SB 1054: Tell your neighbor if you're fracking

Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is a mining process by which a mixture of water and chemicals are injected under great pressure into the earth. Fracking is a dangerous method of drilling for oil and gas that is responsible for contaminating water across the country. Though your neighbors must alert you if they plan to add a bathroom to their house, they can frack without telling you! SB 1054 (Pavley) would simply have required public notice to surrounding property owners and occupants if an oil or gas well is to be drilled or fracked. The owner or operator of the well would have been responsible for this notice.