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Hydraulic Fracturing : Selected Legal Issues.
ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection: Part C (2011 forward) Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemicals.
- Pollution.
- Environmental law.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource (37 p), digital, PDF file)
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Addresses selected legal issues related to use of hydraulic fracturing, which involves pumping fluids under high pressure into underground low permeability rock formations to crack them and recover resulting oil and natural gas. Examines requirements for hydraulic fracturing contained in major Federal environmental laws. Provides overview of issues involving State preemption of local zoning authority, as well as State tort law.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Hydraulic Fracturing
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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