To whom it may concern, It has been brought to my attention that there have been a significant number of citizens in my community that have become ill with the same symptoms. This new epidemic that is only effecting my community made me a little suspicious of the cause.After researching the situation further I discovered that out burst of illness is may be directly caused by pollution in our environment from a local gas company. The fact that the gas company has been allowed to practice such policies that enabled them to cause this type of effect on our environment and community.

From my research I have learned that regulations have been put in place by the E.P.A.( Environmental Protection Agency) to reduce harmful air pollution from the oil and natural gas industry. Within this regulation there is a specific requirement to capture 95% of emissions or volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) from the gas plants. If my research is correct this regulation has clearly been violated in this instance. Some type of action must be taken in this matter before any more citizens are harmed. When researching this issue I made sure to address all possible causes of this outbreak of illnesses. Within my investigation I became aware that this issue it widespread because some gas companies show little to no concern for the effects pollution causes. This is appauling that this is such a huge problem and so little action is being taken to prevent this problem. I believe that such infractions on the E.P.A.’s guidelines should be punishable buy revoking these companies from causing such a huge environmental issues whether they be in areas by communities or not.
These gas companies are releasing fumes and chemicals into our water and air that are directly effecting our citizens and causing illnesses. By contaminating our water these companies are also contaminating our food as