Use of New Mexico site for loading oil hits snag
Use of New Mexico site for loading oil hits snag
Published on NewsOK Modified: May 27, 2014 at 3:17 pm • Published: May 27, 2014
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Dallas-based company's use of a site in a town near Albuquerque to load crude oil into train cars for shipping to refineries has hit a snag.
Bernalillo officials have ordered NuDevCo Midstream to stop using a closed wallboard manufacturing plant for loading oil from wells in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico, the Santa Fe New Mexican (http://bit.ly/1puuQMx ) reported.
Residents began complaining after NuDevCo Midstream began using the site May 1 to transfer oil from trucks to train cars, and town planner Maria Rinaldi said the company hadn't obtained a required a special-use permit.
The company has now applied for a permit, but Mayor Jack Torres said residents have concerns about safety, traffic and potential threats to groundwater.
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