Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Environment

Chairman Waxman Questions Interior Department’s Failure to Comply with Energy Policy Act

Chairman Waxman writes to Secretary Kempthorne to question the Department of Interior’s refusal to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requirement to study the effects of coal bed natural gas production on surface and ground water resources in six western states, and to insist that the Department comply with the law.