WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after U.S. District Judge, Scott Skavdahl, granted a stay of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule on federal lands:
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after U.S. District Judge, Scott Skavdahl, granted a stay of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule on federal lands:
“U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl’s ruling on the EPA’s bogus federal fracking regulation is a win for commonsense and sends a strong message to the Obama Administration that this rogue agency cannot continue to skirt the law in order to impose this administration’s ideological anti-energy agenda. It’s unthinkable that the EPA continues its effort to prevent safe natural gas drilling on American soil despite the agency’s own conclusions that fracking has not ‘led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States’. I applaud the U.S. District Courts ruling and remain committed to pursuing commonsense policies that promote a responsible all-of-the-above energy strategy.”
Background:
On March 20, 2015, President Obama released new regulations for Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on federal and Indian lands.
From the Congressional Western Caucus: “If allowed to go forward, this rule would duplicate active state management that has been effectively regulating hydraulic fracturing for decades and responding in recent years to advancing drilling technologies.”
Congressman Gosar released a statement following that original announcement which can be found HERE.
