HB 1325 - Prohibits Fracking - Maryland Key Vote

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Title: Prohibits Fracking

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of oil or natural gas, effective October 1, 2017.

Highlights:

  • Prohibits engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of oil or natural gas (Sec. 1).
  • Defines hydraulic fracturing as stimulation treatment performed on oil and natural gas wells by high pressure pumping of specially engineered fluid at a high pressure and rate into reservoir interval, causing fractures to open (Sec. 1). 

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