Blog: Oilfield Drilling Muds, Boring Waste Go Into Unlined Pits
From the Fresno Bee Newsroom Blog, in a post by Mark Grossi:
“Readers were surprised to learn from my Sunday story that oil companies are allowed to send their drilling muds and boring waste into unlined pits.
“They do it with a waiver that was granted several years ago. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board does not view the muds and waste as a hazardous discharge.”
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