EPA shuts down 17 wells in Osage Nation after Oklahoma quake

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

EPA shuts down 17 wells in Osage Nation after Oklahoma quake

Sean Murphy, Associated Press

Updated 5:58 pm, Tuesday, September 6, 2016


OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal regulators have shut down 17 wastewater disposal wells in the Osage Nation of northeastern Oklahoma following a weekend earthquake that matched the state's strongest on record, state officials confirmed Tuesday.

Because the wells are located on tribal land, Oklahoma regulators have no jurisdiction over oil- and gas-producing facilities in the region.

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Matt Skinner told The Associated Press that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified the state Tuesday that 17 wells were ordered closed.

"We've never had to do anything that directly involved Osage County, but on Saturday (the EPA) were quick to respond," Skinner said. "They confirmed on Sunday they were going to put that directive in place, and today they gave us the numbers."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/EPA-shuts-down-17-wells-in-Osage-Nation-after-9206015.php

[dylb]

1. reply

damn

[KT2000]

2. nice to see they are doing something

it appears no one is held liable for damages so it must be prevented.

[Wednesdays]

3. But but but the quake was a natural occurrence!

Not man-made!

(I'm just repeating what a lot of pundits, and a lot of posters here, said last week.)