[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 837 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 837

 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to clarify the definition of the 
                    term ``underground injection''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2005

  Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to clarify the definition of the 
                    term ``underground injection''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.

    Section 1421(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(d)) 
is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Definition of underground injection.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `underground injection' 
                means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well 
                injection.
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--The term `underground injection' 
                does not include--
                            ``(i) the underground injection of natural 
                        gas for purposes of storage; or
                            ``(ii) the underground injection of fluids 
                        or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic 
                        fracturing operations relating to oil or gas 
                        production activities.''.
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