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

carchuleta@fcgov.com970-416-2648

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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