Don't Even Get Me Started -- Federal Fracking Regulations

Link here to Oil & Gas Journal.

Project permits from federal agencies other than the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are taking interstate pipelines longer to obtain since passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, .....

The finding contradicts one of EPACT’s main purposes, which was to streamline and expedite permits for such projects, ....

Federal authorizations granted 180 days or longer after FERC issued an EIS or EA rose from 3.42% before EPACT became law to 19.51% after, the study said. It also found that the only EPACT provision that provides an applicant with recourse in the face of agency delay—a petition to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit—has rarely been used, allowing agencies to miss the required federal authorization deadline without consequence.

 And that, folks, is why I am firmly against federal help with fracking permits.