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Fellow Activists,
A tangled web of corporate interests, leading back to JP Morgan Chase, are set to begin mining brine water near Rio Rancho despite inadequate environmental study and a host of legal troubles. The brine, which could be used to fuel the fracking boom in our state, is laden with heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and radioactive salts. The well site plans include two large evaporation ponds, raising concerns about air-borne pollution for nearby residents. Even more troubling - industrial-scale brine pumping on aquifers will impair our water supply.
The business seeking the permit, JP Morgan Chase subsidiary IMH Financial Corporation, is a hedge-fund investment and liquidation company. IMH was slammed with an order to halt operations in New Mexico by 13th District Court Judge John F. Davis. They are also embroiled in multiple ongoing legal disputes over ownership of the wells. That's too many red flags!
We urge you to help by telling the New Mexico Environment Department: No More Corporate Water Grabs!
Your letter will be sent by email to Secretary James Kenney and Ms. Avery Young at the New Mexico Environment Department, Ground Water Quality Bureau.
Thank you,
The Pause on Fracking Team
Please fill out the form below -or- you can go directly to the letter campaign at Action Network HERE
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SENATE BILL 459:
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PERMITS & REPORTING
AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES; PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF NEW HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PERMITS; CREATING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
SPONSORS:
Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Senator Benny Shendo, Jr.
Senator William Soules
Senator Nancy Rodriguez
Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero
KEY COMPONENTS:
- A four-year moratorium on new fracking permits so that agencies have time to report;
- Reporting requirements from seven state agencies on the impacts of fracking;
- Requires agencies to provide policy and funding recommendations to properly regulate fracking in New Mexico.
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
SB 459 calls on the constitutional obligation of the New Mexico Legislature to “provide for control of pollution and control of despoilment of the air, water and other natural resources of this state, consistent with the use and development of these resources for the maximum benefit of the people.” It places a four year moratorium on new oil and gas permits wherein the Energy Minerals Natural Resources Department, Department of Agriculture, Environment Department, Department of Health, Office of the State Engineer, Indian Affairs Department, and Workers Compensation Administration are directed to report on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, as well as recommendations for legislation and necessary appropriations to conduct analysis.
BACKGROUND:
In a presentation before Senate Conservation Committee during the 2019 Legislative session, New Mexico's Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department revealed that the State of NM has little information about the impacts of fracking and that there is nothing in the law currently that allows them to regulate fracking differently than conventional vertical drilling.
PROBLEM:
New Mexico’s leadership are unable to make informed decisions regarding oil and gas regulation because there is a glaring lack of knowledge and reporting requirements related to multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling and the impacts of this industry on our lands, water, air, and public health and safety.
SOLUTION:
This bill finally provides for the State of New Mexico to learn the truth about fracking. The bill allows for reasonable restraint, asking for a pause on new fracking permits until state agencies are able to report to decision-makers about the actual and potential impacts that the fracking industry has on New Mexico’s people, air, land, water, resources, and the economy of our state.
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