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| Document         Collection� 
 Below are links to copies of major documents      	prepared as part of this effort to gather and analyze information related      	to the potential impacts on underground sources of drinking water from      	the injection of hydraulic fracturing fluids into coalbed methane wells.   	Most documents are in HTML or Adobe PDF format.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (ALL   	ABOUT PDF FILES)�� 
Evaluation of Impacts to Underground Sources   	of Drinking Water by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -  Completed Study 

**Read and/or Print in PDF Format          		 Below****Download Entire Study**(13MB            	zip file)
- **Executive            			 Summary**  (2005KB PDF FILE,            			 22pgs)
- Cover,            			Table of Contents, Glossary  (384KB            			PDF FILE, 20pgs)    - Chapter                   1 - Introduction  (878KB PDF FILE,                  11pgs)
  - Chapter                   2 - Study Methodology  (54KB PDF                  FILE, 7pgs)
  - Chapter                   3 - Characteristics  (1092KB PDF                  FILE, 32pgs)
  - Chapter                   4 - Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids  (1211KB                  PDF FILE, 26pgs)
  - Chapter                   5 - Summary of Coalbed Methane Basin Descriptions  (704KB                  PDF FILE, 17pgs)
  - Chapter                   6 - Water Quality Incidents  (94KB                  PDF FILE, 16pgs)
  - Chapter                   7 - Conclusions and Recommendations  (34KB                  PDF FILE, 6pgs) 
- Appendices     - Appendix                		 A - Department of Energy - Hydraulic Fracturing White                		Paper  (495KB                		 PDF FILE, 23pgs)
  - Appendix                		 B - Quality Assurance Plan  (139KB                		 PDF FILE, 14pgs) 
- **Master            			 References**  (79KB PDF FILE,            			 15pgs)
- Attachments    - San                		 Juan Basin  (1504KB PDF FILE,                		 33pgs)
  - Black                		 Warrior Basin  (810KB PDF FILE,                		 24pgs)
  - The                		 Piceance Basin  (610KB PDF FILE,                		 16pgs)
  - The                		 Uinta Basin  (431KB PDF FILE,                		 10pgs)
  - The                		 Powder River Basin  (361KB PDF                		 FILE, 20pgs)
  - The                		 Central Appalachian Coal Basin  (486KB                		 PDF FILE, 18pgs)
  - The                		 Northern Appalachian Coal Basin  (1089KB                		 PDF FILE, 17pgs)
  - The                		 Western Interior Basin  (1462KB                		 PDF FILE, 29pgs)
  - The                		 Raton Basin  (542KB PDF FILE,                		 19pgs)
  - The                		 Sand Wash Basin  (384KB PDF FILE,                		 15pgs)
  - The                		 Pacific and Central Coal Region  (292KB                		 PDF FILE, 14pgs) 
- Public Comment and					Response Summary for the Study of  Potential Impacts of Hydraulic					Fracturing	of Coalbed Methane 				Wells on Underground Sources of Drinking Water  (257KB				PDF FILE, 39pgs)   
- Study History

EPA invited the public to report to EPA          	known incidents of ground water contamination believed to be associated          	with hydraulic fracturing of CBM wells. As described in a July          	30 Federal Register notice [PDF          	version(85KB PDF FILE, 3pgs)],          	comments	were due to EPA by August 29, 2001. 

 Study Approach 
-  Draft Study Design (July 2000) �� �[ 			   PDF version  (18KB PDF			  FILE, 6pgs)  ] 
-  Final Study Design (April, 2000) 
-  August 24, 2000 Public Meeting                    -                      Federal Register Meeting Announcement 
  - Meeting Summary and List of Attendees  (64KB PDF FILE, 28pgs) 

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