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Two federal agencies are stopping a contentious California project from fracturing bedrock miles underground and extracting its geothermal energy until a scientific review determines whether the project could produce dangerous earthquakes, spokeswomen for the Energy and Interior Departments said on Monday.
"The scan determines whether the project should be able to launch right away or whether it needs human review," says a spokesman.
The Power Authority conducted what is known as an environmental justice analysis, an effort to determine whether the project would disproportionately affect the poor and minorities.
It is now up to New York State to determine whether the project meets environmental standards under the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Clean Water Act.
Adrian Dix, its leader, announced that if elected his government would commission a new environmental review to determine whether the project go ahead or not.
The increase had strings attached, including heightened oversight of the project and a study to determine whether the project could be replaced by a smaller version with fewer laser beams, or a cheaper alternative based on different technology.
"The view of the administration is that that process should continue and that that's the proper venue for determining whether the project should move forward," Obama's press secretary, Josh Earnest, told reporters travelling with the president in Burma.
But after an article in The New York Times raised questions about whether AltaRock had been forthcoming about a similar project in Switzerland that produced earthquakes, the Energy Department and the land bureau said the company would not be allowed to fracture rock until a new review determined whether the project is safe.
