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FL S0688

Resolution

Status

Failed

3/11/2016

Primary Sponsor

Eleanor Sobel

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Supports a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, and extreme well stimulation or resource extraction in Florida and adjacent waters
  • Prohibits disposal of materials and byproducts related to these extraction methods
  • Cites EPA data showing each fracturing operation uses 30,000 to 13 million gallons of water and wells can be fractured more than 13 times
  • Documents over 1,000 cases of water contamination near fracking sites and notes 60 percent of fracking chemicals can harm the brain and nervous system, with 30 percent being suspected carcinogens
  • Notes oil and gas industries are not required by federal law to publicly disclose chemical formulas used in well stimulation fluids

Legislative Description

Ban on Well Stimulation or Resource Extraction

Last Action

Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation

3/11/2016

Committee Referrals

Environmental Preservation and Conservation11/18/2015

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