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CASSIE ARCHULETAAIR QUALITY PROGRAM MANAGERCITY OF FORT COLLINS
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Cassie ArchuletaEnvironmental Program Manager
7/18/2019
O&G Concerns
Regional Issues• Ozone non-attainment
• Upstream NOX and VOC emissions
• Climate Change• Upstream GHG emissions
Local Issues• New housing development near
existing wells• New O&G development at existing
wells• New drilling, emissions, spills and
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
TimelineOil and Gas
1924
• First well drilled in Fort Collins field
1992
• Most recent well drilled
2013
• 5-Year moratorium on fracking
• Operator’s Agreement
• Land Use Code (reciprocal setbacks)
2016
• Colorado Supreme Court decision – moratorium rejected
2018
• Land Use Code updates
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
Producing
Injecting
Shut-In
Abandoned
City Limits
Well Status
New Proposed Development
Active (IJ)
Active (IJ)Active (PR)
Active (SI)
Inactive (PA)
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
Next Steps
Cassie Archuleta
Environmental Services - Air Quality Program
Manager
Oil and Gas – Local Government Designee
Air Pollution Trends
Fort Collins West Monitor
Modeled Ozone for Top 10 days (Avg. = 70.7 ppb)
Modeled Ozone Attribution
Data from Denver 2017c Local Source Analysis, available through http://views.cira.colostate.edu/tsdw/
Fort Collins Modeled Data Summary
O&G Contribution Mobile Contribution
Data from 2017 Fort Collins NCAR Summary (www.fcgov.com/airquality/reports)
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