The Galisteo Basin Photography Project

Petroglyphs © Norman Mauskopf

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 29, 2008
Contact: Anne Kelly 505.988.5159 x121 or Heather Prichard 505.988.5159 x116

The Galisteo Basin Photo Project

www.GalisteoBasinPhotoProject.com

Artists Reception: Friday, January 23, 2009, 5 – 7 PM
Exhibition Dates: January 23, 2009 – March 7, 2009
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am – 5pm

photo-eye Gallery, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, is pleased to announce The Galisteo Basin Photography Project, a benefit exhibition by renowned fine art and documentary New Mexico photographers.

The Mission of the Project, founded by six residents in March 2008, is to raise public awareness of what may be irretrievably lost if the Galisteo Basin—a unique area defined by the meandering 55-mile long Galisteo River, born in the Pecos Wilderness and completing its westward journey as it merges into the Rio Grande River on the tribal lands of Santo Domingo Pueblo—is allowed to become an oil and gas production field.

Due to the growing awareness and outcry of residents, linked by a strong grassroots movement, both the State of New Mexico, under the leadership of Governor Bill Richardson, and the County Commissioners of Santa Fe, halted further exploration and development for oil and natural gas in early 2008 by placing Santa Fe County under the protection of moratoria. The Galisteo Basin is recognized as a New Mexico treasure: A benchmark of fragile beauty, vast historic and archaeological resources, and the traditional lifestyles of Northern New Mexico.

The exhibition is curated by Rixon Reed, Director of Photo-eye Gallery, and Mary Anne Redding, Curator of Photography at the Palace of the Governors/New Mexico History Museum. Fifty percent of monies raised from the sale of an Individual and Special Boxed Set Edition of all of the exhibition’s photographs, as well as twenty-five percent from the sale of the exhibited wall prints, will be donated to the following non-profit organizations: Drilling Santa Fe, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, and the Oil & Gas Accountability Project.

In addition to the Photo-eye Gallery Exhibition, the online gallery www.GalisteoBasinPhotoProject.com also debuts on January 23, 2009, and features the work of eleven other photographers as well as the work of the Exhibition photographers.

For more information about this Exhibition or to arrange an interview with an artist, please contact Anne Kelly by phone at 505.988.5159 x121 or by email at gallery@photoeye.com.This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Exhibition Photographers: Tony Bonanno, Esha Chiocchio, Krista Elrick, Steve Fitch, Joan Gentry, Siegfried Halus, James Hart, Richard Khanlian, Don Kirby, Jack Kotz, Greg Mac Gregor, Douglas Magnus, Norman Mauskopf, Water Nelson, Peter Ogilvie, Ed Ranney, Jennifer Schlesinger, Robert Shlaer, Linda Spier, Martin Stupich, Nancy Sutor, Susan Hayre Thelwell, Laurie Tumer, Garret Vreeland, Dana Waldon, Baron Wolman, and Zoe Zimmerman.

Link to The Galisteo Basin Photo Project Press Release>>>>

Link to The Galisteo Basin Photo Project Post Card>>>>

My view: Oil-and-gas regs bring long-term economic gain

Santa Fe New Mexican

"Kim Sorvig |

12/27/2008 - 12/28/08

America's New Year's resolutions clearly include responsible energy production, and years of anti-competitive federal subsidies and exemptions for fossil-fuel industries are likely to be reversed in 2009.

New Mexico has actually been ahead of this trend. Predictably, as the state Legislature convenes, the oil and gas industry will be pressuring our representatives and governor-to-be-Denish to back off.

Their lobbying revolves around three myths: The assertion that unregulated oil and gas is good for New Mexico's tax-base; the accusation that regulation caused the budget mess; the claim that any regulation is a "no drill" rule.

None of these allegations can stand scrutiny.

Petroleum production taxes and royalties generate 15 percent to 20 percent of state revenues, but four times as much (about $11 billion) still goes to private and out-of-state pockets. Despite industry claims, oil and gas provides less than 3 percent of New Mexico's jobs and income. Headwaters Economics, in a comprehensive and unbiased study (headwaterseconomics.org/energy), calls New Mexico's royalties and severance tax reasonable, unlike typical federal giveaways.

