November 15, 2010 by Ken Ward Jr. [The Charleston Gazette]
The Department of Environmental Protection wants natural gas companies to submit comprehensive water management plans, including lists of chemicals to be used, when applying for future permits to drill horizontal wells in the Marcellus shale field.
A 100-page draft of proposed legislation provided to The Associated Press late Friday shows the DEP wants companies to identify not only when, where and how much water they withdraw for drilling operations. The department also wants to know what chemicals companies use in hydraulic fracturing, how much wastewater they produce, and when and where they would dispose of the waste.
See the following web-site:
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/watchdog/2010/11/15/wvdeps-rough-and-raw-drilling-legislation/