EPA Proposes New Frack Water Rules for 2014

Towanda Creek in Bradford County (PA) that was impacted by frack water during the Chesapeake blowout in April 2011. photo: Joshua B. Pribanic

EPA Plans to Issue Rules Covering Fracking Wastewater by  Nicholas Kusnetz for ProPublica The EPA took another step toward tightening oversight of hydraulic fracturing today, announcing it would initiate a process to set national rules for treating wastewater discharged from gas [...]