Regina, Sask.-After ten years, farmers in the province have finally gotten word that they are prohibited from drilling oil and natural gas wells on their property near underground potash mines. The measure was enacted to prevent flooding in potash mines. Farmers are eyeing legal action as a result, according to a recent article in a local paper, The Star Phoenix. Farmers were reportedly tipped off to the situation by a gas company that had sought permission to drill and was denied. To date, according to a spokesman from Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., no such suit has been filed, and potash producers are in talks with provincial authorities.
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