Energy Advisory Board meeting Dec. 1 in Rifle
Oil rig near pristine pastures in western Garfield County, Colorado
The Garfield County Energy Advisory Board meeting takes place Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6 – 7:20 p.m. The agenda for the meeting is now available. The Garfield County Energy Advisory Board (EAB) invites you to join us Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Garfield County Rifle Administration Building, 195 W. 14th Street, 2nd floor in Rifle. Dinner and social time for all attendees at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6 p.m.  We hope you can join us and consider telling your friends, colleagues, and interested parties about EAB. Please see the attached meeting agenda. We have a good bit
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County comments on oil and gas rulemaking request
A closeup of hill construction sign and pump jack drilling for oil isolated against sky in Rangely.
Garfield County has provided comments to a rulemaking petition filed by several environmental groups seeking to “adopt rules to evaluate and address cumulative air impacts” and address environmental justice concerns. In a letter to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), the county recommended rejection of the petition and associated rulemaking, noting that the proposed rules would greatly impact oil and gas development throughout much of the state. The petition, which was filed by WildEarth Guardians, 350 Colorado, Womxn from the Mountain, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Larimer Alliance, and Sierra Club, asks the COGCC to create new rules
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County approves new gas pad application near Rifle
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A new natural gas well pad limited impact review has been approved by Garfield County, the first such approval by the county since new regulations on the industry went into effect in Colorado. The 6.4-acre pad, which includes as many as 21 directional wells to extract natural gas, is an expansion of an existing oil and gas pad and includes just 1.13 acres of new ground disturbance, according to a proposal from operator TEP Rocky Mountain, LLC. “After the wells are drilled, completed, and placed into production, the pad will be interim reclaimed down to 1.74 acres of disturbance,” the
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