Additional details about this spill and work stoppage: http://www.wnep.com/wnep-drilling-halted-after-leaks-at-well,0,1092621.story ?track=rss
I found this via: http://twitter.com/stopgasdrilling - a PA based grassroots group. David Makar Deputy Supervisor, Town of Dryden 607-342-3009 (Cell / Office) http://dryden.ny.us -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Quarles Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:27 AM To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv Subject: [SustainableTompkins] fracking spills in PA "Frack Fluid Spill in PA Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish" by Abrahm Lustgarten Posted at ProPublica on Sept. 22, 2009 Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock late last week. The spills, which occurred at a well site run by Cabot Oil and Gas, involve a compound manufactured by Halliburton that is described as a "potential carcinogen" and is used in the drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, according to state officials. The contaminants have seeped into a nearby creek, where a fish kill was reported by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP also reported fish "swimming erratically." ....... The contamination incident comes as the state faces increasing scrutiny for its handling of a natural gas drilling boom and dozens of instances of spills and water contamination related to it across the state. Earlier investigations by ProPublica found that methane had leaked into drinking water supplies from gas wells in at least seven Pennsylvania counties. And earlier this month the DEP began investigating a suspected chemical spill in the northwestern part of the state, hundreds of miles from Dimock, which decimated aquatic life along a 30-mile stretch of pristine river. No determination has been made in that case either, but waste fluids from drilling are among the possibilities being investigated. Full article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/propublica/frack-fluid-spill-in-pa-c_b_294975. html _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
