Senator contests new DEQ restrictions of oilfield pollution
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Eli Bebout sent a letter to regulators challenging draft permit changes made after the agency took 453 public comments.
DEQ says Aethon violated pollution limits at Moneta Divide
Wyoming DEQ’s violation letter spurs Texas company to promise monitoring changes after black sediment, free oil, sewage odor are detected.
Gov: wildlife migration order makes competing bills moot
Gordon signs executive order protecting migrating wildlife, a measure said to be the first such effort in the nation.
Hyattville dam cost jumps 69% to $59M
Study finds poor foundation and materials, but irrigators’ costs won’t go up for 8,000-acre-foot project serving 33 subscribers.
Panel abandons griz depredation comp model, awards ranch $339K
In years-long battle over grizzlies, lions and property rights, verdict awards 80% of rancher’s $422,971 claim, far above the $89,498 Game and Fish regulations allowed for stock losses to carnivores.
