I am here today to address the proposition that two provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005--that being section 327 concerning hydraulic fracturing, and section 328 regarding stormwater--have resulted in harm to drinking water resources in the United States. The evidence would strongly suggest otherwise. These two provisions simply removed unnecessary administrative burdens on the production of oil and natural gas in the United States.
David E. Bolin, deputy director of the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama, representing the Board, the State of Alabama, and other member States of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, an organization formerly headed by Governor Sarah Palin, regarding Safe Water Drinking Act pertinence to hydraulic fracturing. From the Testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearing on Oil and Gas Exemptions in Federal Environmental Protections .
