The Colorado Independent

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Posts Tagged county regulations

How close is too close? Proposed law would increase oil and gas setbacks to 1,000 feet

By | 01.30.12 | 4:01 pm

Colorado Democrats have introduced a bill in the State Legislature that would require hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells to be set back at least 1,000 feet from any school or residence.

Conservation groups accuse fed, state, local officials of passing buck on oil, gas drilling

By | 11.01.11 | 5:09 am

Counties across Colorado are gearing up for the next major oil and gas boom, scrambling to draft local regulations for everything from visual impacts to physical setbacks of drilling equipment. But state officials are increasingly flexing their regulatory muscles, and industry representatives fear more local regs will slow the next boom before it’s in full swing.