Head of Dept. of Energy panel: EPA study on fracking going too slow to be useful
The head of an Energy Department panel working to improve the safety of hydrofracking says the Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing study of the practice, slated to be completed in 2014, is too slow to be of much use. The seven-member Energy Department panel, led by former CIA Director John Deutch, has a 90-day deadline to identify immediate steps to improve the safety of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, a technology that injects chemicals and water into rock formations to free trapped natural gas. “I am concerned about the time schedule” for the EPA’s final report, Deutch said today during a meeting of his natural- gas subcommittee in Washington
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The head of an Energy Department panel working to improve the safety of hydrofracking saysthe Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing study of the practice, slated to be completed in 2014, is too slow to be of much use.
“„The seven-member Energy Department panel, led by former CIA Director John Deutch, has a 90-day deadline to identify immediate steps to improve the safety of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, a technology that injects chemicals and water into rock formations to free trapped natural gas.
“„“I am concerned about the time schedule” for the EPA’s final report, Deutch said today during a meeting of his natural- gas subcommittee in Washington. To let three years pass “seems to me a little bit goofy from the point of view of industry interest or public interest,” he said.
By 2014 there could easily be hundreds, maybe even thousands, of fracking wells in production around the country.
Hajra Shannon
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