The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will be taking a closer look at air quality issues in the Barnett Shale. Among other things, it will implement a rapid response plan for complaints regarding air quality and issue a report on extensive air monitoring later in January. The issue now is benzene.
[Update: TCEQ: No dangerous ambient air pollution found. Monitoring will continue, however. (Moved up.)]
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