Steuben Co. Gas drilling committee mulls taking drill cuttings Jan. 11, 2011
January 24, 2011
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A proposal for the Steuben County landfill to accept drill cuttings from Marcellus Shale natural gas wells in Pennsylvania was under close scrutiny Wednesday.
An overview of a study on potential radioactivity of the rock and soil was presented to the county Legislature’s Public Works Committee, with nearly a dozen drilling activists objecting to the landfill proposal.
“The subject is too complex,” said Susan Multer, president of the Steuben County League of Women Voters and a member of People for a Healthy Environment. “Too many things have gone wrong.”
For nearly a year, the Public Works Committee has been considering a plan to accept drill cuttings from the well bores, removed before the well is hydraulically fractured, or “fracked,” to stimulate the flow of gas from the shale.
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