Full Title: Review of U.S. EPA’s December 2011 Draft Report: “Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming”
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Publisher(s): S.S.Papadopulos&Associates,Inc.
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
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S.S. Papadopulos & Associates (SSP&A) has reviewed the Draft Report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming” (Draft Report), which was released on December 8, 2011. SSP&A’s review indicates that EPA has not provided sufficient data nor analysis to support most of the report’s conclusions. The data in the Draft Report do demonstrate the existence of shallow groundwater contamination associated with surface activities at gas drilling and production locations. This contamination was already known, however, and is being actively investigated by Encana Oil & Gas USA, Inc. under the direction of the Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Voluntary Remediation Program (WDEQ VRP). Notably, EPA has not been able to identify the source of taste and odor problems in domestic wells that initiated the study.