The meeting comes only a week after The New York Times published a nine-month investigation highlighting the number of oil and saltwater spills in the state, the Industrial Commissions approval of the vast majority of requests that come in front of them, and the reduced fines that the commission assesses to oil companies who violate regulations. Troy Coons, the chairman of the landowners association, said that one of the questions he hears regularly is, How do we get them to follow through on the regulations that are already in place? That sentiment seemed to be widespread among the landowners in attendance.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:15:12 +0000
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