New Fracking Rule Is Issued by Obama Administration – NYTimes.com
May 5, 2012
New Fracking Rule Is Issued by Obama Administration – NYTimes.com.
New Proposal on Fracking Gives Ground to Industry
A natural gas well in Pennsylvania. The industry objected to a proposal requiring chemicals to be disclosed 30 days before drilling.
By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: May 4, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday issued a proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands that will for the first time require disclosure of the chemicals used in the process.
But in a significant concession to the oil industry, companies will have to reveal the composition of fluids only after they have completed drilling — a sharp change from the government’s original proposal, which would have required disclosure of the chemicals 30 days before a well could be started.
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