Another OH Company Shut Down for Illegal Frack Wastewater Dumping

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black eyeYesterday the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) shut down St. Clairsville (Belmont County), OH company Harch Environmental Resources saying the company was caught illegally dumping fracking wastewater on the ground in Ohio. ODNR also rapped Gulfport Energy on the knuckles but good as well. Gulfport used Harch but, according to ODNR, "failed to meet its responsibility to monitor" frack wastewater from cradle to grave. Both Harch and Gulfport are now being investigated by Ohio's attorney general for civil and criminal charges. The notice issued yesterday from ODNR:

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