2013 House Bill 4902

Impose “fracking” pollution presumption

Introduced in the House

July 18, 2013

Introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-6)

To establish a rebuttable presumption of legal liability, that any groundwater contamination “in the vicinity” of an oil or gas well using the hydraulic fracturing extraction process was caused by the chemicals used in that process.

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology