Under review ... there are calls to stop the issue of licenses for coal seam gas production until a more "comprehensive framework" is developed. Photo: Jacky Ghossein
THE NSW government should cease issuing production licences for coal seam gas production until a ''comprehensive framework'' for regulating the industry is developed, a parliamentary inquiry is set to recommend.
The inquiry's report, due to be released today, is also understood to recommend a moratorium on the controversial extraction method of fracking be continued until the national regulator finishes testing the chemicals involved.
The Herald has learnt it also advises the five-year ''royalty holiday'' granted to coal seam gas miners be scrapped and a strict limit be placed on ''fugitive emissions'' from gas mining sites.
SMH
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