On Friday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved the Coast Guard’s advance notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Carriage of Conditionally Permitted Shale Gas
Extraction Waste Water in Bulk. This rulemaking was not included in the Fall
2015 Unified Agenda so it is difficult to say exactly will be included.
Shale gas extraction techniques use large amounts of water
and produced water (water returned to the surface) is contaminated with crude
oil residues. While limited treatment of water on site is done to re-use the
water, it ultimately needs to be completely treated at an industrial waste
treatment facility before it can be returned to the environment. Barge shipment
is sometimes an option for getting the waste water to treatment facilities.
I would expect to see this rulemaking in the Federal
Register later this week.
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