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
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Val Rausch
Speaker of the House
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Karen Gerdes
Chief Clerk of the House
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Matt Michels
President of the Senate
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Fee Jacobsen
Secretary of the Senate
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