3.0.0 3062 2022-10-28T01:45:53Z 2022-10-28T01:45:53Z Senate S 2019-12-17 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-17T16:05:05Z 2019-12-17 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-12-19 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-12-19 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-12-19 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-01-13 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-07-23 False Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Emergency medical services and trauma care Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Government information and archives Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Oil and gas State and local government operations Water quality Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2019-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-26T23:11:09Z Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act or the FRAC Act

This bill revises requirements governing hydraulic fracturing operations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation.

The bill repeals the exemption for such operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under the act.

The bill allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prescribe regulations that authorize a state to seek primary enforcement responsibility for hydraulic fracturing operations for oil and natural gas without seeking to assume primary enforcement responsibility for other types of underground injection control wells.

The bill requires public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The chemicals intended for use in underground injections must be disclosed before the operations commence. The chemicals actually used must be disclosed the end of the operations.

In the event that the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in such hydraulic fracturing is necessary for medical diagnosis, treatment, or emergency response, hydraulic fracturing operations must disclose the formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the EPA, a first responder, or a health care practitioner upon request, regardless of the existence of a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement.

]]> FRAC Act of 2019 Display Title FRAC Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced FRAC Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3062is/xml/BILLS-116s3062is.xml 2019-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.