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| Establishes a moratorium on horizontal stimulation of | 1 |
| oil and gas wells until the United States | 2 |
| Environmental Protection Agency publishes a report | 3 |
| containing the results of a study of the | 4 |
| relationship of hydraulic fracturing to drinking | 5 |
| water resources and the Chief of the Division of | 6 |
| Oil and Gas Resources Management issues a report | 7 |
| analyzing how Ohio's rules address issues raised | 8 |
| in the USEPA report. | 9 |
| Section 1. (A) As used in this section, "well" and | 10 |
| "stimulation of a well" have the same meanings as in section | 11 |
| 1509.01 of the Revised Code. | 12 |
| (B) Beginning on the effective date of this act, horizontal | 13 |
| stimulation of a well shall not occur in this state until both of | 14 |
| the following have occurred: | 15 |
| (1) The United States Environmental Protection Agency | 16 |
| publishes a report that contains a study of the relationship of | 17 |
| hydraulic fracturing to drinking water resources. | 18 |
| (2) The Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources | 19 |
| Management has prepared and delivered a report to each member of | 20 |
| the General Assembly that analyzes how rules adopted by the Chief | 21 |
| under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code address the issues | 22 |
| analyzed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in | 23 |
| the report referenced in division (B)(1) of this section. | 24 |