The Commission adopted its new Cumulative Impacts and Enhanced Systems & Practices (CI/ESP) Rules October 15th; those rules went into effect on December 15, 2024. Stay tuned for forthcoming guidance documents and Forms. Please contact sabrina.trask@state.co.us with any questions.
The guidance document for Rule 301.f.(3) and 301.g.(1) for Pre-application meetings is available in the Guidance Document table under Regulations and Operator Guidance or can be found HERE.
Noble Energy submitted a Form 4 Sundry to request changes to the Colt OGDP 5 OGDP, OGDP #486954. This notice will be posted for 14 days pursuant to Rule 301.c. The Form 4 document #404014720 is available HERE.
The Commission will consider a Motion to Continue the Produced Water Rulemaking, Docket No. 240900229 at tomorrow's December 3, 2024 hearing at 9:00 a.m. The motion can be viewed HERE.
Kerr McGee submitted a Form 4 Sundry to request changes to the Tulip OGDP #487706. This notice will be posted for 14 days pursuant to Rule 301.c. The Form 4 document #404004565 is available HERE.
ECMC announced today at a public hearing that two environmental consultants submitted falsified laboratory data reports to ECMC. ECMC has preliminarily determined that the data manipulation affected soil, groundwater, and inorganic and organic contaminant data for approximately 350 oil and gas locations in Weld County. Click HERE for the full announcement.
At the 11/15/25 hearing, the Commission stayed the OGDP pending a full alternative location analysis of Proposed Alternate Location #4. Stayed means that the Commission has indefinitely halted the proceedings until the Operator can provide further analysis. Use the efiling portal to view the full docket. Information about Location 4 is available in the location documents (click ALA Narrative Summary).
ECMC adopted Cumulative Impacts and Enhanced Systems and Practices Rules on 10/15/2024. Cumulative impacts refer to the combined effects on public health and the environment from the incremental impacts of a proposed oil and gas operation, alongside those from past, present, and foreseeable future developments. The rules will be submitted to the Secretary of State to be published in the register soon. The rules go into effect 12/15/2024.
The approval process for Field Inspection Resolution Reports (FIRRs) has changed. Information about this change is available by clicking here. For questions please contact Mike Leonard.