State agency could offer public comment period for 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 courtesy BLM-Alaska)
The state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling 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 f