The purpose of this guidance document is to identify and describe practices currently used in the oil and natural gas industry to minimize surface environmental impacts??potential impacts on surface water@ soils@ wildlife@ other surface ecosystems and nearby communities??associated with hydraulic fracturing operations. While this document focuses primarily on issues associated with operations in deep shale gas developments@ it also describes the important distinctions related to hydraulic fracturing in other applications.
API HF3-2011 history
2011API HF3-2011 Practices for Mitigating Surface Impacts Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing (First Edition)