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• Similarly, environmental groups who say "fracking is dangerous and should be curtailed full-stop" ignore that "fracking has been done safely for decades," said Jewell, a former petroleum engineer who has worked on fracked wells.
• The new rule will "help ensure that human health and security are protected," she said.
• The proposal includes a provision allowing the BLM to defer to states and tribes that already have standards in place that meet or exceed those proposed by the federal rule.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Senate bill that would transfer the ownership of nine historic cemeteries in the Black Hills from the U.S. Forest Service to local communities has passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
• Sens. Tim Johnson and John Thune introduced the bill earlier this year and it's now headed to the main Senate floor.
• Johnson says transferring the cemeteries to the local communities that have been long maintaining and caring for them makes a lot of sense. He says the bill is a permanent solution.
• Thune says the current arrangement causes headaches for the caretaking communities that have managed the cemeteries for generations and places an unnecessary liability on the Forest Service.
• An identical bill was introduced in the House by U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem.
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