All Posts Tagged With: "COGCC"
Longmont Council Tables New Oil and Gas Regulations
Mike King, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, hinted in a letter to the city council that a lawsuit could be in the works if Longmont proceeded with its new rules, the first update of the city’s oil and gas regulations since 2000.
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Douglas County Seeks Uniform Oil and Gas Regs
Navigation is the key for government entities such as Douglas County, which face the possibility of drilling operations as oil companies file drilling unit applications, the first step after an operator has secured access to mineral rights.
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Longmont’s Oil and Gas Regs Too Strict Say
State and Industry
The city’s proposed rules are not needed and not enforceable, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. The industry group is asking Longmont to reject the proposed regulations and work within the state’s robust regulatory framework.
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COGCC Official Talks Baseline Testing on West Slope
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission does not require companies to perform groundwater testing as part of its rules. However, the COGCC has been known to make energy companies perform baseline testing of groundwater reserves under certain circumstances.
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Longmont Moves Forward on Drilling Rules
The key provision of the new rules gives energy companies the opportunity to shortcut the city’s approval process by voluntarily agreeing to tougher drilling standards than the state requires.
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Boulder County Votes to Place Temporary Moratorium
on Drilling
The public will be able to comment March 1, according to the county’s website, “on the local impacts associated with oil and gas development, and on the appropriateness of continuing or amending the temporary moratorium.”
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El Paso County County Adopts Slimmed-Down Oil and Gas Regulations
The Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve a proposal that was significantly scaled down from what the county’s planning commission approved earlier this month. The regulations govern transportation, emergency response, noxious weeds and, controversially, water quality issues related to drilling.
1Feb2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
More Reaction to State Ruling on Fracking Fluids
“This will likely become a model for other states,” said Governor Hickenlooper. “This shows what can be accomplished when industry, environmentalists and regulators come together,” said Tisha Schuller of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. “Colorado has the most comprehensive fracking fluid disclosure rule in the county.”
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EPA Draft Links Fracking, Groundwater Contamination in Wyoming Town
The finding set off calls for tighter rules on the fracking process. “This could be a game changer,” said Frank Smith, an organizer with the Western Colorado Congress, an environmental group. Not so fast said Wyoming officials, including the Governor.
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Ultra Petroleum Completes $20M Purchase of Banning Lewis Ranch Acreage
Late last month El Paso County commissioners voted in favor of a three-month moratorium on oil and gas drilling applications in order to have time to review and update the county’s rules governing energy development. But a company spokesperson said they do not expect it to
impact their drilling plans.
Kudos, Awards and Grants for Colorado Organizations
CSU, the City of Longmont, and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission are on the receiving end, while Ascent Solar in Thornton is sponsoring a solar design competiton among college students.
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Neslin Stays on at COGCC for Another Year
Mike King, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources made the announcement on Monday. Neslin has headed the agency since November 2007, when he was appointed acting director by Harris Sherman, executive director of the DNR at the time.
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Marathon Agrees to Pay $143,350 Fine for 2008 Spill
According to commission staffers, in late 2007 through January 2008, more than 31,000 barrels of flowback fluid
was released from a faulty seam in a pit liner. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is due to consider the settlement next week
We need to promote export terminals to liquify and ship natural gas to markets in Asia and Euroupe. The US ...
Natural Gas can be consumed so efficiently that the WATER can even be recovered from the combusted exhaust gases.
Going ...
Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for implementation of audit recommendations. Even small rebates will have little impact ...
Re: Natural gas generation wasn’t included in the final analysis but is generally assumed to emit about half as much ...
Disclosure MIGHT prevent pollution if there was a watchdog agency that ruled yes or no on particular chemicals before they ...
Having just read Tom Gray's article 'Fred Udo's bogus numbers' I get the feeling I haven't understood whats going on. ...
I agree with you kirsch. I knew this article had the stench of industry money as soon add I read ...
Can someone explain how disclosure prevents pollution? They can still release air toxins and they are still not held ...