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Friday, April 25, 2008
Drilling Moratorium Imposed in Rio Arriba County
Associated Press
ESPANOLA — The Rio Arriba County Commission has approved a four-month ban on new oil and gas drilling in the county.
The ban, which exempts municipal and American Indian land, will be in effect while the county continues to study environmental concerns.
The moratorium had been drafted in response to plans by a Fort Worth, Texas-based company, Approach Resources, to drill test wells for oil east of Tierra Amarilla.
The Daily Times in Farmington reports the company leases 90,000 acres of mineral rights east of Chama River and El Vado Reservoir.
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