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Other States

Natural Gas Drilling on the Pinedale Anticline, Wyoming. Bureau of Land Management. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

COLORADO

Health Impact Assessment for Battlement Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado University Denver (2nd draft, 3/11)

The Garfield County Study of Methane Contamination

Update on the Ongoing Investigation of the Presence of Methane Gas in Water Wells in Laramie/Fox Hill Aquifer (PDF), From Colorado Oil & Gas Commission's David S. Neslin to the Weld County Commission, April 13, 2009

OHIO

The Economic Value of Shale Gas in Ohio, Amanda L. Weinstein & Mark D. Partridge, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics, Ohio State University (December 2011)

Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Report on the Investigation of the Natural Gas Invasion of Aquifers in Bainbridge Township of Geauga County, Ohio   153-page report blamed a nearby gas well's faulty concrete casing and hydraulic fracturing on methane contamination.

"Contamination of Aquifers by Overpressuring"  Annulus of Oil and Gas Wells Samuel S. Harrison, May/June 1985

TEXAS 

Emissions from natural Gas Production in the Barnett Shale Area and Opportunities for Cost-Effective Improvements by Al Armendariz, Ph.D. Dept. of Environmental & Civil Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Jan. 26, 2009.

Texas State Agency Backs SMU Ozone Study

WYOMING

A Perspective on the USAEPA Study of Pavilion, Wyoming - Relevance and Lessons for NY - New York State Water Resources Institute (January 16, 2012) - A summary and discussion of the EPA investigation of water quality complaints related to natural gas development in Wyoming.

Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming (Draft) - Dominic C. Digiulio, Richard T. Wilkin, Carlyle Miller, & Gregory Oberley - U.S. EPA (December 2011)

BP to clean up contaminated water well- Public involvement requires written request   Pinedale Online! - August, 2007

Hydrocarbons found in 85 Jonah/Pinedale Anticline water wells. 3 of the 85 have Benzene Hydrocarbon levels above allowable WY DEQ levels by Dawn Ballou, Editor, Pinedale Online! - April, 2007 

Comparison of Oil and Gas Regulations for Safety and Security in the Intermountain West

Air Pollution Advisory Issued: The Air Quality Division of Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality is issuing an air pollution advisory beginning Wed., Feb. 27, for the Upper Green River Basin in Sublette County.


Sublette County Reaches EPA Ozone "Non-Attainment" Status


Wyoming Dept. of Environmental Quality Interim Policy on Air Quality Compliance & Permitting Procedures.
(Details situation, and role of gas companies, and permitting procedure)


Ultra Petroleum Cited for Air Quality Violations (Wyoming)

Wyoming Boomtowns - Social and Economic Impacts of Natural Gas Drilling - Jeffrey Jacquet, Cornell University