Rendell: Marcellus Shale Incidents 'A Warning'

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
During a stop in Pittsburgh today, Gov. Ed Rendell said the two recent Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling accidents in West Virginia and Clearfield County are warnings.Gov. Rendell said that not everything is right with company practices and state regulations.He also said two sets of regulations are already in the works and the drilling company in Clearfield County violated existing rules to notify state officials of an accident."One of the things that is of great concern and happened in Clearfield County is that the company didn't leave the scene and no one was injured and they took responsibility for putting this out. They flew people in and got it capped by noon the next day, but one of the problems here is that the company violated existing regulations. They didn't notify [the Department of Environmental Protection] and they didn't notify PEMA," Gov. Rendell said.The governor also said that substantial fines will likely be levied against the company operating the Pennsylvania accident site due to their failure to notify state officials of the accident.
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