Inhofe Statement on EPA's Final Hydraulic Fracturing Water Study

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final report on the impacts from hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. This report is the conclusion of a 2009 request from Congress for the EPA to conduct a national study on the relationship between the specific act of hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.

"EPA's study on hydraulic fracturing only reinforces what science continues to support -- that fracking does not cause harm to our drinking water resources," Inhofe said. "The agency's efforts focusing on "data gaps' are misplaced, EPA has spent nearly $30 million in taxpayer money over the course of five years evaluating the abundant scientific evidence leading up to this final study. While EPA sought to tinker with the topline finding of its draft report, the scant changes made to this final report were not based on any new data. This is a clear political move to appease disgruntled environmentalists with the "Keep it in the Ground Movement" as the Obama administration comes to an end."

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