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Fracking is a non-technical term for Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing is a method for retrieving, otherwise inaccessible, natural gas and petroleum by injecting pressurized fluid and chemicals into underground rock causing fissures. The fissures widen and expand allowing petroleum and gas to escape and flow to areas where it can be retrieved. less -

Closing Out 2017, EPA, BLM and BSEE Provide Public Notice of Significant Regulatory Actions

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 1/3/2018

Public notice of some very significant regulatory actions has been provided in the waning days of 2017. 1. On December 28, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more

Part the Seas: Federal Report Finds Offshore Fracking has No Significant Impact

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog on 6/6/2016

On May 27, 2016, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) jointly released a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (“PEA”) for well stimulation treatment...more

No Issuance of Federal Offshore Fracking Permits Until May 2016

Stoel Rives LLP on 2/5/2016

On January 29, 2016, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”), agencies within the federal Department of the Interior (“DOI”), agreed to put a temporary...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - July 2015 #4

Allen Matkins on 7/27/2015

Environmental and Policy Focus - California State Water Board seeks fines from local water district for alleged drought-related violations: Sacramento Bee - Jul 20 - State drought regulators went on the offensive against...more

Center for Biological Diversity Files Complaint Against Federal Agencies to Halt Offshore Fracking in California

Stoel Rives LLP on 2/23/2015

On Thursday, Feb. 19, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed suit against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”), and the Department of the...more

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