Colorado House and Senate Republicans today sent a letter to the EPA reasserting the state's role and responsibility for oversight of the oil and gas industry in the State of Colorado. The EPA is collecting comments concerning its study of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a practice used in natural gas extraction.
"The EPA shouldn't stick its nose into the regulation of fracking or other oil and gas industry practices in states," said Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley. "Once the EPA completes its study, states should maintain jurisdiction over oil and gas operations."
"Oil and gas employers have already been barraged by new regulations in Colorado, making it harder for them to do business in the state, particularly during these tough economic times,” Renfroe added. "The last thing we need are further industry-crushing regulations out of Washington, D.C., that will cause even more lost jobs in Colorado."
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