SCRANTON, PA. — A senator from Pennsylvania has asked the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate claims that gas drilling in Susquehanna County is contaminating groundwater, the Times Leader reported.
In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, US Sen. Robert Casey asked for a meeting with EPA officials to discuss natural gas drilling and whether the agency could investigate water and environmental contamination, the article stated.
The senator wrote, “the highly variable and unpredictable nature (of hydraulic fracturing) that can lead to the contamination of drinking water is of great concern.”
According to the story, Casey also expressed concern over the fact that the gas and oil industry is exempt from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act, and mentioned two instances in Sept. 2009 where several thousand gallons of fracking fluid leaked from a pipe at a drill site, contaminating groundwater in Susquehanna County.
A response from EPA is expected in the near future, the report stated.
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