...Halliburtons complaints had gotten an earlier bill pulled from consideration because it had more constraints on industry. A lobbyist for Halliburton and Koch Industries, D. Bowen Bo Heath, managed to get the bill removed in favor of model legislation drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The North Carolina Conservation Network opposes SB 786 for a number of reasons—for what it excludes as much as what is in it. Missing from the bill, the network says: regulation of compulsory pooling, under which companies can drill on land without the owners permission; disposal of fracking wastewater; contamination discovered after drilling is completed; and toxic air emissions from fracking. The bill would also cut in half the zone of liability for drillers who contaminate drinking water and would forbid local jurisdictions from banning fracking or regulating the siting of fracking wells. dailykos/story/2014/05/19/1300472/-NC-Republicans-push-industry-desires-in-bill-that-would-jail-anyone-who-discloses-fracking-chemicals?detail=action
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