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EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources

Proposed Criteria for Case Study Site Selection

Poster outlining potential case study site selection criteria, with EPA request for public feedback on those criteria and a map showing coalbed methane and shale gas basins.

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