Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission House Bills 1298 & 1341

Update on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission House Bills 1298 & 1341 Rulemaking

This brief summary is to provide you with  an update on the current House Bills 1298 and 1341 rulemaking process at the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (the "COGCC").   

Since the release of the Pre-Draft Rulemaking Proposal (also referred to as COGCC's "strawman" proposal), COGCC has held a series of “stakeholder” meetings in five substantive areas: (1) Process; (2) Environment and Health; (3) Wildlife; (4) Studies; and (5) Additional Regulations.  These stakeholder meetings brought together representatives of federal, state and local governments, industry, concerned citizens and environmental groups to discuss problems, issues and suggestions raised by the strawman proposal.  The stakeholder meeting process has largely concluded, and the COGCC is now in the process of drafting proposed rules.   Stakeholders have expressed very mixed reviews and reactions to the stakeholder process, and many contentious policy and legal issues remain unresolved and unaddressed.

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