According to the Associated Press, a review team said the environmental agency of North Carolina must modify regulations if the state decides to allow fracking.
The report, which was issued on Tuesday, compared state fracking regulations to the national guidelines and concluded that, if drilling is approved in North Carolina, new statutes would have to be issued.
Last year, the state Legislature passed a law to further investigate fracking. Since then, the state has had no oil or gas production. All wells have been plugged. They will continue to be inactive until the vote on May 8.
Fracking Curation project 