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FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. State economists on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, revised upward forecasts for state government income amid surging oil and natural gas production in New Mexico, giving lawmakers greater leeway as they begin crafting a general fund spending plan for the coming fiscal year. Most of the windfall is linked to steadily growing oil and natural gas production focused in the Permian Basin that straddles the state line between New Mexico and Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Report: Oil boom to continue, more infrastructure needed

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

New questions raised on leaked nuke waste mixture

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FILE - This April 2, 2014 file image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows workers underground inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in Carlsbad, N.M., for the first time since the Feb. 14 radiological release. Workers at a West Texas nuclear waste disposal site are closely monitoring containers from Los Alamos National Lab, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, a day after New Mexico officials announced a type of kitty litter is believed to have caused a radiation leak at the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy, File)

Is cat litter to blame for nuke dump leak?

By JERI CLAUSING - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file aerial photo shows the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The U.S. Department of Energy has appointed a team to investigate the detection of radiation in and near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility that's the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository in operation. An underground monitor at the plant near Carlsbad detected airborne radiation late Friday night, Feb. 14, and an independent monitor center said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 that it found radioactive isotopes in an air sensor a half-mile from the plant. The assessment of facility will be conducted by an accident investigation board consisting of department officials and representatives of health and safety agencies, the department said in a statement released late Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlsbad Current Argus, File)

Leak confirmed at nuclear waste dump in New Mexico

By JERI CLAUSING - Associated Press

New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn answers questions from a Senate panel as lawmakers consider his confirmation during a hearing in Santa Fe, N.M. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Environmental groups have criticized Flynn about the adoption of water quality rules governing copper mines. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

NM Senate confirms environment secretary

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press