On August 27, 2015, a North Dakota Federal District Court Judge granted a preliminary injunction to halt the implementation of EPA and Army Corps of Engineers’ new rule expanding the definition of “waters of the United States,” which was slated to take effect August 28, 2015. The action was brought […]
Increased Oversight of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Needed to Protect Water Resources
July 23, 2015 By
On July 16, 2015, the Office of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency released the report Protecting America’s Waters: Enhanced EPA Oversight and Action Can Further Protect Water Resources from the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing. The report evaluated how the EPA and states use existing authorities to regulate […]
Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals on Drinking Water
July 15, 2015 By
On June 4, 2015, EPA issued the Draft Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources. The Report is open for public comment and peer review. Since its release, EPA also released a supporting draft database that contains information on the 1,173 […]
EPA’s Maps on WOTUS: Hard Truths
August 30, 2014 By
This week saw a turning point in the heated debate that few understand over EPA’s proposed rule for regulating Waters of the US (WOTUS). EPA and American Farm Bureau have been in a skirmish of words for weeks over the true scope of the newly proposed rule, which evolved […]
