Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues CRS Report 43152
October 30, 2013
Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues
Adam Vann
Legislative Attorney
Brandon J. Murrill
Legislative Attorney
Mary Tiemann
Specialist in Environmental Policy
October 22, 2013
This report focuses on selected legal issues related to the use of hydraulic fracturing. It examines
some of the requirements for hydraulic fracturing contained in major federal environmental laws.3
It also provides an overview of issues involving state preemption of local zoning authority, as
well as state tort law.
