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- Title
- Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Regulations
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Fraser-Hidalgo, S. Robinson, Anderson, Angel, Atterbeary, Barkley, B. Barnes, Beidle, Carr, Cullison, Ebersole, Frush, Gutierrez, Healey, Hettleman, Hill, Hixson, Holmes, C. Howard, Kelly, Lam, Lierman, Luedtke, A. Miller, Moon, Morales, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Platt, Reznik, B. Robinson, Smith, Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, A. Washington, M. Washington, C. Wilson, and K. Young
- Status
- Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 481
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2016, to adopt regulations to provide for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State; prohibiting specified regulations adopted by the Department from becoming effective until October 1, 2017; prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit to authorize the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State until October 1, 2017; etc.
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