But New Mexico puts less of this revenue
(5.8 percent) into mitigating and regulating oil and gas impacts than any other Western energy-producing state. And although mineral income is one-time revenue, New Mexico spends it like it will never end, saving very little for the inevitable bust cycle.

Across the West, oil-producing counties seldom break even. State revenues returned to the counties aren't enough to cover extra maintenance, roads, and emergency services necessitated by oil operations; county taxpayers get stuck with the bill. The Headwaters study found that oil and gas-focused economies (county or state) under-perform compared to neighbors, and are less stable. Property, income, and sales taxes (which irresponsible drilling can diminish) generate three or four times more than oil and gas revenues.

Oil and gas are deeply embedded in the failed economic theory of deregulation. The industry's record-breaking profits rely on exemptions from federal clean air, water, superfund, emergency preparedness and public right-to-know acts. To defend their exempt status, industry mouthpieces want to blame evil regulators (Gov. Bill Richardson, the state Oil Conservation Division, etc.) for the current budget shortfall. The real cause: relying on a single industry, and failing to save boom revenue for bust times. How else does $454 million "vanish" from the budget? Crude-market whims affect state revenue far more than any regulation ever could.

The industry tars every regulation as a "no-drill" prohibition. This is not true (though many citizens feel we should have the right). Neither OCD's "pit rule," nor regulations for Otero Mesa, Rio Arriba, or Galisteo Basin forbid drilling. Rather, they require petroleum developers to quit expecting taxpayers to fund infrastructure for them; prevent pollution of irreplaceable air and water; occupy the minimum practical surface area, away from homes, cultural landmarks, and environmentally sensitive areas; replace toxic materials and outmoded methods with the best available technology.

Progressive petroleum players accept these requirements as part of doing business, and after initial investments, the new technologies are usually more profitable. Objections come primarily from firms whose equipment is outdated, too small-time and small-minded to reinvest. Despite their free-market rhetoric, many "independent" producers feel it is their right to be subsidized by taxpayers.

New Mexico should not be allowed to lose its leading position. Petroleum production is an important source of revenue and essential during transition to clean energy, but production at any cost cannot benefit us, even in the short term. Let's make sure our 2009 Legislature is thinking long-term, and holds the energy industries to real economic and environmental responsibility.

Santa Fe resident Kim Sorvig is a research associate professor at UNM, and author of Sustainable Landscape Construction, a green building text and reference."

Tackling the Roundhouse

Jane Phillips/The New Mexican Photo: Freshman legislator Brian Egolf is prepping for the session by attending meetings, drafting bills and meeting with constituents. ‘I want to do everything I can to make sure my kids can raise their family in Santa Fe,’ he said. Egolf is one of 10 freshman in the House this year.

Santa Fe's freshman lawmaker gets an early start on the session

Kate Nash | The New Mexican 12/19/2008

"Egolf, 32, is taking the seat of Rep. Peter Wirth, who is moving to the Senate and replacing Sen. John Grubesic.

A 1999 graduate of Georgetown University, Egolf has worked for former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Sen.-elect Tom Udall.

He earned a law degree from the University of New Mexico in 2005.

He's a water lawyer and father of a 1-year old — two factors influencing some of the first bills he'll introduce.

Among Egolf's bills is a push to give more power to New Mexico landowners who hold rights to a surface property but not the mineral rights underneath.

The measure as drafted would require an oil and gas producer to give the surface owner notice of their desire to lease the minerals as well as information about who owns the minerals before a lease could be signed.

Under the measure, the surface owner would have 45 days to contact the mineral owner and negotiate a purchase of the minerals, if they wished.

"The idea is to give notice to surface owners and the option to buy those rights," Egolf said. "It puts the power in the hands of the people who own the surface."

Hearings on the idea, which hits on a hot topic for people in the Galisteo Basin in particular, is sure to attract crowds at the Roundhouse.

