- The EPA followed appropriate legal requirements in issuing an emergency order against Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) for water contamination in Texas, the EPA’s inspector general says in turning aside complaints that the agency had overstepped its bounds.
- The agency also will look at whether dangerous levels of explosive methane or other toxins persist in the local homeowners’ water wells.
- The case had gained attention because it was one of the just three instances where the agency under Pres. Obama linked gas drilling to problems with individual wells.