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Regulating Oil & Gas Activities to Protect Drinking Water
When the U.S. Congress first passed the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1974, it authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a program to protect vital under- ground drinking water resources from risks of industrial activities in which fluid is injected
into the ground. However, Congress also included language mandating that EPA not “interfere with or impede” oil and gas production unless it is “absolutely essential” in order to protect underground sources of drinking water.
The regulatory and legislative history of the SDWA Underground Injection Control Program (UIC) demonstrates the impact of this language on the UIC program’s evolution.
UIC - Clean Water report 1.6.15.pdf
Oklahoma Drinking Water at Risk from Oil and Gas Injection Wells
Oklahoma UIC - Clean Water Action - spring 2017.pdf
Fracking Threatens Drinking Water
NGO Letter to EPA, reL Methane Standards
Clean Water Action Statement: U.S. EPA Public Teleconference SAB Panel Review
Clean Water Action Applauds Senate Step to Reinstate Methane Pollution Limits
Clean Water Action on HR 1166 -- USEIT Act
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Re: Comments on Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management Under the Clean Water Act, No. EPA‐821‐R19‐001
Clean Water Action statement: The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act should eliminate oil production subsidies, not increase them
Oil Companies on the Section 45Q Tax Credit: Take the Money and Run
An Inappropriate Nomination: The Senate Should Reject Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Comments on proposed regulations Credit for Carbon Oxide Sequestration