“Fracking Regulators Won’t Create Rules for Air Pollution”
By Gabe Rivin
From now until Sept. 15, North Carolinians will have the chance to raise their concerns about natural gas drilling during a public comment period.
In comments to the state, residents can address a number of draft rules for drilling, including the rules governing hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”
But residents won’t have a chance to comment on one set of environmental rules that could have a large impact on the public’s health.
Those are the rules that govern air pollution at fracking sites, which, in the case of natural gas drilling, can be both acutely hazardous and carcinogenic.