No Oil Drilling in Santa Fe for One Year
Opponents of oil and gas drilling in Santa Fe county can breathe a sigh of relief. A press release from the Santa Fe County Board of Commissioners dated February 26, 2008 states:
'The Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners has passed an emergency interim development ordinance that temporarily suspends the processing and granting of applications for permits to drill for oil and natural gas within the Galisteo Basin until February 28, 2009. The ordinance also empowers the Board to extend the prohibition for an additional 6 months, if necessary.'
Hopefully, this will give Santa Fe County enough time to develop a set of reasonable rules that sufficiently protects the surface land owners, archeological sites, the underlying aquifers and the surrounding environment.
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Santa Fe County: Santa Fe County Temporarily Suspends New Drilling
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