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Bill to notify lawmakers of wastewater-injection well hearings passes committee
Summary
A bill requiring the Oil and Gas Commission to notify state legislators when a public hearing is scheduled for a wastewater injection disposal well in their districts passed the Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee by voice vote.
A House bill that would require the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to notify state legislators when it schedules a public hearing on a wastewater injection disposal well in their districts passed the Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee on a voice vote.
Representative Cameron Cooper, R-District 57, said the bill is “a very simple bill” and described it as constituent-driven. Cooper told the committee that a disposal well permitted last year in his and Senator Dismang’s…
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