iOS app Android app More  Colorado Fracking Fluid Rule Passes;
Mandates Chemical Disclosure, Though 'Trade Secrets' Loophole
Remains (UPDATE)   First Posted: 11/23/11 05:04 PM ET Updated:
12/13/11 01:07 PM ET  In August, Colorado Governor Hickenlooper
told oil and gas workers to expect heavier regulations on
fracking fluid in the state by the end of the year. Speaking at
the Colorado Oil and Gas Association conference, Hickenlooper
said disclosing the contents of the fluid would bolster public
trust in the industry.   Regulators have approved a new Colorado
rule mandating the disclosure of fracking fluid contents. In
what the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission described
is a "reasonable and durable balance," a company can shield
individual components of fluid as "trade secrets," but must
explain why it has to be protected.  The policy also requires
companies provide 48 hours notice prior to pumping chemicals in
the ground, reports 9News.  KDVR adds that Anadarko Petroleum
upwards of one billion barr