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At the Roundhouse this week, a key Senate Committee considered a bill that would regulate the use of water by the energy industry.
Tom Trowbridge reports from the Capitol:
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At the Roundhouse Tuesday, the Senate Conservation Committee gave a “do-pass” recommendation to Senate Bill 86, which regulates the use of water for oil and gas operations. Albuquerque Democratic Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez is a co-sponsor of the measure.
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Norm Gaume, a former director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, says the bill comes with serious sanctions:
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Senate Bill 86 cleared the Conservation Committee on a strict, five-to-four party-line vote, Republicans, along with representatives of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association opposed.
The measure’s next stop is the Senate Judiciary Committee
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For the New Mexico News Network, I’m Tom Trowbridge
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