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Failing to regulate environmental toxins 
is not fiscally responsible

an op-ed response to proposed federal laws and regulations

by Barbara Jarmoska

When it comes to regulating the process of hydraulic fracturing under the Safe Water Drinking Act, federal regulators are handcuffed by exemptions granted to the gas industry in 2005. However, the EPA stepped up to the plate on air quality last week and proposed a new set of regulations that would offer additional protections, particularly to those of us living in heavy drilling areas atop the Marcellus and other shale plays. 

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