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OK SCR31
Concurrent Resolution
Status
5/14/2013
Primary Sponsor
John Trebilcock
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AI Summary
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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.
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Argues that states, not federal government, should have primary authority over oil and gas production regulations, including hydraulic fracturing, within their borders.
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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.
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Contends the BLM rule is arbitrary and capricious, lacking justification, evidence of problems, and proper cost-benefit analysis.
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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