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Senate Committee To Hear Plan For Drilling Limits

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Legislature is mulling Democratic bills to clamp down on oil and gas producers.

On Monday, a Senate committee is hearing a bill to increase daily limits on drilling fines for the first time in decades.

On Wednesday, a House committee will consider a bill to study the possibility of more thorough well inspections.

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