The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well.
The intent of the report is to prove Equitrans met the Statewide Health Standards in remediating soil contaminated by well plugging efforts designed to kill the well and stop the venting of gas.
Equitrans said the soil was contaminated with chloride, aluminum, boron, barium, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, zinc, acetone, xylenes, 2-butanone (MEK), and carbon disulfide.
Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (PA Bulletin, page 201)
Groundwater Contamination
As recently as December 13, 2023, DEP conducted the latest in a series of inspections at the George Reade 1 well site and found Equitrans still has not resolved ground and surface water pollution issues related to plugging the well.
DEP has an ongoing water sampling effort involving the use of 10 monitoring wells to document groundwater conditions.
In addition, this inspection found a “rotten egg odor” from one of the monitoring wells which usually indicates the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas. Read more here.
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(Photo: Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area venting gas as seen from space. Courtesy Environmental Defense Fund.)
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[Posted: January 12, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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