Heitkamp Statement on Wyoming District Court Blocking New Fracking Rules

Statement

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court of Wyoming issued an injunction blocking the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) newly proposed rules on fracking.

"North Dakota is rich with energy resources, as our state continues to develop new and innovative ways of producing oil and gas for the rest of the nation, our folks on the ground have done an incredible job making sure the appropriate measures are being taken to protect the lands we value and the communities we live in," said Heitkamp. "When the Department of the Interior released its fracking rule last spring I called for the agency to allow states like North Dakota, whose statewide regulations already respect local geological and environmental concerns, to opt out as blanket federal rules don't always govern best, and can create expensive and time-consuming redundancies. As states like Wyoming work to block the implementation of these fracking rules, I'll continue to push for workable solutions that give North Dakota the freedom it needs to continue successfully extracting energy safely for years to come."

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