Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its plan to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement:

“I applaud Secretary Zinke and his team for their work in returning the Department, it’s sub-agencies and bureaus to their core statutory functions. Taking this job-killing federal regulatory overreach off the books is an important step in this process.”

Background:

On June 21, 2016, a federal judge struck down the rule stating that DOI did not have the authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing.