H.C.R. No. 50 Summary

• Urges Congress to request the Government Accountability Office (GAO) update its 1989 study on injection wells and drinking water contamination.

• Notes that underground injection wells in Ohio are used for disposal of wastes from hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas production operations.

• References the 1989 GAO report titled "Safeguards Are Not Preventing Contamination From Injected Oil and Gas Wastes," which found injection wells were sources of drinking water contamination and made recommendations to the Environmental Protection Agency.

• Observes that the GAO has not conducted a follow-up study since 1989 to reassess the impact of injection wells on drinking water supplies.

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to Congress, the Ohio Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.