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Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The chemicals intended for use in underground injections must be disclosed before the hydraulic fracturing operations commence. The chemicals actually used must also be disclosed at the end of the operations. The disclosure must be made to state underground injection programs or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if the EPA has primary enforcement responsibility in the state. The state or the EPA must make the disclosure available to the public. When a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in the operations is necessary for medical treatment, hydraulic fracturing operations must disclose the formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the EPA, or the treating physician or nurse upon request, regardless of whether a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement has been provided. Hydraulic fracturing operations may require a written statement of need and a confidentiality agreement as soon thereafter as circumstances permit.

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Diana DeGette (D)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Sander Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Nita Lowey (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Jared Polis (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  José Serrano (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Niki Tsongas (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Peter Welch (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (on 04/07/2017)

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