It's usually quiet in the Warren County town of Bear Lake, but not anymore.  Residents are upset with an energy company that wants to truck-in waste water from fracking operations in the Marcellus Shale.  The liquid, which residents believe is hazardous, would be stored in two old gas wells outside of town.

"I think they tried to pull a sneakie on us. They thought there was a bunch of stumblebums lived up here," said Tom Stroup.

The EPA must approve the project. Residents say the gas wells are over 30 years old and the frack water would certainly leak.  They're afraid the soil, air, and water for miles around could become contaminated. One protester, Bill Peiffer, can't believe the EPA would even consider such a plan.

"They're delusional. I'm serious. I'm very serious. They're delusional. Their decisions are delphic," he said.

There's three dozen other old gas wells in the Bear Lake area. Residents are concerned that if permission is given for two, the others will follow, and it would turn Bear Lake unto a giant waste water storage area.

"I feel very strongly that it's not a question of if something is going to happen here to something or somebody, it's a matter of when it's going to happen," says Peiffer.

Members of the volunteer fire department are worried that a truck delivering the fluids could overturn. No one has assured them that the liquid is not radioactive.

"We'd have to evacuate the town, and probably call in federal help. We'd have no choice," said Gloria Snow.

Eloise Smith can see the dumping site from her side window. She says she will move if the energy company gets its approval. But would anybody buy her house?

"Are you kidding? Who wants to live here in this atmosphere? No way. Everybody's home would be worth nothing," she said.

The EPA is accepting comments by mail until November 3. However, the residents want a face to face meeting with government officials to voice their concerns.

Residents say leakage has occurred in other wells in Northwest Pennsylvania, and those wells, they say,  had much thicker casing than the two in Bear Lake.