Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The cover up has begun
As the crews put the final pieces into the repair of the runaway gas well that spewed thousands of gallons of proprietary toxicity into the surrounding watershed, the EPA is already making the required poo-poo noises about the damage.
Workers replaced a damaged portion of a natural gas well Monday night that had spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water into fields and a stream last week, the well's owner said, and officials said early tests show the spill had little effect on the environment but an investigation is continuing.However, if the EPA finds any proprietary pollution, they will be required by law to keep quiet lest they give away trade secrets.
Also Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has directed the well owner, Chesapeake Energy Corp., to give information by Tuesday about the discharge, including details on the fluids used in the drilling process, as well as the effects on water, land and air, and any soil sampling data collected in the area before and after the spill.
Such requests are a common fact-finding tool, an EPA spokesman told the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, but this is apparently the first time the agency has made them for the Marcellus Shale, the newspaper reported.
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