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New rules possible for Wyoming oil, gas wastewater cleanup 

CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyoming environmental regulators are considering possibility of new rules on bonding to avoid having to spend state money to clean up abandoned oil and gas wastewater facilities. The cost would run into several million dollars should the state have to remediate several facilities.

In 2013, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality spent $740,000 to clean up an abandoned comme...