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Small South Texas town upset at prospect of oil and gas waste dump
NORDHEIM -- The small South Texas town of Nordheim, population 307, is none too happy about the prospect of oil and gas drilling waste — enough to fill the Empire State Building — getting buried in its backyard.
But the Texas Railroad Commission is likely to approve the controversial South Texas dump on Tuesday despite heavy opposition from elected officials who represent the area, echoing issues of local control that played out in the Capitol during the last legislative session.
Pyote Reclamation Systems wants to build the facility on a 200-acre tract a quarter of a mile outside Nordheim, on the southeastern fringe of the Eagle Ford fracking patch.
George Wommack, CEO of Petro Waste Environmental, which will operate the facility, has told hearing examiners with the Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas drilling, that the proposed site is ideal to meet the waste disposal needs of the industry in DeWitt County.
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