HB 2498 Summary

• Prohibits any person from engaging in hydraulic fracturing in Arizona, a process involving pumping fluid into the ground to create fractures for oil or gas production.

• Prohibits the collection, storage, or treatment of water in Arizona if that water is used in, generated by, or results from hydraulic fracturing operations.

• Adds a new definition of "hydraulic fracturing" to Arizona Revised Statutes section 49-201 as the process of pumping fluid into or under the ground surface to create fractures or cavities in rock for oil or gas production or recovery.

• Makes technical corrections and updates terminology throughout sections 49-201 and 49-701 of the water quality control and solid waste management statutes (e.g., changing "which" to "that").