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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 12:51 PM
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Texas agency: Gas driller didn't contaminate water
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti
Associated Press / March 22, 2011

HOUSTON—Texas regulators say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was wrong when it concluded that a gas driller contaminated water wells in North Texas.

The Railroad Commission of Texas voted 3-0 Tuesday in Austin to approve its examiners' conclusions that gas wells drilled and operated by Range Resources of Fort Worth did not contaminate two water wells. The gas production and water wells are in Parker County, just west of Dallas.

In December, the EPA issued an emergency order blaming Range Resources for the contamination and giving the company 48 hours to provide the two affected families with clean drinking water.

The company has not complied. The EPA has asked a federal district court in Dallas to intervene.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/03/22/texas_agency_gas_driller_didnt_contaminate_water/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+National+News
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 01:04 PM
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1. The Railroad Commission of Texas trumps the EPA?
I don't think so.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 01:15 PM
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2. If I'm not mistaken, this outfit basically set the price of oil in the US for years
Maybe they are trying to hang on to their Oiled Glory.
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 01:31 PM
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4. Oh, I'm sure they think they're powerful and important
and maybe within Texas they are, but I can't see how their decisions have any effect on the EPA.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 01:41 PM
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5. Get with it, man
This is the age of nullification, secession and states rights!!11

:crazy:
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Strelnikov_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 01:58 PM
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6. Yep
Up until 1974, the US was the world’s largest oil producer and the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) was its OPEC.

The Texas Railroad Commission had a mandate from the government to match oil supply to demand (while maintaining a security reserve for times of crisis) by regulating Texas oil wells to a percentage of their capacity. Texas oil production so dominated the industry that this worked to manage oil prices—TRC was the predecessor of OPEC, in other words.

As Ken Deffeyes (Princeton geology professor and formerly a geologist with Shell who had worked with Hubbert) writes in his book, Hubbert’s Peak:

Hubbert’s prediction was fully confirmed in the spring of 1971. The announcement was made publicly, but it was almost an encoded message. The San Francisco Chronicle contained this one-sentence item: “The Texas Railroad Commission announced a 100 percent allowable {i.e., produce full out} for next month.” I went home and said, “Old Hubbert was right.”
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Altoid_Cyclist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 01:31 PM
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3. They're doing the same thing here in PA.
I have no doubts that they'll get away with it here also. After all, their man is our new governor.

Things are getting so bad here that there seems to be more and more talk about stopping these Texas Toxins using any method available.

Good background on these pricks.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Range_Resources
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 06:20 PM
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7. Gosh, what a relief!
Whew! Thought for a minute we might have to REGULATE something!
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