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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


Markell: “Fracking” Proposal Currently Lacks Sufficient Health and Safety Protections

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Delaware will vote “No” at Monday meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission. The proposed regulations that would authorize drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to begin in the Delaware River Basin lack critical details on how public health and safety would be protected, Governor Jack Markell wrote today in a letter to the other voting members of the Delaware River Basin Commission.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Markell: “Fracking” Proposal Currently Lacks Sufficient Health and Safety Protections

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Delaware will vote “No” at Monday meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission. The proposed regulations that would authorize drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to begin in the Delaware River Basin lack critical details on how public health and safety would be protected, Governor Jack Markell wrote today in a letter to the other voting members of the Delaware River Basin Commission.