EPA is seeking more time from industry groups to revise its policy for permitting hydraulic fracturing operations that use diesel fuel in their fluid under its underground injection control (UIC) program, sources say. The agency missed a March 15 deadline to soften its informal policy recommending that drillers using diesel fuel in their fracking fluid seek strict Class II underground injection control (UIC) permits, changes that are required by a recent settlement with industry groups that feared the policy could subject companies that used the fuel to retroactive enforcement.
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