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PANELISTS JEFF ROBBINS DIRECTOR COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION SB 19-181 July 18, 2019 Jeff Robbins Director Overview Governor Polis signed SB 19-181 on April 16, 2019 SB 19-181 reconstituted the Commission (twice).

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JEFF ROBBINS

DIRECTOR COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

PANELISTS

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SB 19-181

July 18, 2019

Jeff Robbins Director

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Overview

  • Governor Polis signed SB 19-181 on April 16, 2019
  • SB 19-181 reconstituted the Commission (twice).
  • SB 19-181 sets a new mission for the COGCC.
  • Sb 19-181 creates new local government authority over

surface impacts and siting.

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12 Future Rulemakings

  • 500 Series - June and July, 2019 Hearing

— (except for the 500 series rulemaking all dates are

conceptual)

  • Flowlines* – Fall 2019
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Future Rulemakings

  • Alternative Site Analysis* – Fall 2019
  • Technical Review Board - Fall 2019
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Future Rulemakings

  • Cumulative Impacts* – start soon, finish Spring 2020
  • PHSWE* – start soon, finish Late Spring 2020
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What is the *

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Second Set of Future Rulemakings

  • Financial Assurance - Summer 2020
  • Application Fees – Summer 2020
  • Wellbore Integrity- Summer 2020
  • Worker Certification - Fall 2020
  • Incorporate CDPHE rules as needed - TBD
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Day-to-Day Operations

  • SB 19-181 applies to “all conduct” pending before

the COGCC as of April 16

  • Form 2s and 2As

— Objective Criteria — Local government “disposition”

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Day-to-Day Operations

  • Drilling and Spacing Units
  • Amended § 34-60-116(3)(a)
  • DSU Orders must comply with the protection of

public health, safety, welfare, the environment and wildlife resources provision set forth in § 34-60-106(2.5)(a).

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Day-to-Day Operations

  • Pooling applications
  • Amended § 34-60-116(6)(b)(I)
  • Statutory pooling application must provide that the

applicant “owns, or has secured the consent of the

  • wners of, more than forty-five percent of the mineral

interests to be pooled.”

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Other COGCC Changes

  • 24 FTEs

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Field inspectors

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Environmental protection specialist

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Toxicologist

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And others

  • Deputy Director
  • Public Information Officer
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Second New “Professional” Commission

  • The *
  • Earlier of July 2020, or upon completion of the

initial rulemakings

  • 5 paid professional Commissioners
  • DNR Director & CDPHE Director ex officio

non-voting members

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Questions?