US Congress Senate Bill 587 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-04-12 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held with the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act or the FRAC Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and gas production activities under such Act. Requires: (1) state underground injection programs to direct a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations to disclose to the state (or the Administrator if the Administrator has primary enforcement responsibility in such state) the chemicals intended for use in underground injections before the commencement of such operations and the chemicals actually used after the end of such operations; and (2) a state or the Administrator to make such disclosure available to the public. Requires the applicable person using hydraulic fracturing, when a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in such hydraulic fracturing is necessary for medical treatment, to disclose such formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the Administrator, or the treating physician or nurse upon request, regardless of the existence of a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement. Authorizes such person to require the execution of such statement and agreement as soon as practicable.

FRAC Act

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-12	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held with the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife.
2011-03-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB1084 (Related) 2011-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/587/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s587/BILLS-112s587is.pdf