be authorized in all districts, comprising residential areas. Some chemicals are considered by the law as trade secret and information cannot be made public on their health effects. This bill has been seen as oriented towards the interests of the hydraulic fracturing industry against growing local concerns. The Marcellus Shale Law contains a provision that allows doctors access to the list of chemicals in hydraulic fracturing fluid in emergency situations, but forbids them from discussing this information with their patients. This provision was added during the last revisions of the bill. Specifically, the bill reads that, "(11) If a health professional determines that a medical emergency exists and the specific identity and amount of any chemicals claimed to be a trade secret or confidential proprietary information are necessary for emergency treatment, the vendor, service provider or operator shall immediately disclose the information to the health professional upon a verbal acknowledgment by the health professional that the information may not be used for purposes other than the health needs asserted and that the 'health professional shall maintain the information as confidential.' The vendor, service provider or operator may request, and the health professional shall provide upon request, a written statement of need and a confidentiality agreement from the health professional as soon as circumstances permit, in conformance with regulations promulgated under this chapter." The bill also says that vendors, service providers, and operators cannot be held responsible for inaccuracy in information that is provided to them, nor do they have to reveal the identities of chemicals that are not disclosed to them, that were not intentionally added to the hydraulic fracturing fluid, that are accidentally present in trace amounts, or are a product of a chemical reaction or process that occurs within the fluid. In 2012, the EPA was increasing its oversight regarding investigations of hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania, which has been under the administration of pro-drilling Governor Tom Corbett. In 2011, The New York Times reported that regulations were lax in Pennsylvania, that regulators made no unannounced inspections. It said that the oil and gas industry was generally left to police itself in the case of accidents, reporting their own spills, creating their own remediation plans. A review of the state-approved plans found them to appear to be in violation of the law. There were signs of regulatory capture with Corbett receiving over a million dollars in campaign contributions from