Sentences with phrase «exempted from the clean water»

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A bill now under consideration on Capitol Hill would grant the EPA oversight of fracking and force drilling companies, which are currently exempt from portions of the Clean Water Act, to disclose the chemicals they use in fracturing fluids.

Fracking pioneer Halliburton notably influenced policy during the early 2000s (Vice President Cheney, of course, having been Halliburton's CEO), to the extent that the make - up of fracking chemicals pumped into the ground is protected as proprietary and largely exempt from regulation under the Clean Water Act.

The fracking industry is exempt from the Clean Air and Water Act, a loophole that complicates meaningful regulation.

Regulation of the industry has been less than reliable, basic environmental protections like the Clean Air and Safe Drinking Water Acts haven't helped much because the oil and gas industry is exempt from these laws, and operators have been allowed by most states to keep secret the chemicals they inject into the ground as proprietary information.