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FRAC: Fracking Regulatory Action Center

The Fracking Regulatory Action Center (or FRAC tracker) is a resource for activists to help secure strong safeguards for fracking. It tracks state efforts to update their rules to stay ahead of the fracking boom, and to blunt its most dangerous effects. It also collects a growing library of technical comments and reports on these rules, which activists can use in their own work. The library includes comments, and rules, addressing casing and cementing for wells, standards for drilling pit construction, air permitting rules, wastewater discharge and water quality rules, and disclosure requirements, along with notes on federal efforts to address some of these issues.
 
LEGEND: Comment Period Open=Comment Period Open () Upcoming=Upcoming () Comment Period Closed=Comment Period Closed () Finalized=Finalized () No Status=No Status ()
Status Rule Region Government Body Comment Deadline Keywords
Finalized Arkansas Compressor General Permit Arkansas Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 2010.8.26 Arkansas, air pollution, gas processing and pipelines
    Find about more about Arkansas Compressor General Permit.
Finalized Arkansas Compressor Head Noise Level Requirements Arkansas Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission 2011.07.14 Well requirements, compressors
    Find about more about Arkansas Compressor Head Noise Level Requirements.
Finalized Arkansas Drilling Pit Regulations Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission 2010.07.26 drilling, wastewater management, Arkansas, groundwater pollution, surface water pollution
    Find about more about Arkansas Drilling Pit Regulations.
Finalized Arkansas Pit Storage of Wastewater from Drilling Arkansas Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 2011.02.08 wastewater, storage, leakage, pollution
    Find about more about Arkansas Pit Storage of Wastewater from Drilling.
Finalized Arkansas Well Completion Requirements Arkansas Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission 2010-11-01 well casings, flowback
    Find about more about Arkansas Well Completion Requirements.
No Status Colorado Drilling Regulations Colorado Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Chemical disclosure, drilling, well casings, Colorado
    Find about more about Colorado Drilling Regulations.
Comment Period Closed Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Amendments Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2011.10.10 horizontal well, spacing, wellbore
    Find about more about Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Amendments.
Comment Period Closed Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Amendments - Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 11/23/2011
    Find about more about Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Amendments - Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure.
No Status Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal National Department of Energy 2012.02.06 LNG, export, hydraulic fracturing
    Find about more about Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal.
Comment Period Closed EPA's Draft Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, WY National - Wyoming Environmental Protection Agency 2012.03.02 water contamination, hydrofracking
    Find about more about EPA's Draft Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, WY.
Comment Period Closed EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water National EPA 2010.3.08 moratorium, exploration, water, fracking, EPA
    Find about more about EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water.
Comment Period Closed Forest Service Mineral Rights Reform National U.S. Forest Service 2009.2.25 National Forest Service, drilling, land use
    Find about more about Forest Service Mineral Rights Reform.
Comment Period Closed Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure Requirements Texas Railroad Commission of Texas 2011.10.11 disclosure, chemicals, drilling, fracking
    Find about more about Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure Requirements.
No Status Michigan Legislative and Regulatory Actions on Hydrofracking Michigan Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
    Find about more about Michigan Legislative and Regulatory Actions on Hydrofracking.
Comment Period Closed Moratorium and Regulatory Reform in the Delaware River Basin Delaware River Basin Commission Delaware River Basin Commission 2011.04.15 drilling, Delaware River Basin Commission
    Find about more about Moratorium and Regulatory Reform in the Delaware River Basin.
Upcoming National BREATHE Act: The Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act National hydrogen sulfide, NESHAPS, Fracking
    Find about more about National BREATHE Act: The Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act.
