Advocates Say EPA FracFocus Analysis Shows Need For Federal Database

March 27, 2015
Environmentalists are saying that EPA's analysis of data it took from the state-run FracFocus database for disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid underscores the need for a federal mandatory disclosure database, because the agency found gaps in the data where industry claimed it was confidential business information (CBI). While the analysis released March 27 “does provide a valuable snapshot” into what drillers were using in fracking fluid in wells before March 1, 2013, the cutoff date the agency...


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