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May 4 -

House Natural Resources National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following response to the Department of Interior’s release of new regulations pertaining to hydraulic fracking on public lands:

“The Administration’s efforts to snuff out many forms of domestically produced energy have been thinly veiled at best.  The EPA Administrator who was captured on tape saying that the goal was to “crucify” oil and gas companies perfectly illustrates the Administration’s position on domestic energy production.  In just the last month we have seen new regulations placed on the production of clean coal and natural gas.  Both of which provide a supply of clean, affordable energy for this country.  Ironically, the President recently touted a rise in production of energy resources, and subsequently lower energy costs, which can largely be attributed to our ability to access and produce natural gas through hydraulic fracking.  Not only that, but industry experts note that increases in production are occurring on state and private lands, not public lands, where production is virtually idle thanks to countless stifling anti-energy regulations and mandates.  The new regulations released today will discourage future production of the abundant energy resources located on our public lands.  I suppose the current Administration and their special interest group allies would consider that a ‘win’.  However, like many Americans, I do not.  We can be responsible stewards of our natural resources while also encouraging and supporting clean safe energy production on our public lands.  The two are not mutually exclusive,” said Bishop.

The proposed new regulations are available here.