Chemstream to Reveal Full List of Chemicals Used in PA Fracking
Last November, CNX Resources CEO Nick Deiuliis signed a voluntary deal with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to expand drilling setbacks and several other regulatory steps not mandated for shale drillers under PA law, calling it “radical transparency” (see CNX Signs Deal with PA Gov. to Increase Setbacks, Other Changes). In December, Gov. Shapiro’s office announced that CNX had begun to deliver by providing a list of the chemicals used in fracking and by posting air monitoring results in real-time for two of its well pads, with plans to expand the program across its operations statewide (see CNX Delivers on Promise to Shapiro re Chemicals List, Air Results). CNX’s main chemical provider, Chemstream, has just publicly announced it will no longer withhold “proprietary” chemical names but will now share full details for all of the chemicals it provides for drilling and fracking.
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