Upcoming Community Events & Meetings
Our team of community liaisons would like to meet you. Please join us at upcoming programs.
Upcoming ECMC Events
In addition to our weekly hearings and stakeholder meetings, ECMC will soon host community-focused events. Check back soon! We don't have any programs planned at the moment.
Where You'll See Us Soon
ECMC will have booths at the following upcoming programs. Come find us and say hello!
Where we've been recently
We enjoyed a fun morning at the 2025 Touch-a-Truck and Car Show in Greeley on 7/19/25.
- We attended the "Our Bodies, Our Earth: Uniting Reproductive and Environmental Justice" session during Earth Talks on 7/10/2025.
We had a fun (and early!) morning hosting a booth at Denver's Bike to Work Day on 6/25/2025.
- We presented about ECMC's spill reporting data at a webinar hosted by CO Rising on 6/18/25. Watch the recording.
Upcoming Operator Meetings
The Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) adopted Cumulative Impacts and Enhanced Systems and Practices Rules today and concluded an 18-month public process. 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.
Addressing long-standing environmental and health impacts, particularly in Disproportionately Impacted (DI) communities, requires an accurate and realistic understanding of the effects from combined exposures to chemical and other stressors such as noise, odor, and socioeconomic disadvantages. It also requires stakeholders, particularly in DI communities, to have access to information and decision-making opportunities.
The rules include a new requirement for operators to conduct a community meeting prior to submitting a permit application for proposed oil and gas development near homes. This community meeting gives local residents a chance to hear the operator’s proposal, ask questions about the project, and provide input directly to the operator before the permit application is submitted. Similarly, the rules now require a second community meeting after the permit application has passed the completeness phase of review. This meeting gives the public a chance to ask questions about information included in the permit application. ECMC Staff will attend both the pre-application and the post-completeness meetings to answer questions about the permitting process and inform community members about how they can stay engaged throughout the process.
These meetings are hosted by operators. The operator is required to invite local community members -- land owners, tenants, homeowners, etc -- who reside within a specific proximity of the proposed operation.