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Senate Committee Says Slow Down on Texas Water Deals.
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Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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December 19, 2003
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2003 Austin American-Statesman. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Robert Elder
Dec. 19--A state Senate panel on Thursday warned the General Land Office to move slowly into water deals, a directive that could delay the state's involvement in contracts in West Texas and along the Texas 130 corridor in Central Texas.
The Senate Subcommittee on the Lease of State Water Rights voted to ask Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson to hold off on leasing West Texas lands to private water developers until the end of 2004. Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Frank Madla, D-San Antonio, said the Texas Water Development Board needs time to determine how much groundwater can safely be removed from West Texas aquifers.
Decisions on using state lands ...
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
November 21, 2003 ;
786 words
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Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
October 22, 2003 ;
787 words
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New Straits Times;
February 27, 2005 ;
350 words
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 29, 2006 ;
672 words
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Albuquerque Journal;
June 11, 2004 ;
Martin Salazar Journal Staff Writer;
634 words
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The Malay Mail;
September 6, 2005 ;
399 words
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New Straits Times;
January 27, 2000 ;
Subashini Nair;
263 words
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New Mexico Land Office Reveals Velarde Mining Plans.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
June 11, 2004 ;
702 words
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New Straits Times;
June 7, 2001 ;
Harun Hashim;
759 words
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New Straits Times;
May 31, 2007 ;
227 words
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Land Office Faces Suit Over Mine
Albuquerque Journal;
August 13, 2004 ;
Martin Salazar Journal Staff Writer;
665 words
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The Malay Mail;
March 10, 2006 ;
NAJMUDDIN NAJIB;
453 words
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
March 6, 2007 ;
433 words
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Water Mining in West Texas Is on Front Burner Again in State Senate.
Odessa American (Odessa, TX);
January 31, 2004 ;
651 words
......proposal to mine water from five West Texas counties, two state Senate...Nuevo and the Texas General Land Office, which would be granting a...representative from the state General Land Office and Rio Nuevo have been invited...the workings of the General Land Office, has ...
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