A county map suggests that intent is actually for 109 wells on 16 pads. In fall 2018, just weeks before an election with minimum fracking distance requirements on the ballot, Highlands Natural Resources Corporation, an English and Scottish outfit, filed paperwork for 31 wells using four drilling pads in the area of Rocky Flats and Standley Lake, with plans to file for additional applications. They say a detailed Environmental Impact Statement is needed for the decision, particularly since the parcels being considered are near Paonia Reservoir, Fire Mountain Canal, Cottonwood Creek and other critical waterways. Critics say oil & gas has changed a lot over the years, particularly the growth of fracking, and more is known today about possible health risks, with BLM currently working on new guidance documents. The finding was based on two old guidance documents: a 1989 Resource Management Plan and a 1987 Report on Oil & Gas. The Bureau of Land Management released a March 2012 Draft Preliminary Environmental Assessment and announced a Finding of No Significant Impact. In August 2012, about 30,000 acres will be put up for lease for oil & gas drilling near the North Fork Valley communities of Hotchkiss, Paonia, and Crawford, Colorado. Location of gas leases in the Niobrara formation in Wyoming and Colorado. He has appeared in industry-funded ads in newspapers and on radio stations across the state, proclaiming that no water in Colorado had been contaminated by fracking, and has said that fracking fluids are edible. Hickenlooper took $75,000 from oil and gas interests in his 2010 election, and appointed an industry campaign donor to an important regulatory position. Ĭolorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) is a former petroleum geologist for Buckhorn Petroleum. According to industry data, at least 430 million gallons of chemical-laced fluids have been injected into more than 9,000 oil and gas wells in the state, mostly along the northern Front Range and the Western Slope. Bureau of Economic Analysis said in 2009 that the natural gas industry represented 7.3% of Colorado’s economy. For the fluids disposed of, the BLM states that 60 percent goes into "deep and closely-regulated" waste injection wells, 20 percent "evaporates from lined pits" and 20 percent is "discharged as usable surface water" under permits from the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission. The BLM states that, in Colorado, the majority of fluids used in the fracturing process are recycled and no fluids are sent to wastewater treatment plants, which has caused water quality concerns in the eastern United States. 9.13 Compromise made over fracking measuresĪccording to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 95 percent of new wells in Colorado use fracking to access the natural gas.9.12 Voters in four Colorado cities call for timeout on fracking.9.10 Citizens march to deliver signatures opposing fracking operation.9.9 Residents meet in Windsor to discuss fracking impacts.9.8 Colorado Springs group sues to allow vote on fracking ban.9.7.1 Longmont voters ban fracking, court overturns, appeal filed.9.7 Loveland considers water ban for fracking.4.5 Oil and Gas Health Information and Response Program.top drillers and number of permits in Colorado
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