📜 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Hydraulic Fracturing) Regulations 2017
Regulations8 Dec 2017 p. 5848-98 December 2017
Principal Act
These regulations prohibit hydraulic fracturing in certain areas of Western Australia, including the metropolitan, Peel, and South West regions, Dampier Peninsula, national parks, public drinking water source areas, and iconic natural heritage places. A moratorium is placed on hydraulic fracturing in other areas.
Petroleum operators are restricted from carrying out hydraulic fracturing in specified areas, impacting their operational activities and potentially limiting resource extraction. The regulations aim to protect environmentally sensitive areas and public water sources.
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