HRL Compliance Solutions, Inc. http://hrlcomp.com Business • Energy • Sustainability • Environment Wed, 15 May 2013 19:13:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://hrlcomp.com/2013/01/1392/ http://hrlcomp.com/2013/01/1392/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:27:31 +0000 jharris http://hrlcomp.com/?p=1392 DENVER — Oil and gas companies will be required to test the groundwater around new drilling operations in Colorado beginning May 1. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Monday approved new rules requiring energy companies to test up to four domestic water wells within a half-mile radius of all new oil and [...]

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]]> DENVER — Oil and gas companies will be required to test the groundwater
around new drilling operations in Colorado beginning May 1.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Monday approved new rules requiring energy companies to test up to four domestic water wells within a half-mile radius of all new oil and gas wells both before and after drilling begins.

A slightly different rule applies in parts of Northern Colorado called the Greater Wattenberg Area. There, groundwater must be tested at least once within each quarter-section of the area, or every 160 acres, where new oil and gas wells are being drilled.

The COGCC press release can be viewed here.
http://cogcc.state.co.us/RR_HF2012/Groundwater/
COGCC_APPROVES_PIONEERING_NEW_GROUNDWATER_PROTECTIONS.pdf

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