Energy industry representatives and state officials on Friday ripped into a call by eight Democratic members of Congress for the US Environmental Protection Agency to reopen its investigation into incidents of water contamination in three states. In a Tuesday letter to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, the eight lawmakers called for new EPA probes into water pollution cases in Pavillion, Wyoming; Dimock, Pennsylvania; and Parker County, Texas, three areas in which the EPA had investigated whether gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing activities had impacted groundwater. In each case the EPA had concluded its investigation without proving a link between fracking and water contamination. Article continues below… Request a free trial of: Gas Daily Gas Daily offers the most detailed coverage of natural gas prices at interstate and intrastate pipeline and pooling points in major U.S. markets. Gas Daily keeps you informed about complex state and […]