State agency could offer public comment period on fracking projects

A rig drilling in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. A number of Kenai Peninsula residents advocated for more opportunity to weigh in when companies apply for hydraulic fracturing permits in Alaska. (Image: BLM-Alaska)The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) is proposing a ten-day comment period for applications to use hydraulic fracturing on an oil or gas well. The proposal falls in-between what environmental groups and the industry say is sufficient opportunity for public i