Democratic Representatives Diana DeGette of Colorado and Maurice Hinchey of New York plan to offer a bill that would repeal a measure in the 2005 energy bill that excluded hydraulic fracturing methods from regulation unde the Safe Drinking Water Act .
Opening the door to Environmental Protection Agency supervision of the practice, energy groups are concerned the law will lead to cumbersome federal standards requiring more permitting, additional testing and higher water quality for fracking fluid.
Denise Skinner