April 9, 2010 (Clean Skies.com) An EPA panel says the agency should not take a look at the full life-cycle of hydraulic fracturing when it conducts a study of the controversial natural gas drilling method for Congress starting later this year.
Instead, the panel of the of the Science Advisory Board recommended Thursday that the agency assess and mitigate the highest risk factors of the practice, known in the industry as hydrofracking. Conducting a full life-cycle study would be take too long, cost too much and examine aspects of hydraulic fracturing that may already be covered by existing regulations, members said.
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