EPA Launches ‘Produced Water’ Study As PEER Seeks Tougher Drilling Rules

EPA has quietly announced plans to study the affordability and availability of treatment technologies to reduce “produced” water from onshore oil and gas drilling, amid threats from environmentalists who have signaled plans to force the agency to act on their years-old petition seeking to strengthen decades-old rules for the releases. EPA last week quietly posted a notice on its website announcing a new study to inform whether to update its Clean Water Act (CWA) Subpart E regulations, its rules setting...