The US Environmental Protection Agency, according to one member of Congress, is preparing to begin a study of the environmental and human health impact of shale gas drilling.

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US Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-New York) said that EPA officials have told him that EPA would announce the first phase of its study today. In a notice published today in the Federal Registry, the EPA said the agency's science advisory board would hold a public meeting Apr. 7 on how the agency will study hydraulic fracturing.