EPA regulations threaten Nebraska oil wells and costs
The EPA plans tougher rules on water injection to boost oil recovery, touching Nebraska where about 45 percent of state production comes from 120 wells. Regulators would require cemented casings through freshwater zones, isolating injection zones with tubing and packers at high costs, potentially shutting down wells and raising prices as foreign and domestic oil compete with capped prices.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Nebraska
Paul Roberts
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Sidney
Roberts
Texas
Oklahoma
California
East Texas
United States
Oil and Gas Commission
Federal Energy Administration
Commission
WIFE to testify in Washington on farm price plan
Members of WIFE the Sidney based group promoting better farm commodity prices will testify before the Senate and House Agricultural Committees in Washington DC on February 28 and March 1. The trip arrangements will be outlined at a WIFE meeting Tuesday at 9 30 a.m. at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. A Goodland trip is also planned. The event on Saturday February 19 is expected to draw farm leaders from across the Midwest.
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WIFE
Senate
House Agricultural Committees
Washington
Kimball area oil producers face federal penalties
Rep Virginia Smith plans to meet with the Federal Energy Administration on February 17 to discuss complaints against Kimball area independent oil producers. The FEA wants repayment with interest for alleged overcharges to petroleum buyers, a move Smith calls punitive amid weather and regulatory confusion. She notes at least one producer may owe over $1 million and argues producers filled gaps when major companies left.
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Virginia Smith
Federal Energy Administration
Kimball
FEA
Mrs Smith
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney City Council Agenda Includes Annexation Bid
The Sidney City Council will meet at 7:30 tonight to consider annexing old Highway 19 and establishing floodway districts. Bids for two new police cars are on the schedule, with a Housing Authority meeting at 7:15. The council may approve Emmett Clark’s request to vacate the alley between King Jackson and 12th 13th for a public utilities easement, and Joanne Goodwin will resign as Board of Adjustment alternate as she moves to the Planning Commission.
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Sidney
Housing Authority
Emmett Clark
King and Jackson
12Th
Joanne Goodwin
Planning Commission
Referendum Discussion Set at Chappell
A meeting for southern Panhandle cattlemen at Larry's Lounge in Chappell on Wednesday Feb 16 begins at 6 pm with social hour a 6 30 pm dutch treat dinner and a 7 pm program Arlene Viersen North Platte state chairman of the referendum drive will present the plan which Congress approved in 1976 to aid the beef industry through research education and publicity A similar meeting is scheduled in Bridgeport at 6 30 pm Tuesday Feb 22 at the Legion Hall
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Bridegport
The
Legion Hall
Exon budget proposal draws few surprises for Clark
Sen Robert Clark in Sidney says Exon's budget is a starting point for agencies with an eight percent increase over the current year. He notes last year’s spending exceeded the governor’s request by about 72 million, with this year at 473 million including a 29 million disaster cushion. Clark criticizes tying tax rates to crop outcomes and backs LB131 to cap spending, while opposing LB220 the anti litter tax plan now expanding to autos and household goods.
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JJ Exon
Sidney
Robert Clark
Clark
Exons
Exon
74Th
Long
Ruichard Lewis
Holbrook
Department of Environmental Control
Exon weighs state help for Nebraska beet growers in dispute
Gov James Exon said he is seriously considering ways Nebraska can assist beet growers against Great Western Sugar Co after the company announced plant closings in Scottsbluff Bayard Mitchell and Gering. He noted 185 to 250 Nebraska workers would be laid off and urged possible legal avenues for direct state involvement to support growers amid what he called an unfair move with long term agricultural impact.
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United Press International
James Exon
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Co
Exon
Great Western
Scottsbluff
Bayard
Mitchell
Gering
UPI
Tam Hopeful
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Billings Mont
Great Western Sugar
Sixon
Old map recalls St George Cattle Co ranch history
Sidney resident Clark Fuller recalls memories triggered by a recently turned over map of the St George Cattle Co, a once large Cheyenne County ranch. The 1900s operation, founded by George Payne and run by the Fuller family, stretched beyond 50 sections with about 7,000 head of cattle. The venture faced financial losses due to missteps, free range losses, and homesteaders arriving as the area developed. Fuller recounts drives, roundups, brandings, rodeos, and life around the Vernon Ranch where much range lay, naming Len Sherwin and Hubert Fuller among local figures.
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Clark Fuller
St. George Cattle Co
Cheyenne County
Con Marshall
Sidney
St George Cattle Co
Paul Martin
St George
Fuller
T. Fuller
St. George
Lodgepole Creek
Fort
Tas
Kincaid
Vernon Ranch
Sidney Draw
St Georges Summer Range
Len Sherwin
Hubert Fuller
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