❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Water regarding hydraulic fracturing licenses in public drinking water reserves and the government's plans for veto power in new legislation. The Minister confirms no such licenses have been granted and no veto power is planned.
AnsweredQoN 1202Legislative Council
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DEPARTMENT
OF WATER — HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
1202. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister
representing the Minister for Water:
I refer to the Water Corporation's
fact sheet, hydraulic fracturing, south west information sheet, November 2013,
which states —
Any projects that require the taking
or abstraction of water resources for use in drilling or hydraulic fracturing
operations are subject to licensing by the Department of Water.
(1) How many of
these licences has the Department of Water granted in Western Australia for the
purpose of extracting unconventional gas where those operations are occurring
in a known public drinking water reserve?
(2) What conditions have been
imposed on these licenses to protect drinking water?
(3) Is the
government planning to include in the new water resources management
legislation the power for the Department of Water to veto plans to undertake
hydraulic fracking in public drinking water reserves?
OF WATER — HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
1202. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister
representing the Minister for Water:
I refer to the Water Corporation's
fact sheet, hydraulic fracturing, south west information sheet, November 2013,
which states —
Any projects that require the taking
or abstraction of water resources for use in drilling or hydraulic fracturing
operations are subject to licensing by the Department of Water.
(1) How many of
these licences has the Department of Water granted in Western Australia for the
purpose of extracting unconventional gas where those operations are occurring
in a known public drinking water reserve?
(2) What conditions have been
imposed on these licenses to protect drinking water?
(3) Is the
government planning to include in the new water resources management
legislation the power for the Department of Water to veto plans to undertake
hydraulic fracking in public drinking water reserves?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) None.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) No.
some notice of the question.
(1) None.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) No.
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