"It's not going to sail through without opposition, but it's important to at least start the conversation," Egolf said. He said drilling was a big topic he heard about on the campaign trail." More>>>>

The Needle and the Damage Done Images of oil addiction in Canada's tar sands

An amazing short video at Grist embedded in the article, "The Needle and the Damage Done, Images of oil addiction in Canada's tar sands," by Todd Paglia, 18 Dec 2008. Link>>>>

Update of the Santa Fe County General Plan and Land Development Regulations

From an email:

The Oil and Gas Element and Ordinance have both been adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. Thanks to everyone who participated in the process. This could not have been accomplished without your support.

The County is now moving forward with a process to revise and update the General Plan and Land Development Regulations. We urge everyone who was involved in the oil and gas project to continue their involvement as the County protects its natural resources and quality of life by planning for the future. A new website has been set up for the project: www.plansantafecounty.org.

Please visit the website to find out about upcoming meeting and take the on-line survey. This short survey gauges public preferences for growth and development and helps us to identify key issues in the County. This allows us to tailor the process and Plan to respond to the County’s needs and preferences.

Once again, thank you for your support and participation. We look forward to continued collaboration with Santa Fe County in the coming New Year.

-The Planning Works Team

Sarah C. Humphrey, AICP

PLANNING WORKS, LLC

913-341-8800, ext 104 (tel)

8000 Lee Boulevard

Leawood, KS 66206

913-341-8800 (tel)

913-341-8810 (fax)

www.ourplanningworks.com

The ultimate political year

New Mexico Business Weekly

"Richardson has embraced the Governor’s Office as a bully pulpit to push his policy agenda. This year, in particular, he focused on healthcare reform, even calling legislators back to Santa Fe in August to try to push a comprehensive program through in a special session. He has stepped into the fray over oil and gas drilling in the Galisteo Basin, issuing a moratorium on new exploration, and his office is usually the official news source for large economic development projects and even new film and television productions here. He has made it a personal mission to promote the film industry in New Mexico, even hosting the stars who come through the state at soirees in the Governor’s Mansion." More>>>>

Hearing on oil, gas rules extended

Santa Fe New Mexican

"The hearing on the state Oil Conservation Division's new rules to govern oil and gas drilling in Santa Fe County was extended for the second time Thursday.

The hearing centers on two new rules. One would require oil and gas operators to submit more detailed exploration plans than previously required. The other would require more extensive public notice on applications for permits to drill in Santa Fe County and in parts of the Galisteo Basin that extend into Sandoval and San Miguel counties.

The hearing began Dec. 11 and was originally scheduled to last one day. But witness testimony and cross examination of those witnesses by Independent Petroleum Association director Karin Foster have taken longer than anticipated.

Testimony still was not completed by the end of the day Thursday, the second day allocated for the hearing. The hearing will resume at 9 a.m. Jan. 15 in Porter Hall in the Wendell Chino Building, 1220 S. St. Francis Drive."

Group Plans To Challenge (Santa Fe County Oil & Gas) Ordinance

Thursday, December 18, 2008
Journal North
By Raam Wong
Journal Staff Writer

"The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association plans to challenge Santa Fe County's tough new drilling ordinance in court.

The group maintains that the County Commission overstepped its authority last week when it passed the ordinance, one that critics say amounts to a ban on drilling.

“Their moratorium is dressed as an ordinance,” said Bob Gallagher, the group's president. Gallagher was referring to a moratorium on drilling imposed by the county to buy planners time to write a new law.

Supporters of the ordinance say it provides an appropriate check list of requirements that a company would have to meet before drilling can commence. An update to the county's general plan also spells out the infrastructure and service improvements — like paved roads and emergency vehicles — that industry would have to provide.

“You can't let some county commission mandate that you're gonna drive on paved roads and pay for police and fire,” said Gallagher, who said a lawsuit challenging the law would be filed in early 2009.

The debate over the county's authority echoes similar controversies across northern New Mexico as oil and gas companies attempt to explore in relatively untouched areas, such as the pristine mountains around Tierra Amarilla and the Galisteo Basin southeast of Santa Fe.

