xS'8L_ Proposed Criteria for Case Study Site Selection
Agency
EPA requests your feedback
on the proposed criteria to select case study sites for our hydraulic
fracturing study. If you have comments on unique characteristics of
your region that EPA should consider when planning the study, or if
you would like to recommend a particular location, please submit your
comments
by email to hydraulic.fracturing@epa.gov
by placing them in the drop box located near the registration area
by mail to Jill Dean, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Mailcode 4606M,
shington, DC 20460.
Potential site selection criteria
Geographic and geologic diversity
Inerability of drinking water resources to
quality and quantity impacts
Intensity and duration of injection activities,
including hydraulic fracturing, in a particular
location
Proximity of treatment facilities that accept
hydraulic fracturing wastes
State Capitals
Coalbed Methane Basins
Shale Gas Basins
Areas with both Coalbed
Methane and Shale Gas Basins

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