By PHAEDRA HAYWOOD Rep. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, and Rep. Rhonda King, D-Stanley, are sponsoring a bill that would allow the Oil Conservation Division to consider the environmental impacts of drilling applications, something the agency has little authority to consider now.

By RAAM WONG Journal Staff Writer Two northern New Mexico lawmakers want to empower the state to impose stricter regulations on oil and gas producers like Tecton Energy, the company proposing to drill south of Santa Fe. Rep. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, and Rep.

By PHAEDRA HAYWOOD GALISTEO BASIN Wirth: Six-mon

By DAN BOYD Journal Staff Writer A Santa Fe lawmaker has asked state officials to consider implementing a six-month drilling moratorium in the Galisteo Basin, the site of a contentious debate over oil and gas. Rep.

By Phaedra Haywood, The Santa Fe New Mexican Nov. 27--A draft of Santa Fe County's much anticipated new oil and gas drilling ordinance is scheduled to be released today.