After eleven days of remediation work by Extraction, the City announced on April 29 that the “soil contamination has remediated to the satisfaction of COGCC” at the future site of the Modular Large Volume Tank (MLVT) Facility containing 4 large freshwater storage tanks to be used to store the water for hydraulic fracturing of all 84 wells in the…
Several Broomfield residents were alarmed when they saw flaring near the Livingston Pad on Friday, April 26 about 3 pm. One Anthem Ranch resident sent a video of the incident to Broomfield Director of Strategic Initiatives Tami Yellico. An April 26 notice from the City that “standard” maintenance activities on the old well Livingston 43-07 would begin had been…
Extraction pipeline workers “pulling a gas line that contained some residual product that caught fire” handled the reporting of this fire according to proper protocol, according to the City. This incident occurred “in an area between 160th and Highway 7 on the east side of Huron Street” on April 26. On April 27, the City posted the following announcement:…
Announcement from the City and County of Broomfield 4/27/19 “April 26, 2019, North Metro Fire Rescue District Report of Black Smoke” “The North Metro Fire and Rescue District (NMFRD) investigated some black smoke the afternoon of Friday, April 26, 2019. Engine 66 was responding to a potential car accident and noticed some black smoke in an area between 160th…
Several important topics were discussed at the April 23rd City Council meeting. Discussion of the proposed Jefferson Parkway lasted over three hours with 24 speakers coming from communities outside Broomfield. The proposal for the Jefferson Parkway locates this highway on the eastern border of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons production facility. The general consensus from citizen speakers was that…
Strong petroleum odor problems are just the latest addition to the citizen complaints of nearby residents as drilling begins at the Extraction Interchange Pad. An Executive Session at 5 p.m. today was just added to the previously published Council Agenda for the “purpose of discussing legal advice regarding Extraction Oil and Gas, Inc.’s operations within Broomfield and the Amended…
“Following state inspections using infrared cameras, federal and state attorneys allege failure to control emissions of volatile ozone-forming chemicals, benzene and other hazardous pollutants” By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post 4/21/19 “The 27-page lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court accuses the HighPoint Operating Corporation of failing to control volatile organic compounds (VOCs), precursors of ozone smog, as well as…
At the Tuesday, April 23 Council Meeting, Item 13c the monthly Oil and Gas Update Report will later be followed by Item 18a Councilmember Requests for Future Action which includes: – “Councilmember Shelton has requested that Council make a motion to oppose drilling under Rocky Flats. (See the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council’s motion included as Attachment 1)” – “Councilmember…
The drill rig now appears to be in place on the Interchange B Pad, as shown in the picture below taken from Huron and 149th towards the Interchange Pad east of 156th and Huron. This follows a week of complaints filed by nearby residents about noise during the night and trucks continuing to violate traffic routes. According to the…
WOGc Also Protesting United South Forced Pooling by Extraction On April 15, Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (WOGc) filed an amended complaint in federal court for WOGc v. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), the federal forced pooling constitutional rights case that was first filed on January 23. You can read the amended complaint filed by WOGc Attorney…
