On June 16, 2015, the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection informed Range
Resources-Appalachia, LLC, that it is seeking an $8.9 million civil penalty
against the company for its violation of the Clean Streams Law and the Oil and
Gas Act of 1984, (since the violation occurred
in 2011, Pennsylvania Act 13 had not yet repealed the Oil and Gas Act of 1984).
Pennsylvania DEP is
holding Range Resources responsible for the continuing contamination and
pollution of private water supplies and a nearby stream in Lycoming County
because of methane and other substances migrating from a gas well.
In September 2013, DEP sent
the company a Notice of Violation requesting that faulty cement be repaired in
the gas well casing. Range Resources did not initiate any action and, on May
11, 2015, DEP issued an order to the company for the submission of a
remediation plan with a deadline of 10 days.
In their remediation
plan, Range Resources planned to resolve the issue by beginning to produce gas
from the well. DEP, however, rejected this pla n because it did not repair the
problem.
Further information can
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Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
06/17/2015
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