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California oversight oil well injection sites inadequate: state review
2015-10-09 00:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's oversight of wells where oil companies dispose of wastewater brought to the surface is hindered by inadequate staffing and poorly organized paper records, a state review of the program said Thursday. In a report to the state legislature, California's Department of Conservation (DOC) found that wastewater injection wells also suffer from inconsistent permitting, monitoring and enforcement of their construction and operation, among other problems. "The division hasn't owned up to...
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