SAB Urges Narrower Lifecycle 'Framework' In EPA Fracturing Water Study

摘要

EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) has adopted a workgroup's recommendations on how EPA should conduct its major study into whether hydraulic fracturing contaminates drinking water, saying EPA should soften its planned lifecycle assessment and adopt a more limited "framework" approach, given time and budgetary constraints.rnSAB June 16 finalized its draft advisory on EPA's research scoping document for its study on fracturing, or fracking, following initial recommendations from SAB's Committee on Environmental Engineering. The final SAB advice will be sent to EPA to guide the agency's Office of Research & Development (ORD) as it conducts a two-year congressionally mandated study on the possible adverse impacts of fracking on drinking water supplies.