Saturday, December 3

Fraccing moratorium extended to April

THE NSW government has announced the extension of its moratorium on fraccing until April 2012 pending the completion of an independent review process.

The moratorium, previously scheduled to end on 31 December 2011, will allow for the review and strengthening of existing standards for fraccing in NSW, as well as the development of technical guidelines.

The fraccing standards are to be reviewed by industry experts and will also be peer reviewed by the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Professor Mary O’Kane, prior to implementation.

“The NSW Government recognises significant recent community concern over the potential for pollution of aquifers by the coal seam gas industry as part of the fraccing process,” Mr Hartcher said.


The Land

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