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Resident urges Eddy County to widen oil-and-gas setbacks, increase penalties
Summary
Jeanne Nichols, a lifelong Happy Valley resident, urged the Eddy County Commission to amend a 1975 ordinance to require 2,640-foot setbacks from homes, schools, churches and mercantile establishments and to raise criminal penalties and allow civil remedies, citing safety and privacy concerns from nearby drilling.
Jeanne Nichols, a lifelong resident of Happy Valley, told the Eddy County Commission she and neighbors have been ‘‘blindsided’’ by recent drilling near their homes and asked the board to amend Ordinance 01975-5 to protect residents.
Nichols said the current ordinance allows drilling as close as 300 feet without owner consent and that a nearby proposed Permian Resources drill site was ‘‘a little over 400 feet’’ from her house. She urged the county to change the drilling-location…
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