PANELISTS CASSIE ARCHULETA AIR QUALITY PROGRAM MANAGER CITY OF FORT COLLINS
7/18/2019 Cassie Archuleta Environmental Program Manager 2
O&G Concerns Regional Issues Local Issues • Ozone non-attainment • New housing development near existing wells • Upstream NO X and VOC emissions • New O&G development at existing wells • Climate Change • New drilling, emissions, spills and • Upstream GHG emissions emergency response plans
Wells by the Numbers • Colorado: 52,749 Active Wells • Weld County: 21,148 Active Wells • Larimer County: 247 Active Wells • City of Fort Collins • 10 Active Wells • 3 Producing • 5 Injecting • 2 Shut-In • One Operator • Prospect Energy
Oil and Gas Timeline 1924 1992 2013 2016 2018 • First well • Most • 5-Year • Colorado • Land Use drilled in recent well moratoriu Supreme Code Fort drilled m on Court updates Collins fracking decision – field moratoriu • Operator’s m rejected Agreement • Land Use Code (reciprocal setbacks)
2019-2021 City Council Priority Mitigate impacts of oil and gas encroachment into Growth Management Area • Reduce or eliminate surface impacts of oil and gas production within the growth management areas • Evaluate the impact and needed/desired changes as a result of Senate Bill 181 through a robust public engagement process
Oil Extraction in NE Fort Collins Well Status Producing Injecting Shut-In Abandone d City Limits
New Proposed Development Active (SI) Inactive (PA) Active (IJ) Active (IJ) Active (PR)
Next Steps Near Term • Potential recompletion at Shut-In well • Operator required to meet with City staff prior to permit submittal (per Operators Agreement) • Work with COGCC, operator and developer to address concerns before approval • What are proposed land use changes? • Form 2A required? •Consideration of a Moratorium pending local Land Use Code updates?
Next Steps Longer Term • Land Use Code Updates? • Zoning restrictions • Monitoring, inspection and reporting programs • Development review procedures • Emergency preparedness plan requirements • Setbacks •Regional Regulatory Framework? • Larimer County Task Force – implications for GMA • City owned natural areas
Cassie Archuleta Environmental Services - Air Quality Program Manager Oil and Gas – Local Government Designee carchuleta@fcgov.com 970-416-2648
Air Pollution Trends
Modeled Ozone Attribution Fort Collins West Monitor Modeled Ozone for Top 10 days (Avg. = 70.7 ppb) Data from Denver 2017c Local Source Analysis, available through http://views.cira.colostate.edu/tsdw/
Fort Collins Modeled Data Summary Mobile Contribution O&G Contribution FC FC Denver Denver Data from 2017 Fort Collins NCAR Summary (www.fcgov.com/airquality/reports)
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