EPA Faces Competing Calls To Withdraw, Expand Shale Gas ELG Proposal

EPA is facing competing calls over its proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent rule for wastewater from the shale gas industry, with environmentalists calling on the agency to expand the rulemaking to address conventional oil and gas development and centralized waste treatment (CWT) facilities, and industry urging EPA to scrap the rule. Industry groups in public comments filed on EPA's proposal to set first-time zero discharge standards for municipal treatment plants processing wastewater from the oil and gas sector say...