State Regulations With the lack of current federal regulations, the regulatory authority lies with each individual state. This causes a lack of uniformity, where each state has different regulations and requirements, making it confusing for people to Many of the regulations on tell what’s what. fracking are dependent on the political environment of the state, where currently 33 have deposits of natural gas (Davis 189). Since fracking is an economically beneficial industry in the United States, states could compete with one another to develop the best regulations that makes it the easiest for gas companies to come in and set up fracking wells (Rabe 322). As states have the ultimate authority to regulate, they can give regulatory powers to local governments. In some cases, this traditional handing down of power is cut off. Oklahoma recently just moved to ban fracking bans in local governments (Arias). While states can go to this extreme, it has been observed that there are two types of states when it comes to hydraulic fracturing. States either pass new emergency regulations, or instill a moratorium on fracking while the state conducts an environmental study (Negro 3). West Virginia is one of those states that passed emergency laws that ranged from casing standards to the disposition of wastewater. These regulations have received praise from the EPA, as they were all geared toward groundwater protection (Negro 3-4). New York, along with others, decided to install moratoriums on fracking while an environmental study was conducted and laws are more carefully constructed (Negro 3). By reviewing the regulations of Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and New York it will be easy to see the differences that occur. Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania were chosen based on
State Regulations With the lack of current federal regulations, the regulatory authority lies with each individual state. This causes a lack of uniformity, where each state has different regulations and requirements, making it confusing for people to tell what’s what. Many of the regulations on fracking are dependent on the political environment of the state, where currently 33 have deposits of natural gas (Davis 189). Since fracking is an economically beneficial industry in the United States, states could compete with one another to develop the best regulations that makes it the easiest for gas companies to come in and set up fracking wells (Rabe 322). As states have the ultimate authority to regulate, they can give regulatory powers to local governments. In some cases, this traditional handing down of power is cut off. Oklahoma recently just moved to ban fracking bans in local governments (Arias). While states can go to this extreme, it has been observed that there are two types of states when it comes to hydraulic fracturing. States either pass new emergency regulations, or instill a moratorium on fracking while the state conducts an environmental study (Negro 3). West Virginia is one of those states that passed emergency laws that ranged from casing standards to the disposition of wastewater. These regulations have received praise from the EPA, as they were all geared toward groundwater protection (Negro 3-4). New York, along with others, decided to install moratoriums on fracking while an environmental study was conducted and laws are more carefully constructed (Negro 3). By reviewing the regulations of Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and New York it will be easy to see the differences that occur. Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania were chosen based on
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