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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGAO Report:Drinking Water at Risk from Underground Fracking Waste Injection
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/gao-report-drinking-water-at-risk-from-underground-fracking-waste-injection/18789-gao-report-drinking-water-at-risk-from-underground-fracking-waste-injectionThe U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released its report this week finding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not consistently conducting two key oversight and enforcement activities for class II programs for underground fluid injection wells associated with oil and gas production. The report shows that the EPAs program to protect drinking water sources from underground injection of fracking waste needs improvement.
According to the report, The U.S. EPA does not consistently conduct annual on-site state program evaluations as directed in guidance because, according to some EPA officials, the agency does not have the resources to do so. The report also found that to enforce state class II requirements, under current agency regulations, EPA must approve and incorporate state program requirements and any changes to them into federal regulations through a rulemaking.
The federal governments watchdog is saying what communities across the country have known for years: fracking is putting Americans at risk, said Amy Mall, senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council. From drinking water contamination to man-made earthquakes, the reckless way oil and gas companies deal with their waste is a big problem. Outdated rules and insufficient enforcement are largely to blame. EPA needs to rein in this industry run amok.
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Every day in the U.S. at least 2 billion gallons of fluids are injected into more than 172,000 wells to enhance oil and gas production, or to dispose of fluids brought to the surface during the extraction of oil and gas resources. These wells are subject to regulation to protect drinking water sources under EPAs UIC class II program and approved state class II programs. Because much of the population relies on underground sources for drinking water, these wells have raised concerns about the safety of the nations drinking water.
http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/28/drinking-water-at-risk-underground-fracking-waste-injection/
Drinking Water
EPA Program to Protect Underground Sources from Injection of Fluids Associated With Oil and Gas Production Needs Improvement
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/664499.pdf
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GAO Report:Drinking Water at Risk from Underground Fracking Waste Injection (Original Post)
cal04
Jul 2014
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Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2014, 11:56 AM - Edit history (1)
those who support tracking, like the ;sat 3 governors of Colorado. apparently, look like total dumbasses on this issue. We are bombarded with "fracking is safe and helpful" commercials all day long, but the evidence is as plain as the nose on your face. And the fracking companies refuse to say what's in the chemical solution they force into our bedrock.
woodsprite
(11,929 posts)3. Like Biden -- I could kick him in the butt for that! n/t
Peacetrain
(22,879 posts)2. without potable water.. our Democracy is at risk.
This is such a major major attack on our Democracy.. and ability to go forward will be stymied. People just do not take this issue seriously enough, because its water.. I turn on my tap and there it is.. no problem.. heads in the sand so to speak..
City Lights
(25,171 posts)4. No one could have predicted...nt