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New USGS Report Finds Wells Contaminated
Posted on 3 Oct 2011 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey, Trace Elements and Radon in Groundwater Across the United States, 1992-2003 , about 20% of untreated water samples from public, private and monitoring... Read More

Tags: arsenic , Jenner Block , USGS , contaminated water , Environmental Protection Agency , Water Quality , uranium , Lynn Grayson , HBSLs , manganese , clean water , water wells

State Agency does not necessarily have exclusive expertise to address remediation such that CWA & RCRA citizen suit claims are to be dismissed, especially where there is a lack of ongoing formal state proceedings
Posted on 25 Oct 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

NL Industries owned a site through 2005. It entered into an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey which required it to clean-up part of a site and investigate other portions, including sediments in an adjacent river. The sediments... Read More

Tags: Thomas Clarke , Burford , pollutant , primary jurisdiction , citizen suit , CWA , contaminated water , abstention , state proceedings , river , Clean Water Act , RCRA

Natural Gas Fracking Itself Is Not Contaminating Groundwater; Poor Waste Management and Bore Wells Are
Posted on 27 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted groundwater contamination associated with natural gas produced from deep shale deposits by hydraulic fracturing. A study by researchers (with no industry contributions) concludes that such pollution results not from liquids pumped... Read More

Tags: contaminated drinking water , Thomas Clarke , methane gas , hydro fracing , fracking , bore wells , hydrofacturing , shale gas , contaminated water , natural gas drilling , groundwater , hydraulic fracturing , groundwater contamination , hydraulic fracking

Natural Gas Fracking Itself Is Not Contaminating Groundwater; Poor Waste Management and Bore Wells Are
Posted on 27 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted groundwater contamination associated with natural gas produced from deep shale deposits by hydraulic fracturing. A study by researchers (with no industry contributions) concludes that such pollution results not from liquids pumped... Read More

Tags: contaminated drinking water , Thomas Clarke , methane gas , hydro fracing , fracking , bore wells , hydrofacturing , shale gas , contaminated water , natural gas drilling , groundwater , hydraulic fracturing , groundwater contamination , hydraulic fracking

State Agency does not necessarily have exclusive expertise to address remediation such that CWA & RCRA citizen suit claims are to be dismissed, especially where there is a lack of ongoing formal state proceedings
Posted on 25 Oct 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

NL Industries owned a site through 2005. It entered into an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey which required it to clean-up part of a site and investigate other portions, including sediments in an adjacent river. The sediments... Read More

Tags: Thomas Clarke , Burford , pollutant , primary jurisdiction , citizen suit , CWA , contaminated water , abstention , state proceedings , river , Clean Water Act , RCRA

New USGS Report Finds Wells Contaminated
Posted on 3 Oct 2011 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey, Trace Elements and Radon in Groundwater Across the United States, 1992-2003 , about 20% of untreated water samples from public, private and monitoring... Read More

Tags: arsenic , Jenner Block , USGS , contaminated water , Environmental Protection Agency , Water Quality , uranium , Lynn Grayson , HBSLs , manganese , clean water , water wells