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OK SCR31

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

5/14/2013

Primary Sponsor

John Trebilcock

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the U.S. Department of the Interior to withdraw the Bureau of Land Management's proposed rule regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal and Tribal lands.

  • Argues that states, not federal government, should have primary authority over oil and gas production regulations, including hydraulic fracturing, within their borders.

  • Claims hydraulic fracturing has been safely used for decades with no known cases of groundwater contamination despite approximately one million wells being fractured in the U.S.

  • Contends the BLM rule is arbitrary and capricious, lacking justification, evidence of problems, and proper cost-benefit analysis.

  • Declares the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as the appropriate authority to regulate all oil and gas exploration and production activities in Oklahoma.

Legislative Description

Concurrent Resolution; urging US Dept. of Interior to withdraw certain rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and Tribal lands.

Government

Last Action

Reported Do Pass Energy committee; CR filed

5/22/2013

Committee Referrals

Energy5/22/2013

Full Bill Text

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