DEQ and consultants complete second round of sampling near Pavillion

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and their consultants, Acton Mikelson Environmental (AME), completed the second round of domestic water well sampling in August. This summer, DEQ and their consultants were in the Pavillion area sampling thirteen (13) selected wells. According to Mark Thiesse, DEQ Groundwater Program Manager, the results of the second sampling […]

EPA agrees with DEQ analysis and approves aquifer exemption

This week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that they have approved WDEQ’s aquifer exemption request associated with Linc Energy’s coal gasification pilot project in Campbell County. “The request meets the regulatory requirements,” said EPA in a recent statement. “I’m pleased that EPA’s scientists arrived at the same conclusions that we did,” said Kevin […]