Harrisburg, PA – Law enforcement officers and biologists with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will begin conducting field inspections of active drilling sites for Marcellus Shale gas wells beginning next month, the agency announced today.
\”Until now our agency has only reacted to those drilling sites where a problem resulted in material entering a waterway or wetlands,\” said Dr. Douglas Austen, PFBC executive director. \”We are now taking a proactive approach to identify possible problems at a drilling site and to work with the company to ensure necessary measures are in place to minimize the possibility of damaging nearby waterways.\”
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