The March 22 CCOB Broomfield Community Forum to discuss the HAZID Report offered citizens and Broomfield City Council members a chance to ask probing and detailed questions to DNV-GL, the writers of the report, about the process, data collected, results, and other concerns. The panelists included Robin Pitblado, Cynthia Spitzenberger and Marisa Pierce from DNV-GL, as well as Barbara…
A quick update from the City – “The rig is being brought to the Interchange B Pad in pieces and then assembled on site. Broomfield’s inspectors will be conducting another site walk through today at 3:00 pm, when the drill rig will be set up, but not yet ready to drill.” A nearby resident has also filed a complaint…
Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (WOGc) will return to federal court on March 26 at 9 a.m. for a status conference in Judge R. Brooke Jackson’s courtroom. During the February 12 hearing on the motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee’s forced pooling Constitutional lawsuit against the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission…
Truck route violations by Extraction are being reported near the Interchange Pads just as drilling is set to begin on the Interchange B Pad. Unincorporated Adams County residents in North Star Estates, Mustang Acres and Northwest Estates have been repeatedly assured by Broomfield staff that Extraction and its subcontractors will adhere to the designated traffic route plans as defined…
With a 6-4 vote, Council failed to reach the two-thirds vote needed to support SB 19-181 Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations at the March 19 Council Meeting. One of its main provisions is to allow local governments to further regulate oil and gas operations in their jurisdictions, making it appropriate to be considered at Council where there…
SB 19-181 Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations was passed unamended at 2 a.m. by the House Energy and Environment Committee with a 7-4 vote. It will likely be heard in the House Finance Committee on Monday, March 25 at 1:30 pm. It passed through three Senate Committees and then the entire Senate on March 13. …
A Council resolution to support SB 19-181 Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations will be voted on at the Tuesday, March 19 Council Meeting. Item 14 on the Council Agenda was brought forth by Council Member Castriotta and will require a two-thirds vote for approval, according to Council rules. One of its main provisions is to allow local…
Extraction will begin drilling (spud) operations on or after March 21, 2019 on the Interchange B site, according to a March 14 announcement by Broomfield on its Oil and Gas webpage. The installation of the sound walls is now complete. You can see pictures of equipment and further descriptions of activities to be expected on the site here, as…
The City Staff released Extraction’s long-awaited Pipeline Risk Analysis today. It is the result of Best Management Practice (BMP) 3 in Exhibit B of the Operator Agreement which reads, “If requested by the City, Operator will conduct a risk analysis to identify potential risks associated with pipelines and the measures implemented that are intended to mitigate such risks.” The…
On Wednesday morning, SB 19-181 passed its third reading with a 19-15-1 vote in the Senate and is headed to the House. According to co-prime sponsor Sen. Mike Foote, the amendments added last night “do not change the core of the bill regarding either local control or COGCC reform.” You can read the bill and the amendments here https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-181…
