"Status Quo Ante": BLM proposes to rescind the 2015 Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation on Public and Indian Lands
Trump administration officially files to make it easier to frack public lands
(Samantha PAGE, ThinkProgress; July 24, 2017)
https://thinkprogress.org/blm-fracking-regulation-repeal-e446d9959b1e
EPA Releases Final Report on Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water
(New Releases, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); 12/13/2016)
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-final-report-impacts-hydraulic-fracturing-activities-drinking-water
U. S. tightens rules for disclosing chemicals used in fracking
(Matthew DALY and Josh LEDERMAN, Associated Press/PBS News Hour; March 20, 2015)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-tightens-rules-for-disclosing-chemicals-used-in-fracking/
Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts from the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle on Drinking Water in the United States (EPA-600-R-16-236; December 2016)
Executive Summary
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-12/documents/hfdwa_executive_summary.pdf
Main Report
http://ofmpub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=530159
Appendices
https://ofmpub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=530160
Evaluating a groundwater supply contamination incident attributed to Marcellus Shale gas development
(LLEWELLYN et al., 2015)
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/20/6325.full.pdf
Fracking on Indian Country: The Federal Trust Relationship, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Beneficial Use of Produced Water
(WHITNEY-WILLIAMS and HOFFMAN, 2015)
http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1416&context=yjreg
Hydraulic "Fracking": Are Surface Water Impacts an Ecological Concern?
(BURTON et al., 2014)
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/108102/etc2619.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
The effects of shale gas exploration and hydraulic fracturing on the quality of water resources in the United States
(VENGOSH et al., 2013)
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1878522013002944/1-s2.0-S1878522013002944-main.pdf?_tid=ab5f5cde-715f-11e7-8860-00000aacb361&acdnat=1501004317_27e35edbfe4403db83ac18e0aba594cd
Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing
(OSBORN et al., 2011)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8172.full.pdf
Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands; Rescission of a 2015 Rule
[Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Department of the Interior, Federal Register; June 25, 2017)
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/25/2017-15696/oil-and-gas-hydraulic-fracturing-on-federal-and-indian-lands-rescission-of-a-2015-rule
N. B.: There is a 60 day Public Comment Period on this proposed rescission which ends on September 25, 2017.
(Samantha PAGE, ThinkProgress; July 24, 2017)
https://thinkprogress.org/blm-fracking-regulation-repeal-e446d9959b1e
EPA Releases Final Report on Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water
(New Releases, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); 12/13/2016)
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-final-report-impacts-hydraulic-fracturing-activities-drinking-water
U. S. tightens rules for disclosing chemicals used in fracking
(Matthew DALY and Josh LEDERMAN, Associated Press/PBS News Hour; March 20, 2015)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-tightens-rules-for-disclosing-chemicals-used-in-fracking/
Selected Documentation:
Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts from the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle on Drinking Water in the United States (EPA-600-R-16-236; December 2016)
Executive Summary
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-12/documents/hfdwa_executive_summary.pdf
Main Report
http://ofmpub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=530159
Appendices
https://ofmpub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=530160
Evaluating a groundwater supply contamination incident attributed to Marcellus Shale gas development
(LLEWELLYN et al., 2015)
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/20/6325.full.pdf
Fracking on Indian Country: The Federal Trust Relationship, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Beneficial Use of Produced Water
(WHITNEY-WILLIAMS and HOFFMAN, 2015)
http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1416&context=yjreg
Hydraulic "Fracking": Are Surface Water Impacts an Ecological Concern?
(BURTON et al., 2014)
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/108102/etc2619.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
The effects of shale gas exploration and hydraulic fracturing on the quality of water resources in the United States
(VENGOSH et al., 2013)
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1878522013002944/1-s2.0-S1878522013002944-main.pdf?_tid=ab5f5cde-715f-11e7-8860-00000aacb361&acdnat=1501004317_27e35edbfe4403db83ac18e0aba594cd
Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing
(OSBORN et al., 2011)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8172.full.pdf
Federal Register Filing as of July 25, 2017:
Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands; Rescission of a 2015 Rule
[Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Department of the Interior, Federal Register; June 25, 2017)
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/25/2017-15696/oil-and-gas-hydraulic-fracturing-on-federal-and-indian-lands-rescission-of-a-2015-rule
N. B.: There is a 60 day Public Comment Period on this proposed rescission which ends on September 25, 2017.
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