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Action Alert: Your voice needed on new Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation chemical disclosure rule

Posted on August 28, 2018 by davidjkatz

Your help is needed. The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC) will be holding a public hearing on its proposed new rules for fracking chemical disclosure. Quite simply, these proposed rules are not strong enough to adequately protect landowners and it is important for you to lend your voice to make sure landowners’ voices are clearly heard.

There will be a live hearing in Billings on September 17 at 2pm. Please come if you can, or send your email comments to the Board no later than September 24.

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Another oil and gas commission ignores citizen rights (with video)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by davidjkatz

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission proposed an injection well in Sioux County to dispose of wastewater from oil exploration. This wasn’t wastewater from local oil activity. This was an out-of-state … Continue reading →

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BLM introduces new fracking rules: a welcome step forward, but not enough to protect the Beartooth Front

Posted on March 22, 2015 by davidjkatz

New fracking rules On Friday the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new set of long-anticipated rules regarding fracking. These rules will require oil and gas operators to (see pages 7-8 at above link): Design and implement a … Continue reading →

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