HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1005
        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Urging Congress to clearly delegate responsibility for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing to the states.
    WHEREAS, hydraulic fracturing, a mechanical method of increasing the permeability of rock, thus increasing the amount of oil or gas produced from the rock, has greatly enhanced oil and gas production in North Dakota; and
    WHEREAS, oil and gas production increases have led to growth in employment and economic development as well as promotion of energy independence for the United States; and
    WHEREAS, the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has proven more than capable of regulating oil and gas recovery processes and ensuring the safety of workers while protecting the environment; and
    WHEREAS, the state is best situated to closely monitor oil and gas drilling and fracturing operations to ensure they are conducted in an environmentally sound manner:
    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-seventh Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the South Dakota Legislature urges the Congress of the United States to clearly delegate responsibility for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing to the states.

Adopted by the House of Representatives,

February 2, 2012

Concurred in by the Senate,
February 7, 2012


 
 


Val Rausch
Speaker of the House  


Karen Gerdes
Chief Clerk of the House  

 

 


Matt Michels
President of the Senate  


Fee Jacobsen
Secretary of the Senate