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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, YUDICHAK, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, FONTANA, HUGHES, SOLOBAY, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON AND D. WHITE, OCTOBER 18, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, OCTOBER 18, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Urging the oil and gas industry to utilize acid mine water in |
2 | fracturing Marcellus Shale for natural gas extraction, |
3 | whenever economically feasible and environmentally safe. |
4 | WHEREAS, Certain regions of Pennsylvania have a half-century- |
5 | old problem with abandoned coal mines which fill with water; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The water in the abandoned mines becomes highly |
7 | acidic and laden with dissolved metals that enter our rivers and |
8 | streams making them uninhabitable for wildlife and unsuitable |
9 | for human consumption; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Approximately 2,500 miles of streams have been |
11 | degraded by acid mine drainage, and it is the greatest single |
12 | source of water pollution in this Commonwealth; and |
13 | WHEREAS, It is estimated that it would require more than |
14 | $5,000,000,000 in capital costs to treat and clean the acid mine |
15 | water in Pennsylvania; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Water is an essential component in Marcellus Shale |
17 | gas development; and |
18 | WHEREAS, Drilling a typical Marcellus Shale deep gas well |
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1 | requires 100,000 gallons of water; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Hydraulically fracturing a typical Marcellus Shale |
3 | horizontal deep gas well requires an average 5,500,000 gallons |
4 | of water; and |
5 | WHEREAS, The use of acid mine water to drill and fracture |
6 | Marcellus Shale horizontal deep gas wells would keep millions of |
7 | gallons of this acidic water out of Pennsylvania waterways, and |
8 | would yield an immediate environmental benefit; therefore be it |
9 | RESOLVED, That the Senate urge the oil and gas industry to |
10 | utilize acid mine water in fracturing Marcellus Shale for |
11 | natural gas extraction whenever economically feasible and |
12 | environmentally safe. |
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