Photo Credit: Jason Fox, The Leader
What is toxic drilling waste doing being transported from Pennsylvania to New York State anyway? As a NYS resident, I do not want PA toxic waste dumped in NYS. For that matter, I do not want toxic drilling waste dumped anywhere.
Early in the afternoon of August 30th, a dump truck carrying gas well drill cuttings bound for a landfill crashed, spilling its toxic cargo over an embankment to the edge of a stream which feeds into the Conhocton River near where it meets the Chemung River. The load of drilling mud was mixed with sawdust, as is the custom, to solidify the "stuff." What ended up where it shouldn't have- these drill cuttings- is the mess that comes up out of the wellbore during drilling, some of it consisting of materials from deep within the earth. This very gross-looking stuff contains radioactive materials and a lot of toxic chemicals as they are mixed in the drilling process. This is a very serious accident. Sadly these kinds of accidents are becoming more and more numerous.
Read the story here.
Photo credit: Jason Fox
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