DeGette Statement on Energy Department’s Fracking Fluid Report

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following comment after the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board issued a new report advising the full disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing:

“I am pleased to see the Energy Department’s Advisory Board had adopted the same approach I have been calling for under the FRAC Act. Companies can publicly disclose the list of the chemicals they use without revealing secrets about the exact formula. If this type of public disclosure is planned for drilling on federal lands run by the Bureau of Land Management, we should give the public that same information for every drilling well, and Congress can make that happen by passing the FRAC Act.”

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