Santa Fe County planners argue that the state Legislature has delegated to counties “police power” — the authority to write laws promoting the health and prosperity of residents. That authority has also been mentioned by Gov. Bill Richardson, who has called on Santa Fe to regulate the industry. " More (subscription)>>>>>

Galisteo Basin and Santa Fe County OCD Hearing Weather Announcement

THE CONTINUANCE OF CASE 14255 HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 8:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008, IN PORTER HALL, 1220 S. ST. FRANCIS DRIVE, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. IN THE CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE HEARING WILL OBSERVE THE SAME SCHEDULE AS STATE OFFICES. IF THERE IS A TWO-HOUR DELAY FOR STATE OFFICES, THE HEARING WILL BE DELAYED TWO HOURS AND BEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. IF THERE IS A CANCELLATION FOR STATE OFFICES, THE HEARING WILL BE CANCELED AND RESCHEDULED FOR A FUTURE DATE.

(12/17/08)

http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/OCD/

Oil and gas industry has duty to minimize air pollution

Wise County Messenger

By Sharon Wilson | Published Thursday, December 18, 2008

"Drilling the Barnet Shale for natural gas is responsible for most of the smog in North Central Texas, according to a new peer-reviewed study—in an area that violates the Clean Air Act with air that is too dirty to breathe. Currently, there are nearly 10,000 functioning gas wells in the Barnett Shale, with thousands more holding permits from the Texas Railroad Commission.

Research by Dr. Al Armendariz, an engineering professor at Southern Methodist University, found that emissions from gas drilling activities cause twice the ozone-forming pollution as the area’s automobiles. His projection for 2009 shows that emissions from Barnett Shale drilling will be a whopping 200 percent higher than emissions from all motor vehicles and area airports combined.

When nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds—chemicals such as benzene and formaldehyde—are combined with sunlight, they transform into choking ground-level ozone or smog. Smog poses serious health consequences particularly for children and the elderly, triggering asthma, heart attacks and causing lung damage.

Until Tuesday, Wise County was facing inclusion on the so called “non-attainment list” for failure to meet federal air-quality standards. Wise County ranks second among the nine counties on the list for emissions of nitrogen oxide, according to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The Environmental Protection Agency has the ultimate say regarding who is included on the list, but the commission removed its recommendation to include Wise County.

Counties on the non-attainment list are required to adopt mandatory and costly pollution-cutting measures. Kevin Burns, Wise County Commissioner for Precinct 2, says Wise County can’t afford to be on the non-attainment list—and Gilbert Horton, public relations executive for Devon Energy agrees. The tougher regulations would cost his company $60 million.

I agree with Burns. Wise County can’t afford to be on that list! Wise County may have dodged the bullet this time, but we need to get ahead of the curve now to avoid that firing squad next time.

Every day, I drive by drilling rigs belching thick, black exhaust and compressor stations spewing never-ending vapor plumes. This week I watched three different wells where frac units sent copious amounts of smoke boiling into the air, non-stop for several days and nights. The venting and flaring of gas wells releases as many as 250 toxins. Flare smoke emits dangerous particulate matter including carcinogenic substances and causes acid rain which corrodes roofs, acidifies lakes and streams and damages vegetation. Invisible vapors called “fugitives” leak from pipelines and tanks. Over time the beautiful rolling hills of Wise County have become cloaked in a smoky veil and citizens face increasing health problems that include: asthma, cancer, neurological damage, coronary problems, endocrine disruption and headaches.

Some of the polluted air may blow our way from Denton and Tarrant Counties as suggested by Burns, but Wise County is among the top ten gas producing counties in Texas.

We would do well to heed the lessons learned in the tiny town of Boulder, Wyoming, population 75. In the nation’s least populated state, in a tiny town, the booming natural gas industry has polluted the air to levels so high that ozone warnings have become a regular occurrence. Now residents and industry are spending millions trying to stay off the non-attainment list.

Last quarter, Devon Energy’s cash flow grew 49 percent, according to a Reuter’s article, with net profits of $2.62 billion dollars. If Devon spent Horton’s estimated $60 million to cut pollution, Wise County would have cleaner air—and Devon would still show a net profit of $2.56 billion for that three-month period.

Clearly, Devon can afford to and has a responsibility to minimize impacts on air quality and protect public health. Armendariz’s study found that win-win solutions are possible. “Cost effective control strategies are readily available that can substantially reduce emissions, and in some cases, reduce costs for oil and gas operators,” he wrote.

