the primary legal issues raised by hydraulic fracturing; (Edwards‚ Shepherd‚ & Deutsch‚ 2011) Historically‚ the EPA has not regulated oil and gas operations or hydraulic fracturing however recently due to mounting environmental concerns they are looking into regulating Hydraulic fracturing. The problem comes because fracking underground injections was excluded from the Clean Water Act but the EPA stated that any company using the method of Hydraulic fracturing with diesel fuel is regulated under
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LAWS 310 – THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT Hydraulic Fracturing 10/12/2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS What is Hydraulic Fracturing 2 Enivromental Issues 2 Water Contamination 2 Management of Waste Water 3 Air Quality Issues 3 Fracking Chemicals 3 State and Federal Laws 4 Federal Regulations 4 State Regulations 4 U.S. Energy Needs 5 Conclusion 5 Referrence Page 6 Hydraulic Fracturing What is hydraulic fracturing or fracking‚ and is it safe for our environment? What types of environmental
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FRACKING Purpose: To persuade the audience to help stop the hydraulic fracturing that is happening in New York and other states throughout the country. Thesis: Today I will discuss a very important issue that is happening in our own backyard. Hydraulic Fracturing‚ also known as “Fracking”‚ is contaminating our drinking water‚ all in the name of “Energy Reform”. How would you feel if you were able to set water on fire? Well some people in New York and Pennsylvania are literally able to
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drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Hydraulic fracturing is the most popular method of exploitation of gas and oil from shale formations. After discovering hydraulic fracturing it has become possible at all production of hydrocarbons from unconventional deposits. Despite the many advantages of hydraulic fracturing raises a lot of controversy among consumes a considerable amount of water needed for the treatment. Resistance
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Hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release built up natural gas from inside the ground. Hydraulic fracturings (fracking) exemption from the rules and regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) needs to be repealed‚ and the new regulations of the Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act need to be enforced. The repeal of the exemption of fracking from
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In Oklahoma‚ less than 10% of the water injected into wastewater disposal wells is used hydraulic fracturing fluid. Most of the wastewater in Oklahoma is saltwater that comes up along with oil during the extraction process. In contrast‚ the fluid disposed of near earthquake sequences that occurred in Youngstown‚ Ohio‚ and Guy‚ Arkansas‚ consisted largely of spent hydraulic fracturing fluid. Induced seismicity can occur at significant distances from injection wells and at different depths
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of fracking (hydraulic fracturing). Fracking has been implemented at the Fayetteville Shale‚ which stretches across Arkansas‚ to access natural gas buried deep below the surface of the earth. Fracking enthusiasts tout the economic benefits of this method of tapping our natural resources and are quick to dispute any argument from environmentalists. However‚ a close examination of the facts proves that Arkansans stands to lose more than they will gain from fracking. Hydraulic fracturing does not only
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people and the environment. According to Faulkner‚ hydraulic fracturing—commonly known as “fracking”—is “a process that enables the extraction of previous intractable [mysterious] natural gas and
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Hydraulic Fracturing “Fracking” a. Fracking History i. Who/How was hydraulic fracturing developed? 1. Why? ii. Different uses for Fracking 1. Oil Field 2. Natural Gas b. Fundamentals of Fracking i. What is fracking? 1. Detailed Information: How it works. ii. Efficiency iii. Necessity 1. Purpose
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Contents 1. Title 2. Legal and Environmental issues 3. State and Federal laws 4. U.S. energy needs 5. Frances position on Fracking 6. Summary Hydraulic Fracturing Is it safe‚ or are we just trying to save money‚ and produce jobs at the expense of the countries safety? This and many more question have been asked about Hydraulic Fracturing with this paper I hope to answer that question and give you some more insight to what is really going on “ fracking”. Not only are there the
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