Nevada - Oil & Gas/Mining

摘要

Fracking Regulations Became Effective October 2014 The Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources has adopted regulations for hydraulic fracturing. See Adopted Regulation R011-14, 2014 Nev. Reg. Text 349466 (NS) (effective Oct. 24, 2014). The regulations address allowable chemicals, casing and cementing of wells, equipment specifications, and the capture and discharge of liquids. The regulations require an operator to take initial baseline samples and subsequent monitoring samples from each available water source within a one-mile radius of the proposed wellbore or surface projection of any lateral component of the wellbore that is proposed for fracking. Id. §§ 6, 9.