Other states have done a much better job of regulating the oil and gas industries. New Mexico now requires emissions reporting and recently outlawed the use of sludge pits, dangerous ponds where drilling companies dump toxic drilling waste. There are hundreds of these same sludge pits in Wise County.

The Texas Railroad Commission is responsible for regulating drilling waste but they are extremely lax in their oversight. Pits in rural counties often sit untouched for years past the 120 day limit mandated by state law. This toxic soup is left to evaporate chemicals into our air, leach into our soil and overflow into our watersheds.

Colorado will soon require emission controls and closed loop drilling systems. Some producers find they can break even with the cost of new regulations by selling the captured emissions.

Municipalities in Wise County have some control over oil and gas activities if they have a city drilling ordinance. The mayor of Dish, Texas is circulating a resolution asking the Texas Legislature for more local control over pipeline placement. Thirty Texas cities have signed his resolution, but so far, Bridgeport is the only Wise County city to adopt the resolution.

Unincorporated areas have less control and are left at the mercy of inadequate state regulations and a regulating agency plagued with conflict of interest issues. Texas needs better industry regulations and commissioners should adopt resolutions for expanded local control over oil and gas activities. The use of pits should be outlawed completely. Without legislation, it is up to mineral owners to make sure their leases restrict the use of pits and have clauses that protect the environment.

Horton claims that Devon is “passionate” about clean air. Okay, Devon: Here is your opportunity to prove it. Spend that $60 million—2 percent of your last quarter’s profits—and help Wise County stay off non-attainment list."

Sharon Wilson lives in north Wise County and writes about oil and gas related issues on her blog, txsharon.blogspot.com .

The Most Important Number on Earth

Published on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 by Mother Jones

by Bill McKibben

"Sooner or later, you have to draw a line. We've spent the last 20 years in the opening scenes of what historians will one day call the Global Warming Era-the preamble to the biggest drama that humans have ever staged, the overture that hints at the themes that will follow for centuries to come. But none of the notes have resolved, none of the story lines yet come into clear view. And that's largely because until recently we didn't know quite where we were. From the moment in 1988 when a nasa scientist named James Hansen told Congress that burning coal and gas and oil was warming the earth, we've struggled to absorb this one truth: The central fact of our economic lives (the ubiquitous fossil fuel that developed the developed world) is wrecking the central fact of our physical lives (the stable climate and sea level on which civilization rests). For a while, and much longer in the US than elsewhere, we battled over whether this was true. But warm year succeeded warm year and that fight began to subside. Instead, the real question became, is this a future peril, the kind of thing you take out a reasonably priced insurance policy to guard against? Or is it the oh-my-lord crisis you drop everything else to deal with? Will Hitler be happy with the Sudetenland, or is the world going to spend every cent it has, not to mention tens of millions of lives, fighting him off? Trouble, or TROUBLE? These last 12 months, we've found out." More>>>>

Deregulation created a financial disaster. Solution: Deregulation?

KUNM

"A showdown appears to be looming over regulation of one of the state's main revenue sources. Falling oil and gas prices are contributing to a current-year budget shortfall of 450 million dollars. That shortfall will lead to cuts in many state programs and capital projects. It's also likely to provide fuel for an effort to overturn new oil and gas drilling rules. From the capitol, KUNM's Jim Williams reports." More>>>>

Gas and oil rules scrutinized

By Phaedra Haywood | The New Mexican

12/11/2008

"Why does the Oil Conservation Division need special rules for oil and gas development in Santa Fe County and the Galisteo Basin? And what gives Gov. Bill Richardson the authority to direct the Oil Conservation Division to create them?

Those were two of the questions Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico Director Karin Foster asked a witness during a hearing on the proposed new rules in Santa Fe on Thursday. ...."

..."Thursday's hearing was scheduled to last only one day. But due to lengthy witness testimony, and cross examinations by Foster and J. Scott Hall (an attorney representing the company that wants to drill in Rio Arriba County) it ran overtime. The hearing will resume at 8 a.m. Thursday in the Porter Hall of the Wendell Chino Building at 1220 S. St. Francis Drive." More>>>>

Local development group continues fight against pit rules

Farmington Daily Times

By Cornelia de Bruin The Daily Times

Posted: 12/11/2008 12:00:00 AM MST

AZTEC — The local economic development group that first fought against more stringent regulations governing oil and natural gas producers vowed Wednesday to continue its efforts.

