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Fracking: Obama administration tightens rules for chemical disclosure; Inhofe responds – Tulsa World

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, a controversial drilling technique that has sparked an ongoing boom in natural gas production across the country.

A rule to take effect in June also updates requirements for well construction and disposal of…