Archive: Hydraulic Fracturing

  • Resolution to Retain State Authority over Hydraulic Fracturing March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, Hydraulic fracturing is a proven technology with a long history of environmentally safe use in the completion of oil and gas wells; and WHEREAS, The oil and gas producing States regulate hydraulic fracturing as a component of their regulatory problems for the drilling, completion, operation, and plugging of oil and gas wells; and WHEREAS, The reservoirs that produce oil and gas are highly variable geologically and separated geographically across the oil and gas producing States such that State regulatory agencies are best suited by local expertise and experience to effectively regulate hydraulic fracturing; and WHEREAS, State regulatory agencies are […]

  • The Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Composition Act March 15, 2013

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of {enter state}: SECTION 1.  DISCLOSURE OF COMPOSITION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS (A) The {insert relevant state agency} by rule shall: (1)  require an operator of a well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is performed to: (a)  complete the form posted on the hydraulic fracturing chemical registry Internet website of the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission with regard to the well; (b)  include in the form completed under Paragraph (A): (i)  the total volume of water used in the hydraulic fracturing treatment; and (ii)  each chemical ingredient that is subject to the […]