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DPOUJOVF UISPVHIPVU UIF MFHJTMBUJWF QSPDFTT *U JT FYQFDUFE UIBU UIF MFHJTMBUJWF process will take around two years, although the European Commission IBT BO JODFOUJWF UP HFU UIF QSPQPTBM passed before the end of the current terms of the European Commission and &VSPQFBO 1BSMJBNFOU On the other hand, the proposal is certain to face robust political PQQPTJUJPO 4PNF NFNCFS TUBUFT NJHIU CF SFMVDUBOU UP HJWF VQ UIFJS own national laws, especially if they BSF DPOTJEFSFE UP QSPWJEF B IJHIFS MFWFM PG QSPUFDUJPO UIBO UIF QSPQPTFE rules (for instance, in the case of Germany), or if they are considered to be less burdensome for businesses GPS JOTUBODF JO UIF DBTF PG UIF 6, 5IF ESBGU QSPQPTBM NBZ FWFO CF challenged in court; in Germany for FYBNQMF UIF MFHBMJUZ PG UIF QSPQPTBM has been questioned in light of German DPOTUJUVUJPOBM MBX The current proposal foresees a USBOTJUJPO QFSJPE PG UXP ZFBST *U JT UIFSFGPSF FYQFDUFE UP UBLF VQ UP GPVS years in total before the law enters into full force and it is quite likely that substantial changes will be made to UIF UFYU EVSJOH UIF MFHJTMBUJWF QSPDFTT Monika Kuschewsky is a partner and head of the European data protection practice at Van Bael & Bellis. She is the editor of Data Protection 2012, published by Thompson Reuters European Lawyer Reference Books. Euro. Law. 2012, 112, 12-14 Š 2012 FutureLex
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Introduction 3FDFOU UFDIOPMPHJDBM BEWBODFT IBWF VOMPDLFE WBTU TPVSDFT PG OBUVSBM gas trapped in shale formations EFFQ VOEFSHSPVOE 5IF BCJMJUZ UP FDPOPNJDBMMZ QSPEVDF UIFTF SFTFSWPJST has turned the United States into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saudi Arabia of natural gasâ&#x20AC;?, changing the energy outlook for the nation and offering the potential for signiďŹ cant impacts on Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy security and climate change JOJUJBUJWFT 5IF LFZ UP VOMPDLJOH FYJTUJOH TIBMF HBT BOE PUIFS VODPOWFOUJPOBM HBT SFTFSWFT in the United States is hydraulic fracturing, a technology that has CFFO VTFE PWFS UIF QBTU ZFBST UP enhance production from oil and gas XFMMT JO B XJEF WBSJFUZ PG GPSNBUJPOT and that is increasingly critical to PJM BOE HBT QSPEVDUJPO )ZESBVMJD GSBDUVSJOH JOWPMWFT QVNQJOH ČŻVJET down a well bore at high pressures JOUP B UBSHFUFE TVCTVSGBDF GPSNBUJPO These pressures are designed to create cracks or ďŹ ssures in the rock formation
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gas trapped in shale formations BDDFTTJCMF *O UIF 1PUFOUJBM Gas Committee reported a 35 per cent increase in estimated domestic SFTFSWFT PG OBUVSBM HBT QSJNBSJMZ EVF UP UIF JODSFBTFE WJBCJMJUZ BOE production capabilities in shale plays BSPVOE UIF DPVOUSZ 4JNJMBSMZ UIF 64 Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released its Annual &OFSHZ 0VUMPPL XIJDI JODMVEFT BO FTUJNBUF PG UFDIOJDBMMZ SFDPWFSBCMF domestic shale gas resources that is USJMMJPO DVCJD GFFU HSFBUFS UIBO the estimate issued by EIA only a year FBSMJFS 5IFTF BCVOEBOU TVQQMJFT PG natural gas can only be accessed and FGGFDUJWFMZ QSPEVDFE XJUI IZESBVMJD GSBDUVSJOH The basic fracturing technology being used today in the shale plays remains UIF TBNF BT UIBU XIJDI UIF PJM BOE HBT QSPEVDJOH TUBUFT IBWF CFFO SFHVMBUJOH GPS PWFS ZFBST 4UBUF regulatory programs typically include QSPWJTJPOT TFUUJOH XFMM DPOTUSVDUJPO standards that are designed to protect surface and subsurface water SFTPVSDFT GSPN DPOUBNJOBUJPO 5IFTF well construction requirements include well casing and cementing standards that ensure isolation of the well bore from nearby shallow formations that NBZ DPOUBJO ESJOLJOH XBUFS BRVJGFST State permitting requirements also QSPWJEF TUBUF SFHVMBUPST BO PQQPSUVOJUZ UP SFWJFX QSPQPTFE ESJMMJOH QMBOT BOE ensure that water sources will be protected during hydraulic fracturing BDUJWJUJFT 5IFTF TUBUF QSPHSBNT IBWF CFFO IJHIMZ FGGFDUJWF JO QSFWFOUJOH contamination and protecting drinking water sources, particularly in light PG UIF GBDU UIBU UIFSF IBWF CFFO OP DPOČŽSNFE JOTUBODFT PG BEWFSTF JNQBDUT on drinking water supplies associated XJUI IZESBVMJD GSBDUVSJOH PQFSBUJPOT
