Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued this statement following a decision by the U.S. District Court of Wyoming to grant a stay of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule. As a result of the decision, compliance with BLM's rule, which was originally intended to go into effect on June 24th, has been delayed until early August.

“This is a rule based on fear not facts that favors Washington bureaucracy over progress and science. The DOE and the EPA have both found fracturing safe yet the propagandist scare tactics go on. The ballooning lawsuits are an obvious sign of flawed policy. Back to the drawing board for BLM would be an understatement. The regulation is fundamentally wrong and should be ended entirely.  The U.S. District Court of Wyoming’s decision to grant this stay is a positive step in that direction.”