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Ventura County Supervisors To Look At Oil Well Controversy

Ventura County Supervisors Tuesday are scheduled  to look at a controversial proposal to allow a company to re-activate three shuttered well in a rural area of the county.

Miranda Petroleum Company wants to restart the wells off of Highway 150 between Santa Paula and Ojai, near the Koenigstein Road-150 intersection. It’s projected that the wells would produce about six barrels of oil a day, or a tanker truck full about every two weeks. Environmental groups opposing the proposal contend it is in violation of planning guidelines, and creates environmental and traffic concerns.

The County Planning Commission rejected the arguments and approved the project. Opponents appealed, setting the stage for today’s hearing.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.