industry is the only industry granted an exemption from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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