Denver Post: Fracking probe finds oil and gas companies illegally injected diesel

[Scuba]

http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_26332456/fracking-probe-finds-oil-and-gas-companies-illegally

POSTED: 08/14/2014 12:01:00 AM MDT

Oil and gas companies illegally injected 9,173 gallons of diesel while fracking wells in Colorado, and 32,950 gallons nationwide, according to a report unveiled Wednesday by an attorneys' environmental group.

Fracking with diesel without a permit has been illegal since at least 1997, and industry groups have said companies no longer do it.

Colorado ranked second to Texas (12,808 gallons) in total volume of diesel injected between 2010 and 2014, the Environmental Integrity Project found. Based in Washington, D.C., the group was founded by and includes former EPA enforcement attorneys.

"This is a dangerous practice. It needs to stop. It is illegal without a permit," Mary Greene, EIP's senior managing attorney who conducted the study, said Wednesday in a teleconference. "The EPA may not be able to make fracking as safe as it should be, but at least EPA has the authority to make use of diesel more safe."

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1. Criminal. (nt)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. K&R. nt

[locks]

3. Thanks for the post

We rarely see the Denver Post printing anything negative about oil and gas companies, no matter how egregious their practices.

[WinkyDink]

4. And the penalty will be nothing.

[redqueen]

5. K&R nt

[onethatcares]

6. what the heck

it's only going into our water supply, what could it hurt?

[TheKentuckian]

7. I know! How about a tenth of a penny on the dollar fine and make sure they get all

the permits they need?

That'll fix it and maybe do away with that pesky law or loosen it up some so no one is breaking the law.