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by Gena Akers Drilling Lawsuit Moves Forward Individual declarations have been submitted to the U.S. District Court and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to contest the authorized exploratory oil/gas drilling in San Francisco Creek, an area south of Del Norte. The complainants assert that the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to take a “hard look” at the impacts of the proposed drilling. The complainants particularly pointed to the Rio Grande County-commissioned hydrogeologic study and alleged the BLM decision did not fully consider or adopt the recommendations from the study. Wolf Creek Owner Punished Randall D. Pitcher, ...

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