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Restore GWPC, Stronger's federal funding, shale gas panel urges

12/05/2011
By Nick Snow
US Congress should promptly restore federal funding for the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations (Stronger), the US Energy Secretary Advisory Board's Shale Gas Subcommittee urged on Nov. 21. The two organizations should receive $5 million/year to update hydraulic fracturing and well construction guidelines, and develop guidelines for water supply, air emissions, and cumulative impacts, it said in its final report. It said the US Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency also should consider making grants to states that voluntarily have Stronger peer-review their regulations and practices as an incenti...
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