SENECA MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

The Seneca Nation requested that PA DEP hold a public hearing on the nation's territory downstream from the proposed facility. However, PA DEP denied that request. Since the state will not require continuous water quality testing and reporting for radioactive material in the influent and effluent we urge you to request PA DEP and U.S. EPA deny the Epiphany Allegheny, LLC permit application... It has come to our attention that "treated" radioactive shale gas waste is proposed for discharge into the Ohi:yo' (beautiful river in our language), more commonly known as the Allegany (also spelled Allegheny) River in Pennsylvania upstream from the Seneca Nation. Critical concerns first publicized by investigative journalists at Public Herald cite recent studies by scientists at Duke University, Duquesne University, and Penn State University that found an accumulation of radiation in river sediment near existing oil and gas wastewater treatment facilities in Pennsylvania.

Also known as: Seneca Nation

Primary location: Salamanca United States