HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, February 13, 2012 (ENS) - Natural gas production company Chesapeake Appalachia LLC has been fined a total of $565,000 in civil penalties and reimbursement costs by the state of Pennsylvania for an April 2011 fracking well control incident, for erosion and sediment control violations and for wetland encroachment violations.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection determined that Chesapeake's actions constituted violations of the Oil and Gas Act, Clean Streams Law and the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act.
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