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Press Releases

• EPA Releases Draft Assessment on the Potential Impacts to Drinking Water Resources from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities (June 2015)
• EPA’s Science Advisory Board Announces Independent Panel to Peer Review Agency’s Hydraulic Fracturing Research (March 2013)
• EPA Releases Hydraulic Fracturing Study Progress Report (December 2012)
• EPA Announces Final Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing (November 2011)
• EPA's Selection of Locations for Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan (June 2011)
• EPA's Submission of the Study Plan to SAB for Review (February 2011)
• Results of Voluntary Information Request (November 2010)
• About the Voluntary Information Request (September 2010)
• EPA Announces Hydraulic Fracturing Study and Requests for Comments from the SAB (March 2010)

Science Matters Newsletter

• Answering Questions about EPA's Plan to Study Hydraulic Fracturing (December 2011)
  • Podcast: Interview with the Coordinator of the Hydraulic Fracturing Study (mp3, 6.5 MB) 
• EPA Announces Draft Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing (April 2011) 
• Hydraulic Fracturing: Drilling for Answers  (June 2010)

Blogs

• EPA Science Blog: EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Drinking Water Study: What’s the latest? (May 2013)
• Around the Water Cooler: An Update on EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Study (December 2012)

Scoping Materials

• Opportunity for Stakeholder Input on EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Research Study:
  • Study Design, July 2010
  • Criteria for Selecting Case Studies, July 2010

• Scoping Materials for Initial Design of EPA Research Study on Potential Relationships Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources (PDF) March (2010)

Other Materials

• Dr. Paul Anastas's statement on the release of Plan (as prepared for delivery) (November 2011) (PDF) 
• Former Administrator Lisa Jackson's July 23, 2012 letters to stakeholders:
  • American Petroleum Institute and America's Natural Gas Alliance (PDF)
  • Earthjustice (PDF)
  • Environmental Defense Fund (PDF)
  • Natural Resources Defense Council (PDF)
  • Sierra Club (PDF)
• Stakeholder Engagement Roadmap
• EPA's Integrated Approach of Openness and Scientific Rigor
• Hydraulic Fracturing Study Timeline (PDF)
• Overview Fact Sheet: EPA's Draft Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources