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Paul Tonko: “If I might ask, do you see economies? Have you witnessed or somehow interpreted economies of scale by doing perhaps…”

On the recordApril 20, 2016
If I might ask, do you see economies? Have you witnessed or somehow interpreted economies of scale by doing perhaps testing, and some of the drilling they need to do in these areas to determine the response?
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko inquires about potential economies of scale in regional testing for brownfields.

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