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Waste Water Injection Wells to be Shut Down

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The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is requiring the shutdown of 37 wastewater disposal wells in the area around the epicenter of a magnitude 5.6 earthquake.

The mandate comes after the Saturday morning earthquake near Pawnee and includes 514 square miles under commission jurisdiction.

Commission spokesman Matt Skinner says another 211 square miles in Osage County is under Environmental Protection Agency jurisdiction and the EPA will decide what action to take there.