ND Regulator Concerned Over U.S. EPA Action
The Director of North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources appears concerned over U.S. EPA's efforts to regulate hydraulic fracturing, according to this article in the Bismarck Tribune. The consequence of federal instead of state regulation: "Thousands of workers unemployed overnight, housing starts abandoned, businesses shuttered and bustling oil towns from Williston to Belfield emptying out instead of filling up are all part of a future few would prefer — even if they despair of the changes to land and lifestyle wrought by the upswing of oil."
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