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State Probing Fracking Wasterwater Dumped Down Storm Drain

Documents show employees of D&L Energy Group company were directed to dump up to 20-thousand gallons of fracking wastewater down a storm drain in Youngstown last week.The documents show it happened when a large storage tank was being cleaned by an employee. Two state regulatory agencies are investigating. Company officials have yet to comment. The documents were obtained by The Youngstown Vindicator.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.