By Jennifer Kovaleski, Denver 7 News Thank you, Candace Spicer, for taking the video of Friday’s visible plume from the Extraction Coyote Trail Pad near Vista Ridge! And kudos to Denver 7’s Jennifer Kovaleski for attempting to hold the COGCC and Extraction accountable for the emission and air quality problem! The COGCC inspector stated that there was “an issue…
Broomfield residents Betty Sue Harris and John Dulles expressed their disappointment with the conditional approval of the Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP) in letters to the editor published in the Broomfield Enterprise August 26, 2018 print edition. You can also find these letters in the online e-edition here on pages 6 and 17 http://broomfieldenterprise.co.newsmemory.com/ Are the people powerless? Is there someone…
After an extremely disappointing week during which the Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP) and Northwest A, Northwest B and Interchange A & B drilling permits were approved, oil and gas items of significance will continue to be reviewed by City Council at its August 28 meeting. You can find the agenda here, including Item 11m covering the proposed contract for…
In response to an inquiry on the evening of August 23, Director of Strategic Initiatives Tami Yellico sent the following email: “Today Broomfield was notified that COGCC issued the following: 13 Form 2s for the Interchange A Pad 12 Form 2s for the Interchange B Pad 8 Form 2s for the Northwest A Pad 6 Form 2s for the…
The Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (“WOGc”) has filed a lawsuit challenging the June 1 decision of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Committee (“COGCC”) to grant drilling permits for the Livingston pad in Broomfield. The premise of the lawsuit is that the COGCC failed to take into account health, safety, environment, and economic issues with the massive residential…
Are you concerned that the City approved the CDP even though it does not comply with the Operator Agreement, City Charter and updated Comprehensive Plan? If so, please take a moment to email City Manager Charles Ozaki and our City Council and express your concerns. City Manager: manager@broomfield.org City Council: council@broomfieldcitycouncil.org You can read about the approval here. The…
In an August 21 letter to the City on the day after City Manager Charles Ozaki approved the Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), ten local organizations stated that they were “extremely disappointed that the substantive efforts of countless residents and groups were dismissed or only partially addressed” as “idle industry threats have outweighed these concerns despite the language and mandates…
City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) Manager Charles Ozaki approved Extraction’s Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), according to a press release dated August 20 that was posted on the City’s Oil and Gas webpage. In the letter to Eric Jacobsen of Extraction, CCOB Manager Ozaki listed 15 conditions for approval. In an attempt to address many citizen and Council objections…
In an August 17 email to City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) Attorney Shaun Sullivan and CCOB Manager Charles Ozaki, Attorney and Wildgrass resident Mark Lindner stated his legal opinion that “the City Manager cannot approve a non-final revision of the CDP, and no party can deem such an approval to be valid in a Colorado court of law.” …
In a 3 pm email to the City before the 5 pm August 14 Special Council Meeting to hear public comments on the Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), Extraction continued its claims of breach of contract and financial damage due to the “unreasonable refusal” of the City to approve the CDP. The claims that Extraction Attorney Eric Christ listed in…
