EPA understands the importance of outreach to individual citizens, communities, tribes, state and federal partners, industry, trade associations, and environmental organizations.

During summer 2010, EPA engaged stakeholders in a dialogue about the hydraulic fracturing study through facilitated meetings. EPA also consulted with experts in the field through peer review and technical workshops. Meeting materials and summaries from stakeholder events can be found below and are also available at Docket Number EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0674.

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Sector-Specific Meetings and State and Federal Partner Consultations

• States - May 27, 2010
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Meeting Summary (PDF)
• Federal - June 7, 2010
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Meeting Summary (PDF)
• Industry - June 21, 2010 with re-cast on June 30, 2010
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Meeting Summary (PDF)
• Environmental Organizations - June 23, 2010
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Consultation (PDF)

Public Meetings

• Information about the public meetings:
  • Federal Register Notice (75 FR 35023; June 21, 2010) announcing the meetings
  • Agendas for the meetings (PDF)
  • EPA presentation (PDF)
  • Meeting handouts:
    • Water Life Cycle in the Hydraulic Fracturing Process Poster (PDF)
    • Proposed Criteria for Case Study Site Selection Poster (PDF)
    • Proposed Criteria for Selecting Case Studies for the EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study (PDF)
    • Proposed Study Design for the EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study (PDF)
• July 8, 2010, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Comments (PDF)
• July 13, 2010, Denver, Colorado
  • Comments (PDF)
• July 22, 2010, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Comments (PDF)
• September 13, 2010, Binghamton, New York
  • Afternoon Comments (PDF)
  • Evening Comments (PDF)
• September 15, 2010, Binghamton, New York
  • Afternoon Comments (PDF)
  • Evening Comments (PDF)

Tribal Government Consultations

• Summary of August 5 and 30, 2010, Consultation with Tribal Governments (PDF)
• Summary of August 13, 2010, Consultation with Haudenosaunee Task Force (PDF)
• August 30, 2010, Tribal Presentation: Potential Relationships Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources (PDF)

Webinars on the Hydraulic Fracturing Study

• On May 20, 2013 EPA hosted a public webinar on the Wastewater Treatment and Related Modeling Technical Workshop held on April 18, 2013.
  • Watch the webinar presentation (coming soon)
  • Get the webinar presentation slides (PDF)
• On March 25, 2013 EPA hosted a public webinar on the Analytical Chemical Methods Technical Workshop held on February 25, 2013.
  • Watch the webinar presentation
  • Get the webinar presentation slides (PDF)
• Webinar on EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Study Progress Report (January 2013)
  • Watch the webinar presentation Exit
  • Get the webinar presentation slides (PDF)
• EPA Status Update (February 2012) (PDF)
• Presentation on the Final Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources (November 2011) (PDF)
• Overview of the Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources
  • Stakeholder Webinars held February 15-16, 2011 (PDF)
  • Public Webinar held March 2, 2011 (PDF)