text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Offshore Fracking Transparency and 
  Review Act of 2015''.
  
  SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON OFFSHORE FRACTURING AND ACID WELL STIMULATION 
                TREATMENT.
  
      Notwithstanding the terms of any lease or permit issued before the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, no person may engage in hydraulic 
  fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in the Pacific Outer 
  Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary of the Interior has 
  published a report under section 3 and issued a final environmental 
  impact statement under section 4.
  
  SEC. 3. STUDY OF CONDUCT AND IMPACTS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND ACID 
                WELL STIMULATION IN THE PACIFIC OCS REGION.
  
      (a) In General.--To ensure the relevant agencies' data incorporate 
  the latest science and practices of the oil and gas industry, the 
  Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study of the conduct and 
  impacts of hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation treatments in 
  the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region.
      (b) Included Topics.--The study shall include, but shall not be 
  limited to--
              (1) preparation of a descriptive inventory of all chemicals 
          used in offshore oil and gas development and production 
          activities in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region, 
          including chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and acid well 
          stimulation treatments;
              (2) the volumes of chemicals used and disposed of in such 
          activities;
              (3) the risks of a spill of such chemicals;
              (4) an analysis of the methods by which such chemicals 
          enter the environment during hydraulic fracturing and acid well 
          stimulation treatments;
              (5) a quantification, to the extent possible, of the amount 
          of such chemicals that enter the environment during hydraulic 
          fracturing and acid well stimulation treatments; and
              (6) any other related matters the Secretary determines 
          necessary.
      (c) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and 
  publish a report on the study conducted under this section.
  
  SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
  
      Not later than 18 months after the issuance of the report under 
  section 3, the Secretary of the Interior shall, in coordination with 
  the Environmental Protection Agency and in consultation with 
  appropriate State agencies, issue an environmental impact statement 
  under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
  U.S.C. 4332) regarding the impacts on the marine environment and public 
  health of offshore hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation 
  treatments conducted in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region.
  
  SEC. 5. PUBLIC NOTICE.
  
      The Secretary shall notify all relevant State and local regulatory 
  agencies and publish a notice in the Federal Register--
              (1) within 30 days after receiving any application for a 
          permit that would allow the conduct of offshore hydraulic 
          fracturing or an acid well stimulation treatment in the Pacific 
          Outer Continental Shelf Region; and
              (2) within 30 days after the conduct of offshore hydraulic 
          fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in such region 
          under a permit or other authorization issued by the Secretary.
  
  SEC. 6. COMPILATION AND DISCLOSURE OF ACTIVITIES.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall compile and 
  maintain a list of all offshore hydraulic fracturing and acid well 
  stimulation treatments that have taken place, or that take place after 
  the enactment of this Act, in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf 
  Region.
      (b) Included Information.--For each instance of offshore hydraulic 
  fracturing or an acid well stimulation treatment, the Secretary shall 
  include on the list--
              (1) the date the offshore hydraulic fracturing or acid well 
          stimulation treatment was conducted;
              (2) the location where the offshore hydraulic fracturing or 
          acid well stimulation treatment was conducted;
              (3) the chemicals used, including identification of the 
          chemical constituents of mixtures, Chemical Abstracts Service 
          numbers for each chemical and constituent, material safety data 
          sheets if available, and the amount of each chemical used;
              (4) the total volume of fluid used in the hydraulic 
          fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment;
              (5) the volume of wastewater generated during the hydraulic 
          fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment and the manner in 
          which it was disposed of; and
              (6) the intended purpose and results of the offshore 
          hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatments.
      (c) Unavailable Information.--If any information listed in 
  subsection (b) is not available for a given instance of offshore 
  hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment, the Secretary 
  shall note the absence of the information and provide an explanation of 
  why the information is not available.
      (d) Public Availability.--The Secretary shall make the list created 
  under subsection (b) available to the public, including by publishing 
  it on the Internet site of the Department of the Interior.
  
  SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Hydraulic fracturing.--The term ``hydraulic 
          fracturing'' means an operation conducted in an individual 
          wellbore designed to increase the flow of hydrocarbons from a 
          rock formation to the wellbore through modifying the 
          permeability of reservoir rock by fracturing it, except that 
          such term does not include enhanced secondary recovery, 
          including water flooding, tertiary recovery, and other types of 
          well stimulation operations.
              (2) Acid well stimulation treatment.--The term ``acid well 
          stimulation treatment''--
                      (A) means a well stimulation treatment that uses, 
                  in whole or in part, the application of one or more 
                  acids to the well or underground geologic formation; 
                  and
                      (B) includes--
                              (i) such stimulation treatment at any 
                          applied pressure or in combination with 
                          hydraulic fracturing treatments or other well 
                          stimulation treatments;
                              (ii) acid treatments conducted at pressures 
                          lower than the applied pressure necessary to 
                          fracture the underground geologic formation 
                          (commonly referred to as acid matrix 
                          stimulation treatments); and
                              (iii) acid fracturing treatments.
target: Offshore Fracking Transparency and Review Act of 2015 This bill prohibits both hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation treatment in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary of the Interior has: (1) reported to Congress on the conduct and impacts of hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation treatments in the Region; and (2) issued, in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency, a final environmental impact statement regarding the impacts upon the marine environment and public health of offshore hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation treatments conducted in such Region.  The Secretary must notify all relevant state and local regulatory agencies and publish in the Federal Register within 30 days: (1) receipt of any application for a permit that would allow either offshore hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in the Region; and (2) the conduct of offshore hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in the Region pursuant to a permit or other authorization issued by the Secretary.  The Secretary shall also maintain and publicize a list of all offshore hydraulic fracturing and acid well stimulation treatments that have taken place in the Region or that take place after enactment of this Act. 
feat_title: Offshore Fracking Transparency and Review Act of 2015