SUBJECT: Staff Report
Title
Update on Oil and Gas Action Items
Body
DEPARTMENT: Administration
PRESENTER: Farrell Buller, Deputy Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 0
only required for non-consent items
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Below is a list of action items, topics and tasks that have the attention and/or are being worked on by Farrell Buller, Local Government Designee (LGD), and the Town’s oil and gas consultant, CGRS.
• Beginning visual inspection process of wells
o These are currently being scheduled and will likely be completed by the end of the first quarter
• Improvements to Town website information regarding oil and gas activity
o Implemented use of consistent wording and mapping updates to the community
o Most recent updates to the interactive map include:
§ Current and future anticipated activity
§ Annual activity (2019 and 2020)
§ Clear identification of activity within Town limits and activity that is outside Town limits but within the jurisdiction of Boulder County and/or Weld County
• Air monitoring being conducted by Crestone Peak Resources (see attached)
o Canary air monitoring will be on the following sites in Erie: Pratt, Waste Connections, Cosslett, Woolley Becky & Morgan Hills. The roll out will be phased.
• Working with regional LGD group
• Continued participation in several rule making groups
• Holding regular meetings with larger operators working in or near Erie
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Crestone Peak Air Monitoring New Release