EPA is pressing states to implement the provisions in its just-released guide for permitting hydraulic fracturing operations that use diesel fuels, urging them to permit operations that use the fuels or face challenges to their delegated authority to permit a host of underground injection activities in the oil and gas sector, including enhanced oil recovery and wastewater disposal. The agency's push to enforce the guidance's provisions is likely to stir opposition from state officials, who have long been concerned that they lack the resources to permit the operations, and industry officials who say that the permits EPA is requiring are inappropriate for fracking operations.
展开▼
