Industry Suit Could Test EPA Use Of SDWA Power To Address Fracking

A Texas energy producer is suing to force EPA to turn over data underlying its allegation that the company's drilling operations contaminated local water supplies in a suit that could test EPA's use of its Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) emergency power to address releases from the controversial gas extraction practice hydraulic fracturing. Range Resources Jan. 5 sued EPA in federal court in Texas in an effort to force the agency to turn over data and provide testimony to back...