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“Most of the controversial activity on the Front Range with regard to setbacks was much more concerned with residential, schools, hospitals, etc., and that’s really important,” Mitsch Bush said, “but my first thought is water – our rivers, our creeks.”Īsked what might constitute an appropriate setback for oil and gas drilling and production operations away from water sources, Mitsch Bush said that needs to be discussed in the two House committees she serves on - Agriculture and Natural Resources and Transportation and Energy. Those rules require drilling to be at least 500 feet from homes and public buildings, replacing 350-foot setbacks in urban areas and 150 feet in rural areas. 1, new setback rules for drilling near homes and public buildings went into effect after a COGCC rulemaking process beginning in 2012. John Hickenlooper, said late last week it’s too early to know whether oil and gas impacts and new regulations might be one of the topics of a possible special legislative session on flooding. This is the time we, as Coloradans, need to work together to rebuild Colorado.”įlanders did not specifically respond to a request for comment on setbacks or calls for a ban on drilling in floodplains. “Industry is focused on the safety of its employees and operations, returning shut-in facilities back to production, and assisting our neighbors in getting back on their feet. “To date, this has resulted in less than 1 percent of the wells having any isolated incidents due to debris-filled flood waters. “Once flooding began, over 1,900 wells were shut in,” COGA Director of Policy and External Affairs Doug Flanders said in an email, referring to the organization’s website for shut-in procedures. COGCC officials also said they’re still tracking 16 other locations with evidence of oil releases, such as a sheen on the water, and have tallied 12 produced water releases totaling 413 barrels (17,350 gallons).Īsked about the potential for new setback laws or rules as a result of the floods, a spokesman for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) – a trade group – said the industry is still focused on recovery, safety and getting production back online. More than 1,900 wells were “shut in” - with production operations fully shut down - during the floods.Īs of Monday, the COGCC – the chief state regulatory agency for oil and gas drilling – has confirmed 1,042 barrels (43,764 gallons) of oil have spilled in 14 separate “substantial” releases in the flood zone. Weld County, one of the hardest hit by the widespread flooding, is home to more than a third of all the state’s active oil and gas wells (20,554). I think it’s really important that we don’t minimize what’s in there, but at the same time that we don’t have a huge overreaction either.”īenzene is a known carcinogen that has raised concerns of elevated cancer rates among some physicians. “All of those are very contaminating in a water body in relatively small portions. “Any oil, any condensate, has the BTEX component and many others.
Don’t be confused by that,” said Mitsch Bush, who last session sponsored the bipartisan “spill bill” that lowered the mandatory spill reporting threshold from five barrels to one. “You’ll hear from some sources that it’s only light. John Hickenlooper signs her "spill bill" into law. 11, and Mitsch Bush said it’s important not to minimize the potential health impacts of the 1,042 barrels of oil regulators confirmed have spilled in the flood zone.ĭiane Mitsch Bush, state representative for Eagle and Routt counties, watches last May as Gov. Vrain – have been inundated with a variety of contaminants from flooding that started Sept. Rivers across Northeastern Colorado – including the South Platte and St. Current rules prohibit drilling within 300 feet of streams that provides municipal drinking water – extending five miles upstream of the water intake - but that setback doesn’t apply to bodies of water in general. Routt County Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush told Colorado Public News lawmakers need to consider new rules for keeping drilling away from rivers and streams similar to setback rules for homes and public buildings that went into effect Aug.
A Colorado lawmaker responsible for one of the few successful pieces of oil-and-gas regulatory legislation last session says next year she’ll take up the issue of water contamination and greater setbacks in the wake of this month’s devastating flooding.
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