Cabot Oil & Gas questions EPA plans to test water wells in Pennsylvania

[The Straight Story]

Cabot questions EPA plans to test water wells in Pennsylvania


Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has offered to meet with US Environmental Protection Agency representatives to discuss the EPA’s plans to test the water wells of some homes in Dimock, Pa., a township within the Marcellus shale play where Cabot has done hydraulic fracturing.

EPA has said it will test water in the area to determine whether residents are being exposed to hazardous substances that cause health concerns.

In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Cabot Chairman, Pres., and Chief Executive Officer Dan Dinges said Cabot has worked closely with the Dimock community in northern Pennsylvania and with state and local regulators.

“We are concerned that EPA’s actions can be easily misinterpreted and can undermine regulatory certainty necessary for development of oil and gas,” Dinges said.

This marks the second recent case in which EPA has tested water wells in the area of gas exploration and production.

http://www.ogj.com/articles/2012/01/cabot-questions-epa-plans-to-test-water-wells-in-pennsylvania.html

[TheMadMonk]

1. Translation, they already suspect (and fear) the results. /nt

[DCKit]

2. Suspect, my blinding white ass. They KNOW what they're pumping into the ground. nt

[TheMadMonk]

3. Yes, but so long as nobody looks, no one knows for sure...

...if it's coming back OUT of the ground.

[onethatcares]

4. easy test, pass or fail

Mr Dingles and his fellows on the board have to drink a glass of water from each of the wells in front of cameras.

(I'm sorry but the name Mr. Dingles cracks me up for some reason)

[flobee1]

5. make a youtube video

pour a glass of tapwater-light it, pour another glass, and hand it to Mr. Dingles.

I predict it will go viral







the video, not the water

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Let's use Dan Dinges's Wife and kids instead to test the water.

Instead of the people in that area's wives and kids.