EHB to Review DEP Finding of No PFAS Contamination by Chevron Well
Last November, MDN told you about a lawsuit filed by a family in Washington County, PA, against Chevron (now EQT) for drilling and fracking done in 2011-2012 near the family’s home (see PA Lawsuit Blames Chevron Fracking for PFAS Chemicals in Water Well). The lawsuit alleges Chevron used PFAS or “forever chemicals” in the fracking solution, and that those chemicals had leaked into the family’s water well. The PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) investigated and found that water contaminated with PFAS from Chevron’s drilling more than a decade ago did NOT pollute the family’s water well (see DEP Finds Chevron Drilling Did Not Contaminate Water Well with PFAS). The family, using a well-known anti-Marcellus lawyer, appealed the DEP finding. The Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), a special court in PA that hears appeals of DEP decisions, said it would review the DEP’s findings.
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