Railroad Commission examiners say Range Resources not responsible for well contamination
According to hearing examiners for the Texas Railroad Commission, Range Resources was not responsible for contaminating two residential drinking water wells in Parker County.
The Fort Worth company was accused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in December of allowing methane and other substances from its Barnett Shale hydraulic fracking operations into the wells. But the hearing examiners findings are saying that the more likely sources of the contamination was the much shallower Strawn geological formation, which also contains natural gas deposits.
The full Railroad Commission will act on the hearing examiners’ findings at its March 22 public hearing. If you would like to watch the hearing click here to access the streaming video live, or watched the archived video a few days later.
Public concern has been high and it is unknown yet, how the citizens of Parker, Hood and surrounding counties are responding to these findings.
To see the hearing examiners’ findings and supporting material, click here.
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