Pub. L. 109-58, tit. III, subtit. C, sec. 322

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.

EnactedYear: 2005Length: 79 wordsOfficial source

SEC. 322. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. Paragraph (1) of section 1421(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(d)) is amended to read as follows: “(1) Underground injection.—The term ‘underground injection’—“(A) means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection; and “(B) excludes—“(i) the underground injection of natural gas for purposes of storage; and “(ii) the underground injection of fluids or propping agents (other than diesel fuels) pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities.”.