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Wildgrass Oil & Gas Committee v. Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

About this case

Filing year
2019
Status
Complaint filed.
Docket number
2019CV33888
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Colorado District Court (Colo. Dist. Ct.)
Case category
State Law Claims (US) → Environmentalist Lawsuits (US)
Principal law
United States → Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act
At issue
Lawsuit seeking to stay oil and gas permitting until Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission promulgates amendments to implement SB 19-181.
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10/08/2019
Complaint filed.
A community organization representing residents of Broomfield, Colorado filed a lawsuit asking a Colorado state court to stay permitting for an application for a horizontal wellbore spacing unit until the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission completed rulemaking required by SB 19-181. The plaintiff also requested a stay of permitting in all cases involving permitting of any drilling, pooling, and spacing units until rulemaking was completed. The plaintiff said the new state law required rulemaking that addressed the potential cumulative impacts of oil and gas development as well as rulemaking to minimize emissions of methane and other pollutants from oil and natural gas facilities.
Complaint
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Summary

Lawsuit seeking to stay oil and gas permitting until Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission promulgates amendments to implement SB 19-181.

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Policy instrument
Impacted group
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Finance