State opens registration for hydraulic fracturing permit application
process
Registration
required by law and is separate from permit application
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[October 08, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department
of Natural Resources is accepting online registration from firms and
individuals interested in applying for a permit for high-volume
horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois.
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While the registration forms are available to the public, the
Department of Natural Resources will not accept applications for
high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permits, and will not
issue permits, until after the draft administrative rules have been
submitted and approved by Illinois General Assembly's Joint
Committee on Administrative Rules. The registration is required
under provisions of Illinois' new Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory
Act. Those interested in applying for hydraulic fracturing permits
must submit the registration form at least 30 days prior to
submitting their first permit application.
Regulations for high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing in
Illinois are still being developed by the Department of Natural
Resources. The Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act required that the
registration form be made available effective Sept. 15, and the
department complied with that provision of the law by posting the
registration form at this link:
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/mines/
Pages/HydraulicFracturing.aspx.
The law requires the registrant to provide the following
information as part of the registration:
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The name and
address of the registrant and any parent, subsidiary or
affiliate thereof.
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Disclosure of all
findings of a serious violation or an equivalent violation under
federal or state laws or regulations in the development or
operation of an oil or gas exploration or production site via
hydraulic fracturing by the applicant or any parent, subsidiary
or affiliate thereof within the previous five years.
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Proof of insurance
to cover injuries, damages or loss related to pollution or
diminution. Coverage must be in the amount of at least
$5,000,000 from an insurance carrier authorized, licensed or
permitted to do this insurance business in this state and
holding at least an A- rating by A.M. Best & Co. or any
comparable rating service.
Registering with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is
a separate and additional requirement of companies wanting to
eventually file an application for high-volume horizontal hydraulic
fracturing in Illinois.
[Text from
Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
file received from
the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
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