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Marcellus Drilling Firm Fined for Wastewater Overflow
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:09
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A company drilling in the Marcellus Shale region in southwest Pennsylvania has been fined $97,350 for allowing "fracking" wastewater to overflow a pit and contaminate a watershed in Hopewell Township, Washington County.

The state Department of Environmental Protection said that Atlas Resources L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Energy Inc., based in Moon Township, Allegheny County, corrected the problem once it was discovered.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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