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02/26/2008

County Temporarily Suspends New Drilling

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.

READ FULL TEXT OF EMERGENCY INTERIM DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE HERE