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===May 2010: Cattle Quarantined Over Fracking Fluid===
Twenty eight cows were quarantined after having access to a leaking waste water holding pond on a farm in Tioga County (north-central Pennsylvania). Tracks were found around and in the pond with dead grass in a 30-foot by 40-foot area around it. Water quality tests established levels of chloride, magnesium, potassium, and strontium - a heavy metal and particularly toxic to children. This is the first time animals have been quarantined in response to natural gas drilling. "We took this precaution in order to protect the public from consuming any of this potentially contaminated product," said Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding. Twenty adult cows will be quarantined for six months and eight calves will be quarantined for two years. The farm is located near an [[East Resources]] drilling site.<ref> [http://reut.rs/IdzAUN "Pennsylvania quarantine cattle over gas drilling fluid"] Reuters, July 1, 2010.</ref>
===June 2010: Somerset County Spill===
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that state inspector, April Weiland, determined that it appeared that Chief Oil & Gas had “intentionally buried” the spill with soil and rock. Chief Oil & Gas denies hiding spill and the company was fined $180,000, one of the largest single-incident fines in the [[Marcellus Shale]].<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2014/08/03/Drillers-did-not-report-half-of-spills-that-led-to-fines/stories/201408020142 "Drillers did not report half of spills that led to fines"] Sean D. Hamill, UF News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2014.</ref>
===June 2010: EOG Resources blow out===
