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Taft council asks KEDC to brief city on potential impacts of newly authorized oil permits
Summary
Council members asked staff to invite Richard Chapman of KEDC for a briefing and discussed commissioning an economic study after state action that council members said could allow Kern County to issue up to 2,000 drilling permits per year; council did not adopt any study funding at the meeting.
Taft city council members on Nov. 18 agreed to invite the Kern area economic development organization KEDC to brief the council on potential local impacts from recently authorized oil-permitting changes, and discussed commissioning a follow-up economic study.
The request came from Councilman Crier, who said state action will allow Kern County to issue “2,000 drilling permits every year for the next 10…
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