Pam Althoff Sums Up Legislative Session – Part 3

Pam Althoff

Pam Althoff

A press release from State Senator Pam Althoff:

End of Session Review

”Fracking”

Lawmakers also approved model legislation covering hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”). The technology holds out the promise of new jobs and greater energy independence. Extensive negotiations between environmental groups and industry representatives ultimately yielded SB 1715, which defines how Illinois will regulate and monitor the practice.

Hydraulic fracturing is the process of injecting pressurized water and materials underground to crack rock layers and free up natural gas or oil that can then escape to the surface where it is recovered.

It has been estimated that hydraulic fracturing could create as many as 40,000 jobs in Illinois, many in southern Illinois and other job-starved areas of the state.


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