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Surface Owners’ Protection Act Balancing the relationship between landowners and the oil and gas industry. This is about property protection, not politics. “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. Allow 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! Resources for Property Owners Download the book Oil and Gas at Your Door? A Landowners Guide to Oil and Gas Development 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.  Nine 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. Over 12,000 new wells are planned in the next 20 years in San Juan County alone. Some will be in your neighborhood ranch, farm, or subdivision. “Drilling has been nonstop for two years.” --Fort Worth Fort Star Telegram, TX Do you know? In New Mexico, homeowners, ranchers and farmers most often do not own the mineral rights to the oil and gas underneath the surface of their land. Do you know? Oil and gas companies are not required to have a written agreement with t