CAPP announces new fracking guidelines to boost environmental performance

CAPP announces new fracking guidelines to boost environmental performance by The Canadian Press, January 30, 2012
CAPP’s operating practices include:
— Publicly disclosing chemical ingredients used in fracking fluid.
— Better identifying and managing the risks….
— Developing domestic water-well sampling programs and participating in regional groundwater monitoring programs.
— Designing and installing wellbores in a manner that maintains integrity before fracking begins.
— Ensuring water withdrawal limits are not exceeded, monitoring water sources and collecting and reporting water use data.
— Identifying, evaluating and mitigating potential risks of transporting, handing, storing and disposing of fluids used in fracking.
The operating practices follow a set of “guiding principles” CAPP released in September, and are meant to “inform and complement” regulatory requirements. [Emphasis added]