EPA disputes ‘alternative approach’ that OK’d huge oilfield
Environmental agency objects, along with others who say faulty justifications allowed approval of Delaware-sized Converse County Oil and Gas Project.
DEQ
State limits pollution flows from Aethon Moneta gas field
Wyoming DEQ sets 2024 deadline for cleaner surface discharges as energy company again seeks new exemption to allow underground disposal of gas- and oilfield produced water.
EPA knocks Wyo plan to bar public’s water pollution data
State proposal, supported by agricultural interests, would also prohibit information gathered by academic institutions from being solely used to classify the health of streams, rivers and lakes.
DEQ backs off plan to dump more oilfield pollutants into Boysen
State calls for new monitoring to ensure salty water is not affecting streams’ quality.
PacifiCorp, DEQ pick less power over clean-coal technology
Wyoming DEQ supports move to reduce Jim Bridger Plant output to 76.3% of capacity in lieu of $280M in pollution controls.
