PA. Head of Envi. Protection Dept. Says State of Delaware "Smells Like the Tail of a Dog"
From the Bizarroworld department, we have the latest from the head of the PA. Dept. of Environmental Protection. You may remember that Michael Krancer was appointed to the job shortly after his daddy made a huge contribution to the Corbett campaign.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-05-16/news/31727827_1_fracking-drilling-for-natural-gas-corbett-administration
The Delaware River Basin Commission has authority to allow fracking in the Delaware Water Basin, which includes eastern PA. This is because they control the large water withdrawals needed for fracking. There are 5 votes - New Jersey and PA vote for fracking, New York State and Delaware vote against it, and the Federal government keeps delaying casting the deciding vote.
Excerpt from article:
" All it took was a few ill-chosen words from Michael Krancer, Gov. Corbetts secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, who griped in early May about the First States well-founded reluctance to lift the moratorium on drilling in the Delaware River watershed, which is home to 15 million people.
Sometimes they smell like the tail of a dog, Krancer told an upstate builders forum, a newspaper reported. And it (Delaware) is shaped like a dog with a tail. This is the tail wagging the dog.
While Krancer declined to expand upon his remarks, presumably he was motivated by Delaware Gov. Jack Markells announcement last fall that he had serious concerns about the safety risks from hydraulic fracturing.
Markells reservations effectively halted moves by officials working through a multistate agency to craft guidelines to open counties near the Delaware River to drilling for natural gas. As Markell rightly noted, moving ahead before the absolute safety of so-called fracking can be determined could threaten the drinking water of millions.
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More at:
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/05/03/secretary-krancer-calls-delaware-officials-dogs/