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The Pit Rule - Good questions and honest answers
PUBLICATION DATE: February 14, 2011
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
Panel 1: Health impacts from drilling, fracking, waste pits and gas production
PUBLICATION DATE: November 19, 2010
![Chart: Groundwater Contamination from New Mexico Pits - by operator.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113221730im_/http://www.earthworksaction.org/images/made/images/uploads/pub_thumbs/GW_contam_from_pits_by_Operator-500_70_48_s.jpg)
Chart: Groundwater Contamination from New Mexico Pits - by operator.
PUBLICATION DATE: January 5, 2007
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: Graph of New Mexico Oil Conservation Division data, showing the number of documented groundwater contamination incidents caused by operator.
![Chart: Groundwater Contamination From Different Types of Oil and Gas Pits in New Mexico.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113221730im_/http://www.earthworksaction.org/images/made/images/uploads/pub_thumbs/GW_contam_by_Pit_Location-500_70_46_s.jpg)
Chart: Groundwater Contamination From Different Types of Oil and Gas Pits in New Mexico.
PUBLICATION DATE: January 5, 2007
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: Graph of New Mexico Oil Conservation Division data, showing the number of documented groundwater contamination incidents caused by different types of pits.
![Chart: Groundwater Contamination from New Mexico Pits - by county.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113221730im_/http://www.earthworksaction.org/images/made/images/uploads/pub_thumbs/GW_contam_from_pits_%20by_County-500_70_48_s.jpg)
Chart: Groundwater Contamination from New Mexico Pits - by county.
PUBLICATION DATE: January 5, 2007
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: Graph of New Mexico Oil Conservation Division data, showing the number of documented groundwater contamination incidents caused by oil and gas pits. Data are summarized by county.
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New Mexico Oil Conservation Division Proposed Pit Rule
PUBLICATION DATE: October 27, 2006
AUTHOR: NM OCD
![Pit Pollution](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113221730im_/http://www.earthworksaction.org/images/made/images/uploads/pub_thumbs/PitReport-500_70_95_s.jpg)
Pit Pollution
PUBLICATION DATE: January 11, 2006
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: This document provides information on pollution from oil and gas waste pits, statistics from New Mexico, and alternatives methods of storing and disposing wastes.
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