07-28-2017, 09:21 AM
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Fucking idiot: Trump administration officially files to make it easier to frack public lands
https://thinkprogress.org/blm-fracki...l-e446d9959b1e
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The Department of the Interior intends to repeal an Obama-era rule designed to prevent fracking companies operating on public lands from polluting water supplies.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Monday submitted a proposed revocation to the Federal Register to wipe from the books a rule that required fracking operators on public lands to disclose chemicals used in fracking and to ensure certain precautions are taken around clean water sources.
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In its explanation for revoking the rule, BLM says that many states now require fracking operators to disclose the chemical compounds in fracking fluid. “There is no need for a federal chemical disclosure requirement, since companies are already making those disclosures on most of the operations, either to comply with state law or voluntarily,” the agency says.
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yeah, we believe you.
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