Homeowners in a gas field with tainted groundwater want more detail from Gov. Matt Mead about how Wyoming will take over from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the investigation of what caused the contamination. The group Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens asks Mead in a letter Monday how homeowners will play a role in the investigation. They say nobody consulted them before the plans changed. Mead spokesman Renny MacKay says the state and the EPA made the decision about the study. He says Pavillion residents will have a say going forward. An EPA official said Wednesday handing off to the state is the "most pragmatic" way ahead. In 2011, the EPA tied the contamination to the petroleum industry practice of hydraulic fracturing but announced last week it won't finalize the report.
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