The California Department of Conservation has issued draft rules for hydraulic fracturing operations that are currently under public review. The process known as Fracking has become controversial due to a broad array of environmental concerns where oil development has occurred in recent years. A recent auction of 18 thousand acres of mineral leases on federal land in the Monterey Shale formation in Central California has kindled speculation of an oil boom. State regulators held a workshop in Bakersfield on Wednesday to gather input from the public. Pacifica’s Vic Bedoian reports.