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Colorado: COGCC Can’t Use ALJs to Help with 6,300 Drilling Permit Applications

June 21, 2019

From the Denver Business Journal Colorado law has emerged as a surprise obstacle to state regulators hiring administrative law judges to help make decisions about permits for drilling new oil and gas wells. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is rewriting policies to match sweeping oil and gas regulation reforms passed in April by the state legislature. Senate Bill 181 included

Amendments to Colorado’s Oil and Gas Overhaul Bill Take SB 19-181 Back to the Senate for Another Vote on Tuesday, April 2 - Oil & Gas 360 Colorado Capitol

Colorado Oil Regulator Urged to Stop Drilling at First New COGCC Meeting

May 28, 2019

From the Denver Business Journal Some sections of SRC Energy’s Comprehensive Drilling Plan gain approval; PetroShare settlement for year-late integrity test unanimously rejected by commission Anti-fracking activists and neighborhood residents urged Colorado’s oil regulatory agency Tuesday to stop new well drilling while new rules prioritizing public health and environmental protection are put in place. The appeals to stop drilling

Colorado Won’t Halt Drilling as it Refocuses Rules on Safety

May 21, 2019

From AP/Fox31 DENVER — Colorado officials said Tuesday that they had no plans to stop energy companies from drilling for oil and gas while regulators overhaul state rules to make health, safety and the environment their top priority. Dan Gibbs, chief of the state Department of Natural Resources, said lawmakers did not want a moratorium on drilling permits while regulators

Colorado Energy Law Fallout: Boulder County Enacts Emergency Oil and Gas Moratorium through Q1 2020 - Oil & Gas 360

Colorado Oil Regulator COGCC Updates Criteria that Could Delay Permits

May 21, 2019

Colorado’s energy bill allows COGCC director to delay permits under these conditions On May 16, 2019, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) Director Jeff Robbins published updates to a list of conditions called the “Director’s Objective Criteria.” The Director’s Objective Criteria inform the director as to what conditions should be considered a “flag” to potentially delay an oil and

Colorado Governor Appoints Brand New Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

May 17, 2019

At first meeting new COGCC will consider SRC Energy’s Comprehensive Drilling Plan for Weld County Colorado’s new governor, Jared Polis (D-Boulder), announced his appointments who will take over as new Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioners effective today. The group was handpicked by him to manage the state regulation and oversight of oil and gas well permitting and operations in

Colorado Enviro Groups Using the COGCC System to Request 2,500-Foot Setbacks, Add Climate Change Impact Analysis to Colorado Drilling Permit “Objective Criteria,” and to Place an Immediate Pause on COGCC Permitting and Leasing of Minerals

April 26, 2019

Letters request that all preparatory work be halted – including leasing of minerals Enviro lobby tells members exactly what to write COGCC Director Robbins before Monday’s deadline Misleading letter suggests oil companies are drilling in advance of receiving permits to drill The public comment period for the Draft Director’s Objective Criteria list ends Monday, April 29, and the anti-fossil fuel

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New Era for Colorado Oil and Gas Permitting and Regulation Starts Now

April 16, 2019

Colorado Governor Jared Polis held a brief bill signing ceremony today at which he signed Senate Bill 19-181 into law. The act that overhauls much of Colorado’s energy regulation landscape became law today, effective immediately after being signed into law by Gov. Polis. The bill was enacted by the Colorado Legislature in recent weeks. It was signed by the president

Colorado Energy Overhaul Bill Achieves Final Passage, Heads to Governor Polis - Oil & Gas 360

Colorado Energy Overhaul Bill 181 Achieves Final Passage, Heads to Governor Polis

April 3, 2019

Energy overhaul bill SB 181 with House amendments passes final vote in Senate after 22 minutes of discussion in its last legislative appearance in past 4 1/2 weeks Colorado’s controversial energy overhaul bill, Senate Bill 19 – 181, which was introduced March 1 and shot through six committees and two Committee of the Whole votes in the state’s two legislative

Colorado Gov. Names ‘Local Control’ Attorney Robbins Director of COGCC

March 21, 2019

Colorado’s new governor, Jared Polis, has named attorney Jeff Robbins as the full-time director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission. Robbins had served as acting director of the commission since January 17. COGCC Director Jeff Robbins Robbins has served as counselor and advisor to Governor Jared Polis on oil and gas issues for the past five years. “Jeff’s

Colorado Senate Passes Energy Overhaul Bill as Amended, House is Next Up

March 13, 2019

From the Denver Business Journal The Colorado Senate amended the major oil and gas reform bill, making it a little more industry friendly as it won its round of approval in the full senate. More work is still to be done on the bill, said Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg, a Boulder Democrat who’s the co-sponsor of the bill, but

COGCC Acting Director Issues Well Location ‘Red Flag List’ to Permitting Staff

March 12, 2019

Drilling permit protocol memo flags 15 location criteria “subject to additional review by Director” By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360 A significant increase in the number of drilling permit applications submitted last year in the lead-up to the Nov. 6 election, and with it the looming possibility that Proposition 112 might become law, resulted in 6,307 oil and

CU Denver Business School Study Itemizes $ Billions in Paychecks, Colorado Schools, Services from Oil & Gas Drilling and Production - Colorado Capitol - Oil & Gas 360

Colorado Energy Overhaul Bill Zooms to Senate Floor Tuesday March 12

March 11, 2019

It’s ‘Not about Local Control, It’s about Total Control’: Weld County Commissioner Barb Kirkmeyer Intended to be a moratorium – bill’s sponsor says SB 19-181 rules apply to 4,500 Weld County drilling permits now pending approval: Kirkmeyer By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360 The Colorado Senate has now scheduled the second floor-reading for SB 19-181, the controversial bill

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