Presentation Outline
• Unconventional Shale Development in Texas
• Federal and State Regulatory Overview
• Water Needs, Supply Options, and Challenges
• Potential Risks to Groundwater and Surface Water
• Range Resources Case
Range Resources EPA Emergency Order
• EPA Emergency Unilateral Order –Dec. 7, 2010; Parker County (Barnett Shale); Effective Immediately - Issued w/o Hearing
• “Concerns with water quality, indoor air quality, and potential explosivity.”
• “The contaminants identified… may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons . . . are potentially explosive or flammable, and benzene if ingested or inhaled could cause cancer . . .”
• “EPA has determined that appropriate state and local authorities have not taken sufficient action to address the endangerment…and do not intend to take such action at this time….”
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