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First Posted: 9/17/2009

About 8,400 gallons of a gel used in drilling natural-gas wells was spilled on Wednesday at a well being drilled in Dimock Township for Cabot & Gas, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday.

Spilled at the Heitsman well site, the substance affected an unknown amount of “shallow wetland,” said company spokesman Ken Komoroski. DEP and state Fish and Boat Commission officials were on hand Wednesday and Thursday as a crew cleaned up and contained the material, said DEP spokesman Mark Carmon. It may have gotten into Stevens Creek, he said.
For the complete story, see Friday’s Times Leader.