Seeing first-hand the local effects of the Pit Rule, officially called Rule 50, San Juan Economic Development Service board members agreed it's time to keep the spotlight on the rule's negativity." Article>>>>

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Posted earlier at Common Ground United:

Legislative Finance Committee meeting and EMNRD's budget

Some of us attended the meeting below:

Legislative Finance Committee (LFC)

Room 322 - State Capitol - Santa Fe, New Mexico

December 10, 2008

11:00 -- Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (521) -- Joanna Prukop

Secretary, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department

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The following documents were submitted to the committee by Secretary Prukop :

Letter to the LFC

EMNRD response to NMOGA

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

Panel gives green light to drilling ordinance

County's oil and gas regulations called a 'progressive approach'

Phaedra Haywood | The New Mexican

12/9/2008 - 12/10/08

Santa Fe County now has an ordinance aimed specifically at regulating the activities of the oil and gas industry. After more than a year of planning and countless public hearings, the County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an ordinance that appears to have soothed county residents anxious about energy-development impacts and excited the ire of the regulation-phobic oil and gas industry.

Santa Fe County began writing new oil and gas regulations in 2007 after a company called Tecton Energy announced plans to explore for oil in the Galisteo Basin area of Santa Fe County.

Since then, the rules have gone through dozens of revisions and had several authors, including county attorney Steve Ross, who set out to write the rules himself in three months.

The draft approved Tuesday is a massive document that takes a multipronged approach to balancing the rights of oil and gas developers with environmental concerns and capital infrastructure needs. It requires potential oil and gas operators to submit numerous studies on animal habitats and proximity to water sources and to be financially responsible for such needs as new roads and increased emergency medical services." More>>>>

What’s in that fracking fluid?

The River Reporter

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"PENNSYLVANIA — It’s something many people in the Upper Delaware region want to know: what chemicals are being used by the natural gas industry in its drilling processes?

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) notes that while companies may keep their fracking “formulas” proprietary, the individual ingredients are public record in Pennsylvania. The agency supplied The River Reporter with a list of chemicals that may be used during the fracking process. Any of them may be present in the wastewater generated and may be stored temporarily in open pits at the site.

We asked researchers at The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) to analyze the list for its potential health effects. TEDX is a non-profit organization that reviews and interprets scientific research focused on the effects of synthetic chemicals on human and animal health. TEDX president Dr. Theo Colborn has published, lectured and testified extensively on the effects of chemicals on the developing endocrine, immune, metabolic and nervous systems.

The tables and graphs presented here were generated by that organization. Of the 59 chemicals on the list, several were synonyms for the same chemical (e.g. Isopropanol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Propan-2-01). When this occurred, the names were combined to create a final list of 54 chemicals.

TEDX staff searched the literature for health effects associated with the 54 chemicals and broke them into 14 different health effect categories commonly used in government toxicological literature. The table below shows the number of chemicals out of the 54 that have effects on at least 10 health categories." More>>>>

Informal discussion about the 2009 New Mexico Legislative Session

Common Ground United,
Drilling Santa Fe, and the
Oil & Gas Accountability Project

Invite you to join us for an informal discussion about the 2009 New Mexico Legislative Session, which begins next month on January 20.

Tuesday
December 9, 2008
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Mission Café – 239 E. De Vargas Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Topics will include:
• 2008 Election Results
• Oil and Gas Bills – the good, the bad and the ugly
• How a Bill Becomes Law
• How to Lobby

For more information contact Gwen Lachelt: gwen@ogap.org or call 505-469-0380.

Santa Fe County Oil & Gas Drilling Ordinance (12/2/08)

LATEST VERSION OF OIL & GAS DRILLING ORDINANCE AVAILABLE>>>> (827kb)

Highlights in Blue

Santa Fe – December 4, 2008 – The latest version of Santa Fe County’s new oil and gas drilling ordinance is available at santafecounty.org. The new ordinance is one of the many issues being discussed by the Board of County Commissioners at the 2:00 PM meeting on December 9. The ordinance is scheduled to be taken up by the Board at 5:30 PM.