Posted on 01/07/2012 5:59:10 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency abruptly changed its mind Saturday about delivering fresh water to residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential wells were found to be tainted by a natural gas drilling operation.
Only 24 hours after promising them water, EPA officials informed residents of Dimock that a tanker truck wouldn't be coming after all -- an about-face that left them furious, confused and let down -- and, once again, scrambling for water for bathing, washing dishes and flushing toilets.
Agency officials would not explain why they reneged on their promise, or say whether water would be delivered at some point.
"We are actively filling information gaps and determining next steps in Dimock. We have made no decision at this time to provide water," EPA spokeswoman Betsaida Alcantara said in an email to The Associated Press.
It's not clear how many wells in the rural community of Dimock Township were affected by the drilling. The state has found that at least 18 residential water wells were polluted. Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., which was banned in 2010 from drilling in a 9-square-mile area around the village, maintains that it is not responsible for the pollution and that the water is safe.
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Remember what the primary reason was for the EPA to sue the fracking companies to disclose their fracking components ... as soon as they found out they could miraculously find those chemicals in the wells. Before that, they had to use the hit and miss method to try to blame the frackers. Now that many of the frackers use bio-degradable components, the EPA and enviro-freaks are trying the earthquake ruse.
All water has some 'pollutants' in it. There is a safe threshold depending on the pollutant. Therefore the company's statement to the effect:
* We didn't pollute the water
* While the water has pollutants (naturally or from some other source), the levels are safe
could be perfectly consistent.
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