Comments on: DEP Finds no Health Concerns with Air in Northeast Pennyslvania https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/02/02/dep-finds-no-health-concerns-with-air-in-northeast-pennyslvania/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Duane G. Nichols https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/02/02/dep-finds-no-health-concerns-with-air-in-northeast-pennyslvania/#comment-97 Duane G. Nichols Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:14:22 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=827#comment-97 Nicole. I found the following conclusion of interest: "Sampling for carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone, did not detect concentrations above National Ambient Air Quality Standards at any of the sampling sites. However, the Department is unable to determine at this time whether the potential cumulative emissions of criteria pollutants from natural gas exploration activities will result in violations of the health and welfare-based federal standards." Further, the emissions of methane were high but no estimates of the totals were provided. Methane escapes from drilling operations, from blowback water withdrawals, from storage tanks, and from compressor stations. Wow! Nicole. I found the following conclusion of interest:
“Sampling for carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone, did not detect concentrations above National Ambient Air Quality Standards at any of the sampling sites. However, the Department is unable to determine
at this time whether the potential cumulative emissions of criteria pollutants from natural gas exploration activities will result in violations of the health and welfare-based federal standards.”

Further, the emissions of methane were high but no estimates of the totals were provided. Methane escapes
from drilling operations, from blowback water withdrawals,
from storage tanks, and from compressor stations. Wow!

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