NRDC seeks to strengthen state oil and gas rules for TENORM

July 23, 2021
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is calling for Congress to close gaps in federal law to allow EPA to address radioactive-containing waste from oil and gas drilling while also urging states to step up their regulation of the wastes, noting many states have not adopted such rules even as exploration and production have boomed. In a new report titled “A Hot Fracking Mess: How Weak Regulation of Oil and Gas Production Leads to Radioactive Waste in Our Water, Air,...


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