Say No To Dirty Pit Waste in New Mexico

From Earthworks:
This October, New Mexico will begin revising the state's rules governing oil and gas pits. Oil and gas pits contain a range of toxic, carcinogenic and hazardous materials. Take action to strengthen these rules! (NOTE: Please take action only if you're from New Mexico.)

Toxic pits for you, no questions asked (or answered). The oil and gas industry is pushing rules that would:

• permit on-site, in-place burial of drilling waste;
• not require notification of surface owners - let alone their permission;
• prohibit testing of pit contents before burial; and
• not require post-burial monitoring of any kind.

Burying toxic pit waste threatens our precious groundwater, the people who live in proximity to these dumps, and private property. Don't let the oil and gas industry leave thousands of unmonitored and dirty mini-waste dumps across the state!

What You Can Do
Take action! Tell Governor Bill Richardson, and Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary Joanna Prukop these rules should protect land owners and the environment. Tell them the rules should prohibit on-site pit burial of toxic waste.

Thank you for your support,
Jennifer Goldman, Oil & Gas Accountability Project
Alan Septoff, EARTHWORKS

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Go to the action page.
• Read the sample letter and modify if you can. Personalized letter text and/or subject headers will increase the impact your letter has on your Representative.
• On the action page, clicking "Send My Message" will send your letter via email to Gov. Richardson.