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SFRVJSF TFSWJDF DPNQBOJFT UP QVCMJDMZ disclose the chemical constituents of all fracturing ďŹ&#x201A;uids, a requirement that HPFT CFZPOE BOZ FYJTUJOH DIFNJDBM disclosure requirement under any other BQQMJDBCMF GFEFSBM QSPHSBNNFT *O BEEJUJPO UIF 64 &OWJSPONFOUBM Protection Agency (EPA) has taken a number of steps to increase its PWFSTJHIU BOE SFHVMBUJPO PG IZESBVMJD GSBDUVSJOH 'PS FYBNQMF TPNFUJNF in the spring or early summer of &1" QPTUFE TUBUFNFOUT PO JUT website indicating that the Agency would now be attempting to regulate hydraulic fracturing using diesel or
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poses little or no threat to underground TPVSDFT PG ESJOLJOH XBUFS 0UIFS studies commissioned by or conducted CZ TUBUF HPWFSONFOUT TVDI BT UIF /:4%&$ BOE PUIFST IBWF TJNJMBSMZ DPODMVEFE UIBU UIFSF JT OP FWJEFODF that hydraulic fracturing operations IBWF DPOUBNJOBUFE PS DPVME QMBVTJCMZ DPOUBNJOBUF ESJOLJOH XBUFS TVQQMJFT 5IFTF DPODMVTJPOT BSF MPHJDBM HJWFO UIF OBUVSF PG IZESBVMJD GSBDUVSJOH BDUJWJUJFT BOE UIF WBSJPVT HFPMPHJDBM BOE UFDIOJDBM GBDUPST UIBU QSFWFOU BOZ TJHOJČŽDBOU migration of fracturing ďŹ&#x201A;uids upward from targeted production formations and into shallow drinking water wells UIPVTBOET PG GFFU BCPWF *O BEEJUJPO industry well construction practices and zonal isolation techniques such as casing and cementing help ensure that ďŹ&#x201A;uids in the well bore will not come into contact with groundwater at shallow EFQUIT UIBU NBZ TFSWF BT B TPVSDF PG ESJOLJOH XBUFS
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Despite an established lack of risk, EPA is undertaking a new study of hydraulic fracturing at the direction of $POHSFTT 5IF "HFODZČ&#x17D;T 4UVEZ 1MBO MBZT out a broad approach to EPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s study of hydraulic fracturing and its potential JNQBDUT PO ESJOLJOH XBUFS TPVSDFT The initial results of EPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s study are FYQFDUFE CZ UIF FOE PG XJUI B ČŽOBM SFQPSU EVF JO Conclusion With the shale gas boom continuing to gather steam, hydraulic fracturing is FYQFDUFE UP CF UIF TVCKFDU PG POHPJOH TDSVUJOZ )ZESBVMJD GSBDUVSJOH XJMM MJLFMZ SFNBJO B GPDVT GPS FOWJSPONFOUBM and citizen groups concerned BCPVU UIF QPUFOUJBM FOWJSPONFOUBM impacts associated with shale gas EFWFMPQNFOU 8IJMF UIF QSPTQFDUT GPS GFEFSBM MFHJTMBUJWF BDUJWJUZ JO UIF OFBS future are slight, EPA will proceed with its study of hydraulic fracturing BOE NBZ DPOUJOVF UP FYQMPSF JUT SFHVMBUPSZ BVUIPSJUZ PWFS IZESBVMJD
GSBDUVSJOH PQFSBUJPOT 4UBUF SFHVMBUPST and legislators will likely continue to undertake efforts to impose increased regulatory requirements on hydraulic fracturing operations regardless of whether those additional requirements BDUVBMMZ TFSWF UP NJUJHBUF BOZ SFBM SJTL 6MUJNBUFMZ XIFSF XF FOE VQ PO both the federal and state regulatory GSPOU XJMM JNQBDU UIF FYUFOU UP XIJDI the nation can economically access BOE QSPEVDF UIF WBTU OBUVSBM HBT supplies that could signiďŹ cantly affect the United Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy security and lower greenhouse gas emissions HFOFSBUFE CZ "NFSJDBČ&#x17D;T FOFSHZ VTF *OUFSOBUJPOBM &OFSHZ -BX 3FWJFX i 4XFFU .BYXFMM BOE JUT Contributors
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