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Oil, Gas Law Change Sought

The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association filed a petition Friday to revise the state’s “pit rule,“ which regulates the disposal of waste from oil and natural gas drilling. The petition, filed with the state Oil Conservation Division, would loosen certain requirements, allowing drilling companies to use sealed pits to dispose of waste from wells that are not drilled close to groundwater.

“It essentially looks to us like they want to go back to business the way it was,“ said Bruce Frederick, a staff attorney for the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. menafn.com

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Learn more about the New Mexico Oil and Gas Pit Regulation appeal case.