[CPEO-BIF] "Andrews [Texas] water disposal site is now bird-watching park"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Andrews water disposal site is now bird-watching park
RRCs Brownfields Program helps reclaim sites for redevelopment

By Mella McEwen
Midland Reporter-Telegram (TX)
November 25, 2019

The economic growth that flows from the state’s oil and natural gas wells can continue even after those wells have stopped flowing.

The Railroad Commission, which is responsible for overseeing the state’s oil and gas industry, is also offering help redeveloping abandoned oil and gas sites through its Brownfields Response Program, funded by annual Brownfields grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“Our Brownfields program was created in 2002, when we received our first grant from the EPA,” said Leslie Bruce, program coordinator, in a phone interview.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mrt.com/business/oil/article/Andrews-water-disposal-site-is-now-bird-watching-14856421.php#photo-18652670

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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