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I had a great time attending the IADC Permian Basin Chapter lunch Wednesday and hearing about the innovations in rig automations and 4 mile laterals. At the end of the meeting Jay Norton stood up and informed us about some potential changes to Texas Railroad Commission statewide rule 8 chapter 4 in regards to earth pits. They are pretty much saying the stuff that comes out of a drilled well is toxic muck and we can’t use earth pits because it will contaminate the ground water. I haven’t personally done the research but Jay was pretty insistent about how there was no evidence after 80 years of research that drilling with earth pits contaminated ground water. We have a little bit of time to express our thoughts to the railroad commission before the changes are adopted. DYOR and voice your opinion to the RRC