Conventional Wastewater Brine Still Used to Treat PA’s Dusty Roads

During a meeting of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board yesterday, DEP staffers said they are still evaluating whether or not it is appropriate to develop a regulation covering road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater. The staffers noted there is currently a ban on giving permission for road dumping from the Oil and Gas Program. However, the same staffers, namely Scott Perry, DEP Deputy for Oil and Gas Management, neglected to say that wastewater is still used to treat PA's dusty rural roads through a program under the DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management. Antis are hopping mad.

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