Reply #38: I may be wrong, but I believe this area of Wyoming...

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was one of the first places they attempted fracking....probably because if anything went wrong they would be in a low population area...and who cares if a few hundred people get sick (much better than thousands).

Also, during the Bushco years, federal land oil and gas leases were handed out like candy at Halloween. Big energy companies knew they could pretty much do anything they wanted and get away with it due to friends in high places.

Don't think much is different now in this regard, unfortunately.