Marcellus Shale
Fracing & the environment
Air Pollution regulation
Air Pollutants
Potluck
100
Drilling in Marcellus shale is for this natural resource
What is natural gas
100
98% of frac fluid is this substance
What is water
100
What NAAQS stands for
What is National Ambient Air Quality Standards
100
The source of most of the CO pollution in the US
What is mobile sources (cars and trucks)
100
Type of drilling introduced in the 1990s that replaced traditional vertical wells
What is horizontal drilling
200
Using a mixture of water sand and chemicals to break rock and release gas is given this two word name
What is slickwater fracing
200
These are used in the vertical portions of wells to protect water from contamination
What are cement casings
200
These are the 6 criteria pollutants in the Clean Air Act
What are carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, particulate matter and ozone
200
The the groups most at risk from high levels of ozone pollution
What are the very young, the very old, and those who are active outdoors
200
The amount of land used by one shale drill site
What is 5-8 acres
300
The money those who drill are changed by the Pennsylvania government is called this
What is State Impact fee (or impact fee)
300
Frac water that returns to the surface is called this
What is flowback
300
The year the first air pollution control act was passed. This legislation was for research into pollution only
What is 1950
300
The criteria pollutant with the largest decrease since 1980
What is lead
300
The three things needed to create photochemical smog
What are NO2, VOCs, and sunlight
400
The umber of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania
What is over 6,300 (over 6,000 is close enough)
400
This is how much water needed for each frac
What is 3-5 million gallons
400
This criteria pollutant is typically a secondary air pollutant only
What is ozone
400
This type of particulate matter is at worse levels than the other
What is PM 2.5
400
When cool polluted air is trapped under a layer of warm air
What is a thermal inversion
500
The year the first commercial drilling was done in Marcellus shale (It was not a profitable source of natural gas at this time)
What is 1930
500
These are three sources of possible water contamination due to fracing
What are poor water management, surface spills, methane migration
500
This is the organization sets the plans to reach the EPA guidelines for air pollution
What is state government
500
two criteria air pollutnats whose primary sources are NOT mobile
What are SO2 and PM
500
The estimated amount of recoverable gas in Marcellus shale
What is 84 trillion cubic feet
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