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XTO Energy Fined $400,000 for Illegally Dumping Frack Water

PENN TOWNSHIP — An energy company will be forced to pay $400,000 for illegally discharging toxic waste from a Marcellus Shale gas well site near Picture R...
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PENN TOWNSHIP -- An energy company will be forced to pay $400,000 for illegally discharging toxic waste from a Marcellus Shale gas well site near Picture Rocks in Lycoming County.

XTO Energy violated state regulations six years ago when it got rid of thousands of gallons of fracking wastewater into the environment.

The toxic wastewater flowed into and polluted a nearby stream.

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