Hearings
The Commission hears and decides applications made by operators, mineral owners, local governments, affected citizens, ECMC staff and other interested parties regarding the industries and operations ECMC regulates in Colorado.
The Commission meets every Wednesday. Commission hearings normally begin at 9:00 AM.
Are you looking for the materials associated with an upcoming hearing or topic? All materials associated with any permit or agenda item are posted publicly in the efiling docket system. Here are instructions to use the efiling system.
Public Comment
The Commission welcomes public comments regarding general matters or comments about a specific topic listed on an agenda. You can provide comments in orally OR in written format.
Oral comments during a public meeting
The Commission hears public comment at its weekly hearings. To provide public comment at a Commission Hearing, you must sign-up by the time indicated on the sign-up sheet.
Oral public comment sign-up sheet
Written comments
You may provide written comments at any time. To provide written public comment on a docket pending before the Commission, follow the link below to submit your written comment.
Work Sessions
Additionally, the Commissioners periodically hold work sessions.
Decisionmaking Hierarchy
Most hearing applications begin with the Commission’s hearing officers, who consider the merits of an application and recommend decisions on those applications to the Commission. Permits that are heard by the Commission have already completed the rigorous application submission process. To complete the application submission process, the applicant must comply with all applicable rules. Staff determines when an application is complete. Application completion does not mean the application is approved. The Commission requires a post-completeness public comment period. Additionally, the Commission requires pre-application and post-completeness local community meetings for many applications.
Finally, the application is heard at a public Commission hearing at which time the Commission can vote to deny, stay, continue, or approve the matter. The Commission roots all decisions in the agency's mission and takes into account many factors when the evaluating a matter, including rule compliance, community feedback, and more.
To fulfill its mission of regulating energy development in a manner that protects public health, safety, welfare, the environment and wildlife resource, ECMC uses a mitigation hierarchy to ensure that adverse impacts are first avoided, then minimized. Where not avoided or minimized, they must be then mitigated.
