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BMP ID: 1071
Title: Use pitless drilling and other technology to reduce impacts
Text: "Pitless drilling permits smaller well pads and eliminating toxic reserve pits filled with toxic chemicals. In cases where this and other state-of-the-art technology reduces the overall environmental impacts, it should be required under the RMP."
Source Publication Name: Western Heritage Alternative: A Sustainable Vision for the Public Lands and Resources of the Great Divide
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 63
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
P.O. Box 1512
Laramie, Wyoming  82073  United States
Phone:(307) 742-7978     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(307) 742-7989     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Shrub lands
General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-21 12:33 UTC