Senator Heinrich raised constituent concerns about “several dozen spills” and Clean Air Act violations tied to Franklin Mountain Energy’s operations in the Permian Basin, and Miss Robertson, a company representative, said the company’s violations were largely corrected within “a day or 2” and that many problems stemmed from third‑party equipment.

The exchange occurred when the senator asked Robertson to address constituents’ concerns that “Franklin has had a number of both Clean Air Act and spills in the state of New Mexico, several dozen spills, in fact.” Robertson replied that Franklin Mountain Energy “is now sold,” and described the firm’s growth: “we built this company from a few barrels a day to over 65,000 barrels a day of oil production, growing a organization from, raw BLM leases in Southeast New Mexico, to running, 5 rigs at 1 time.”

Robertson acknowledged the company had been cited for violations but said most were short lived. “We did have a number of violations that were cited. The vast majority of those were remedied within a day or 2. The majority of those issues came from third party equipment that were on our facilities,” she said. She added, “We take great pride in both building and operating some of the most remarkable oil and gas facilities in The United States and in this great state state of New Mexico,” and said occasional spills are part of operating a large, complex business.

Senator Heinrich noted the real impacts on his constituents and reiterated that the goal should be zero spills. “I think the goal as challenging as it is should be 0,” he said, while acknowledging Robertson’s response.

There was no formal action, vote, or regulatory decision recorded in this exchange. The discussion was a question-and-answer moment in which a constituent concern about environmental compliance and community impacts was raised and a company representative described the company’s production scale, cited remediation timelines for violations, and attributed many incidents to third‑party equipment. Robertson also said the company had been sold.

The record cited in the meeting includes references to the federal Clean Air Act and to EPA air‑quality enforcement, but no specific enforcement orders, penalties, or dates were introduced during this exchange.