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Traikov explained that it was not possible to drill for shale gas with the permits already issued. He added that companies were required to submit a working program setting out the method of extraction, which had to pass various environmental impact assessments before it could be approved conclusively. On Wednesday, Parliament is scheduled to vote a proposal on a total ban on hydraulic fracturing in Bulgaria and its Black Sea territorial waters. The draft was made by the ruling center-right GERB party and is expected to be approved with a comfortable majority.
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