That whiney Okie Rep. Dan Boren was concerned that 100% federal loans should not require an environmental test on land leased for gas drilling : http://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2012/03/20/how-fracking-in-the-northeast-could-impact-farmland-in-oklahoma/ And so the USDA reversed itself and said it would write mortgages on gassed properties, no questions asked - until the house’s well goes kablooey : USDA Reverses Itself and Exempts Rural Properties with Gas Drilling Leases from NEPA [New York – March 20, 2012] In a move that has angered hydrofracking opponents, the USDA did an about-face and reneged on earlier statements that its popular rural housing loans on properties with gas drilling leases would have to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and today authorized an Administrative Notice stating that rural housing loans would be excluded from NEPA. On […]
