Below is the email with specific questions for
the Boulder County Commissioners to answer regarding the seismic operations
that appear to have occurred within Boulder County. I submitted my questions via
email to the three commissioners on 17 December 2017 some thirty-six day ago. I
received an email confirmation that they are in-fact, in receipt of my email and
questions, but I have not received a response to date. Crickets…
It is important that all environmental advocates
and associated organizations ask the very same questions I have asked and hold
the Boulder County Commissioner’s accountable.
Please copy and email the questions below and send to: commissioners@bouldercounty.org
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EMAIL
Boulder County Commissioners, Elise
Jones, Cindy Domenico, and Deb Gardner:
I am providing you public information sourced
from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s website database: cogcc.state.co.us compiled
on my blog page for your review: Were Seismic Operations Conducted
by the Oil and Gas Industry in Boulder County? Supporting
Documents May Reveal Answers
Extended link for review: https://fractivist.blogspot.com/2017/12/were-seismic-operations-conducted-by.html
The information compiled appears to clearly
illustrate oil and gas seismic operations took place in three separate areas
in Boulder County Colorado (BOCO). Supporting COGCC
documents: Form 20 and Form 20A, state and oil and gas industry mapping also
illustrates these activities took place in Boulder County.
I would like you to answer these questions in
a timely manner please.
1. Do you have access to the information I have
provided regarding the COGCC documentation authorizing seismic testing operations
in Boulder County?
2. Did you three commissioners, in whole or
individually, have any form of knowledge of seismic activity, permitting, Form
20,20A, mapping, operator information in Boulder County during
your active role as a commissioner?
3. Do you have any digital and or hardcopy
correspondence from the three of you, to include the former Commissioner Will
Toor, to and from the COGCC , Anadarko Petroleum Inc., Encana Oil and
Gas, Extraction Oil and Gas Inc., and/or their associated industry contractors
regarding seismic testing operations within the boundaries of Boulder County Colorado
during the time-frames before, during and after the testing dates listed in the
COGCC documents provided? Please accept this as a formal request to
obtain all documentation regarding these specific issues from January 2012
through December 2018.
4. Did Boulder County planning
and zoning, legal team et al, have any form of knowledge or
information, such as but not limited to; email correspondence, mapping, COGCC
communication, oil and gas industry documentation regarding the documented
seismic activities by the documented oil and gas industry operators and or
their contractors?
5. Did Boulder County update any
mapping systems or datasets to include seismic operations and all associated
data on the Form 20/20A and any additional data pertinent to the seismic
operations? If so, please provide details to include links to mapping systems
and or public data sets.
6. If an oil and gas operator and their seismic
contractors were to want to conduct shale seismic testing/operations in Boulder County,
what would be the procedure to do so? Please describe the operational flowchart
of requirements, documentation, agencies and people involved to obtain
permissions to conduct seismic testing operations in Boulder County.
7. Do you recognize Boulder County as
a location for seismic activities on the mapping, Form 20 and Form 20A that I
have provided to you?
8. If Boulder County approved
seismic testing operations would you receive the 2D and 3D surface maps created
by the oil and gas operators conducting such a test?
9. Do you have any additional information you can
provide to me for the three areas and operators that have already conducted
seismic activities in Boulder County? If so, please accept this as a
request for that information.
Thank you for your time and assistance with my
requests. Please see attached supporting documents and links.
I look forward to hearing from you in a timely
manner.
Sincerely,
Shane Davis
Boulder County
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Shane Davis
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