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Subject: Public workshop scheduled
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:56:13 +0000
From: Comments@DOC <Comments(a)CONSERVATION.CA.GOV>
To: <DOGGR_REGULATIONS_INFORMATION(a)LISTSERV.STATE.CA.GOV>
*"Discussion draft" hydraulic fracturing regulations released; first
public workshop scheduled February 19*
The Department of Conservation/Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Resources on December 18, 2012 released a "discussion draft" of
regulations for the oil and natural gas production technique known as
hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). What does "discussion draft" mean? It
means that this version does not begin the formal rulemaking process.
Instead, it is a starting point for discussion by key stakeholders --
industry, the environmental community, other regulators, and interested
members of the public -- in preparation for the more formal process.
These "discussion draft" regulations include provisions for
pre-fracturing well testing; advance notification; monitoring during and
after fracturing operations; disclosure of materials used in fracturing
fluid; trade secrets; and storage and handling of hydraulic fracturing
fluids.
The Department will conduct the first of several stakeholder workshops
to receive input on the "discussion draft" regulations on February 19 in
Los Angeles. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the downtown
Doubletree Hotel, 120 South Los Angeles Street.Workshops will also be
held in Bakersfield and Sacramento, with dates, times and locations to
be announced soon. The actual "discussion draft regulations" and other
material can be found on the Department's home page,
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx
<http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx>.
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