Congress 115 - HR 6768 - Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act

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Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act

This bill establishes requirements governing oil or gas operations, including by (1) reestablishing requirements governing the use of hydraulic fracturing under oil and gas leases for federal lands; and (2) eliminating certain exemptions for oil and gas operations from environmental requirements, such as requirements concerning stormwater runoff, hazardous air pollutants, solid waste disposal, and drinking water sources.

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Sep 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 10, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 10, 2018

Introduced in House

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