Upcoming National FRAC Act National FRAC act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Congress
    Find about more about National FRAC Act.
Comment Period Closed National Oil and Gas Air Regulations National EPA 2011.11.30 EPA, air pollution
    Find about more about National Oil and Gas Air Regulations.
Comment Period Closed National Park Service Mineral Rights "9B" Rules National National Park Service 2010.1.25 National Park Service, land use
    Find about more about National Park Service Mineral Rights "9B" Rules.
Upcoming National Water Discharge Regulations National EPA 2010.3.1 EPA, wastewater disposal, groundwater pollution, surface water pollution
    Find about more about National Water Discharge Regulations.
Comment Period Closed Natural Gas Subcommittee of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board National Natural Gas Subcommittee of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 11/14/11 hydrofracking, DOE, SEAB
    Find about more about Natural Gas Subcommittee of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.
Comment Period Closed New York Environmental Impact Statement New York New York Department of Environmental Conservation 2012.01.11 New York, drilling, casing, fracking, groundwater pollution, surface water pollution, land use, air pollution
    Find about more about New York Environmental Impact Statement .
Finalized New York State Moratorium on Hydrofracking New York Department of Environmental Conservation moratorium, EPA review
    Find about more about New York State Moratorium on Hydrofracking.
Upcoming North Carolina Regulatory Review North Carolina North Carolina Division of Land Resources North Carolina, groundwater pollution, surface water pollution, drilling, land use, air pollution
    Find about more about North Carolina Regulatory Review.
Comment Period Closed Ohio Gas Rule Revisions Ohio Ohio DNR Division of Mineral Rights Management 2011.12.23 Ohio, drilling, wastewater disposal, site preparation, taxes and permit fees, groundwater pollution, surface water pollution, land use, noise pollution
    Find about more about Ohio Gas Rule Revisions.
Comment Period Closed Ohio Well Construction Rules Ohio Ohio Department of Natural Resources 2011.11.28 well construction, ohio, fracking
    Find about more about Ohio Well Construction Rules.
Comment Period Closed Pennsylvania - Air Aggregation for Oil and Gas Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 11/21/2011
    Find about more about Pennsylvania - Air Aggregation for Oil and Gas.
Finalized Pennsylvania Chapter 78 well casing regulations Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2010.08.09 Pennsylvania, casing, groundwater pollution
    Find about more about Pennsylvania Chapter 78 well casing regulations.
Comment Period Closed Pennsylvania Chapter 93 Chloride Water Quality Standards Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2010.06.15 Pennsylvania, surface water pollution, wastewater disposal
    Find about more about Pennsylvania Chapter 93 Chloride Water Quality Standards.
Finalized Pennsylvania Chapter 95 wastewater treatment standards Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2010.02.12 Pennsylvania, wastewater disposal, surface water pollution
    Find about more about Pennsylvania Chapter 95 wastewater treatment standards.
Comment Period Open Proposed General Plan Approval and/or General Operating Permit for Natural Gas Production and/or Processing Facilities (BAQ-GPA/GP-5) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania DEP 2012.05.02 Oil and Gas NSPS, Fracking, Compressor Station
    Find about more about Proposed General Plan Approval and/or General Operating Permit for Natural Gas Production and/or Processing Facilities (BAQ-GPA/GP-5) .
Comment Period Closed Tennessee Oil and Gas Regulations Tennessee Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation 2011.05.12 fracking, well casings, water quality, leakage
    Find about more about Tennessee Oil and Gas Regulations.
No Status West Virginia Drilling Reform West Virginia West Virginia Department of Environmmental Protection West Virginia, water, fracking, disclosure
    Find about more about West Virginia Drilling Reform.
Comment Period Closed West Virginia Rules Governing Horizontal Well Development West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 2011.10.11 horizontal, drilling
    Find about more about West Virginia Rules Governing Horizontal Well Development.
Finalized Wyoming Drilling and Disclosure Rules Wyoming Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2010.3.22 Wyoming, fracking, active drill site management, wastewater disposal, groundwater pollution, surface water pollution, land use
    Find about more about Wyoming Drilling and Disclosure Rules.
LEGEND: Comment Period Open=Comment Period Open (1) Upcoming=Upcoming (4) Comment Period Closed=Comment Period Closed (17) Finalized=Finalized (9) No Status=No Status (4)

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