Ontario will review fracking rules, Rules for fracking—a controversial technique used to extract oil and gas—will be reviewed by the Ontario governmen

Ontario will review fracking rules, Rules for fracking—a controversial technique used to extract oil and gas—will be reviewed by the Ontario government by John Spears, January 30, 2013, The Toronto Star
In a letter to an environmental group that asked for the probe, the province’s ministries of natural resources and the environment have agreed that “the public interest warrants a review.” … But drilling chemicals and contaminated water also flow back to the surface and must be disposed of. The practice has generated widespread complaints that it contaminates springs and wells used for drinking water. Fracking isn’t yet being done in Ontario. But Ecojustice combed through rules governing drilling and water management in the province, and pointed out what it considers to be gaps in current laws, should resource companies want to start fracking. “The existing regulatory regime is ill equipped to manage the potential effects from fracking,” the group said in its original application. Ecojustice found that fluids associated with fracking are exempted from some conditions of the province’s waste regulations. The group wants the exemptions eliminated, and wants the fluids to be treated under rules governing industrial waste or hazardous waste. …There’s potential for resource companies to look for promising formations in Ontario, Ecojustice says. [Emphasis added]