In this August photo provided by the North Dakota Health Department, workers expand a special landfill for oil field waste near Sawyer. State Health Department data show the amount of so-called oil field special waste has increased nearly 5,100 percent in the past decade, to more than 512,000 tons last year. Health officials say more than a dozen special landfills are proposed to keep pace with the state’s booming oil production.
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