Marcellus Shale: Pitting Neighbor Against Neighbor

Whoa! NY State seems to have plans to dump their wastewater in PA.

Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement On The Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program

5.13.3.4 Out-of-State Treatment Plants

The only regulatory role DEC has over disposal of flowback water at out-of-state municipal or industrial treatment plants is that transport of these fluids, which are considered industrial waste, must be by a licensed Part 364 Transporter. For informational purposes, Table 5.14 lists out-of-state plants that have been proposed for disposition of flowback water recovered in New York.

Table 5-14
Out-of-state treatment plants proposed for disposition of NY flowback water

Treatment Facility – Location – County

Advanced Waste Services – New Castle, PA Lawrence

Eureka Resources – Williamsport, PA Lycoming

Lehigh County Authority Pretreatment Plant – Fogelsville, PA Lehigh

Liquid Assets Disposal – Wheeling, WV Ohio

Municipal Authority of the City of McKeesport – McKeesport, PA Allegheny

PA Brine Treatment, Inc. – Franklin, PA Venango

Sunbury Generation – Shamokin Dam, PA Snyder

Tri-County Waste Water Management – Waynesburg, PA Greene

Tunnelton Liquids Co. – Saltsburg, PA Indiana

Valley Joint Sewer Authority – Athens, PA Bradford

Waste Treatment Corporation – Washington, PA Washington

DRAFT SGEIS 9/30/2009, Page 5-123

Welcome to my world. Texas serves as America’s toilet and Wise County serves as the Barnett Shale’s toilet so I know just how you feel.