美国土地主同样饱受油气开发开采的现状及议案.ppt

Surface Owners’ Protection Act Balancing the relationship between landowners and the oil and gas industry. This is about property protection, not politics. Doing It Right “Engine fumes come in my bedroom at night from a nearby [established] site.” --Homeowner in the City of Aztec, Kokopelli Subdivision. Surface Owners’ Protection Bill Attempts to balance between oil and gas companies and property owners. Allows people to protect their property and investment. Allows property owners to negotiate with the oil and gas companies. How do we pass the Surface Owners’ Protection Act? Get more people like you involved. Get your legislators to support the bill. Get calls in to the Governor to urge his continued support of the bill. What can YOU do? Letters/postcard to your senators and representatives on the list we give you Letters to the Governor!! Letters to the editor Make suggestions to us! However, there are some bad actors out there. This is a leaking tank on a well pad. The leak looks small on the surface, see the darker gravel where it looks oily or wet. The company had to remove 165 cubic yards of contaminated soil. Let’s talk about the “why” we need landowner protection. Tank leak. Tanks are supposed to be bermed with bottom showing so that leaks can be seen. And berms need to be a specific size and graveled These engine fumes are NOx, (Nitrogen Oxides). The EPA acknowledges these fumes are harmful.  Eleven states already have laws which require oil and gas companies to negotiate damage settlements with surface owners before beginning operations. Even subdivisions are not exempt or protected from drilling. Seismic testing. A thumper truck. Many wells are being added. We don’t have any studies in New Mexico. For the past two years, Representative Andy Nu?ez has worked hard to pass the Surface Owners’ Protection Act. In 2005 the bill made it through the House of Representatives in the State Capitol in Santa Fe but the session ended before th