Saturday, November 8, 2008

Santa Fe County Oil & Gas Ordinance Status

The next CDRC (County Development Review Committee) meeting, November 13th, is posted below and at Common Ground United. Although the ordinance is groundbreaking, the cliché-ridden phrase “the devil is in the details” is apropos. In a letter to the County on behalf of Drilling Santa Fe, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center wrote, "(we) further urge you to recommend to the BCC (Board of County Commissioners) that it adopt a cautious and measured approach in finalizing the Ordinance, including an extension of the moratorium if necessary."

The County and the consultants are working hard on the oil & gas ordinance, as well as other plans. So, if you have input about the ordinance, please send your input as quickly as possible to the County Attorney Steve Ross, by email, sross@co.santa-fe.nm.us , or by snail mail, 102 Grant Ave Santa Fe, NM 87501-2061. There needs to be time to edit and proof the ordinance. It needs to be done right.

As soon as the revised draft is available, it will be posted at Drilling Santa Fe (DSF), Common Ground United (CGU), the Santa Fe County Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Ordinance, and Santa Fe County Planning & Growth Management websites. Additionally, the Power Point presentations from the CDRC meeting, November 6th, should be available soon and posted at all of these sites.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

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