EPA Investigating Bradford Co. Frack Spill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the spill of fracking fluids at a Chesapeake Energy site in Bradford County last week.
“We want a complete accounting of operations at the site to determine our next steps in this incident and to help prevent future releases of this kind,” EPA Regional Administrator Shawn Garvin said in a news release.
EPA wants to know: substances placed into or returned to the surface from the wells at the site; whether radiological compounds are or were present in the fluids; effects on any drinking water supplies; and a listing of each chemical brought to the site, including type and quantities and storage, management and handling practices.
Chesapeake has voluntarily suspended all completion operations in the Marcellus Shale as it conducts an investigation into the spill. The company said it was caused by “equipment failure,” but has not elaborated. Chesapeake did replace a damaged well head late Monday.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/421C2C71F8290AF38525787E004680D5
“We want a complete accounting of operations at the site to determine our next steps in this incident and to help prevent future releases of this kind,” EPA Regional Administrator Shawn Garvin said in a news release.
EPA wants to know: substances placed into or returned to the surface from the wells at the site; whether radiological compounds are or were present in the fluids; effects on any drinking water supplies; and a listing of each chemical brought to the site, including type and quantities and storage, management and handling practices.
Chesapeake has voluntarily suspended all completion operations in the Marcellus Shale as it conducts an investigation into the spill. The company said it was caused by “equipment failure,” but has not elaborated. Chesapeake did replace a damaged well head late Monday.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/421C2C71F8290AF38525787E004680D5
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