MEETING POSTPONED: Rio Arriba Planning and Zoning Committee
The Rio Arriba Planning and Zoning Committee was scheduled to meet on February 10, 2010, to discuss Approach Operating LLC’s request for special use permits for five oil and gas wells in the Rio Chama watershed. If approved, these would be the first wells in the Frontier District of Rio Arriba County following the County’s adoption of its new drilling ordinance in 2009. Approach had sought approval of the permits in December 2009 from the Rio Arriba County Commissioners, but the Commissioners postponed their decision because the company was not clear about where they would obtain water for their operations.
According to the Rio Arriba Planning and Zoning Department, Approach’s permits are now on the Planning and Zoning Committee agenda for March 3.
The meeting will be held at the Tierra Amarilla County Complex in Tierra Amarilla, starting at 1:30.