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PDC representatives told the commission they obtained informed consent from all owners and tenants of the four residential building units within 2,000 feet of the proposed working pad surface and that the Town of Platteville had approved a special‑use permit for the location on April 3. PDC said the Mancos plan would develop roughly 1,760 mineral acres from a single new pad (the Mancos 4N66W31 location) and up to 14 horizontal wells; the operator described a phased schedule with construction, drilling and completion activities extending through 2026–27.

Why it matters: PDC committed to a suite of avoidance, minimization and mitigation measures discussed in a CDPHE consultation, including pipeline takeaway for oil, gas and produced water, tankless hydrocarbon storage, group‑3 drilling fluids, and Tier‑4 or equivalent engines for drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The operator said it continues to seek electrification with the utility (Xcel) and that Xcel had previously indicated capacity constraints but was reviewing capacity as of April 2025.

PDC also described offsets — commitments to plug and reclaim up to 18 wells and to decommission up to five nearby production facilities — estimating that interim reclamation and offsets would return about 14.56 acres of surface area to landowners compared with existing footprint at the time of the hearing.

Ending: ECMC’s approval included the director’s recommended conditions and the 29 BMPs from CDPHE consultation. Commissioners added a COA requiring that, if burrowing‑owl surveys detect active birds, PDC will report pertinent data to Colorado Parks and Wildlife and consult with CPW on a protection plan; PDC agreed to that condition during the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","ECMC Commission Hearing - April 23, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","PDC’s Mancos oil and gas development plan, sited near Platteville, was approved April 23; PDC obtained 100% informed consent from nearby owners/tenants, agreed to Tier‑4 engines and pipeline takeaway, and committed to plugging and reclaiming nearby legacy wells.","taxTitle","Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance State Advisory Committee, Governor's Boards and Commissions, Organizations, Executive, Colorado","taxId",28063,"location","Colorado","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6260367,"ECMC approves Providence’s Conner OGDP with burrowing‑owl survey commitment",1406,4033000,5439000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3133228-114f2fdb33584f35e12e57d08fdd634b&start=4033&end=5439","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3133228-114f2fdb33584f35e12e57d08fdd634b/thumbnail_4033000.jpg","/articles/6260367/Colorado/ECMC-approves-Providences-Conner-OGDP-with-burrowingowl-survey-commitment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6260367-4a1f419567f19a63263b38481f9d6044/orig.mp4?Expires=1770541956&Signature=AhGtfhcf6OBj73Pex-KZ3JsU~NjJ~m1OAVzVK8a6Mv2UWwS-Nen2PXmNGY7v3HwYQq9UDggIiM57n5QpXbFsZI-YJQEAsStyEgEvmXJQjb6wTB15PYGr10fvW5Vsd5VXJ9eqitxVngr1UrqvbN119jfxyaqFeZMjZMQlZWFVq3DE3YnZfOqYNbieEtbwyu9gtvESnM3z5x2qJ1sivDKRVqBWQZF3Yw90LLsiFL0WOxUbP9ouKhb-aSn9o3Ctg66xu5u8koz2ysq~Scuq1CtWetdYxa71cTfRSc1RbJ4gSuzjKl6ZGgpPUSdUdtTTTT1X5rDCtnAsNUYk9gMEqHhDTA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","ECMC commissioners approved Providence (POCO) Operating LLC’s Conner oil and gas development plan April 23, carrying forward several local conditions and adding an explicit commitment to coordinate with Colorado Parks and Wildlife if burrowing‑owl surveys find active birds.

The nut graf: Adams County had approved the Conner permit alongside Wakeman on March 18; POCO presented a nearly identical suite of best management practices to those in the Wakeman application, including electrified drilling where grid power is available, pipeline takeaway for oil/gas/produced water, continuous noise monitoring, and requirements for traffic haul routes. Adams County required two separate waivers for the Conner site — a residential setback waiver and an environmentally sensitive area waiver — because a mapped, unnamed ditch crosses a corner of the proposed pad.

POCO told commissioners it had committed to Colorado Parks and Wildlife consultations and obtained a CPW waiver under the cited CPW rule so long as drainage diversion and mitigation measures are implemented; Andrea Gross (Upstream) summarized the biological field verification and CPW’s conclusion that the feature is not a jurisdictional wetland but does have an ordinary high‑water mark, and CPW granted a rule 12(0)(2)(a)(3) waiver with conditions.

Commissioners also added a condition requested by Commissioner Ackerman: if burrowing owls are identified in required surveys, POCO will report relevant observations to CPW and consult with the agency to develop a burrowing‑owl protection plan consistent with state law. POCO agreed to that condition during the hearing.

Ending: The Conner OGDP approval includes the county’s conditions (including road resurfacing agreements and CPW coordination), the operator’s BMPs listed in the CDPHE consultation, and the additional burrowing‑owl coordination COA added during deliberations.","The commission approved POCO’s Conner oil and gas development plan after Adams County’s local permit and with a condition to consult Colorado Parks & Wildlife if burrowing‑owl surveys locate active birds.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6260371,"ECMC approves Providence (POCO) Wakeman pad with noise monitoring and electrification commitments",3219,868000,4087000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3133228-114f2fdb33584f35e12e57d08fdd634b&start=868&end=4087","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3133228-114f2fdb33584f35e12e57d08fdd634b/thumbnail_868000.jpg","/articles/6260371/Colorado/ECMC-approves-Providence-POCO-Wakeman-pad-with-noise-monitoring-and-electrification-commitments","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6260371-c32c18ec78bc68ce20ea7daf7d064087/orig.mp4?Expires=1770541956&Signature=mprwhJzJIorpJsajx5L4OUR28KYb2QyWp046CBZq2FiYX8cO9W~EHtmztismJmSHuaiRUaCOYByirO9RNb9iUtglgjTJhwP7sGg8ebkQGHGB1BEFXarn51DhV~MZ~GV6doTiz3D~w9txPyFGKwVVeWbpWeQ3OvLoQu3YjTRECY8cGX0uAOY478Lm0-aoAx6pQRJfZFpvDDx-SxnSKHnpVTz8etn-65B5iHg2V~ews0z8RUFE2M6my8WQzkZ2I-2QYElu7RXtWkp81DK5CIOtkmiKu1vkQlmy4Qqhn8QjB6zwo-CwdE7dqzszorcJnr1sU-EO3WdQKn0ptlhn-G385g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Energy and Carbon Management Commission on April 23 approved Providence Operating LLC’s Wakeman oil and gas development plan, authorizing an oil and gas facility (OGF) commonly called the Wakeman pad and up to 16 horizontal wells, the commission announced following deliberations.

The commission’s lede: POCO returned after a March 2024 hearing that had been continued pending local government action; Adams County provided its approval March 18 and POCO revised its materials to add two noise mitigation commitments before the ECMC vote. “We would conduct continuous noise monitoring” and “we would conduct a new ambient noise survey 30 to 90 days prior to construction,” POCO’s witnesses said in response to a staff request, and ECMC staff asked that those two commitments be included as conditions of approval.

Why it matters: The Wakeman pad sits north of Denver International Airport in Adams County and triggered local Oil and Gas Facility review because of proximity to residences; Adams County’s rules require evaluation of alternatives, setbacks of 2,000 feet to residences as measured to parcel boundaries, and a set of county conditions that go beyond state minima. Adams County staff described a multi‑step preapplication, neighborhood meeting, and impact‑plan review process; the county’s Board of County Commissioners approved the Wakeman permit 4–1 on March 18 with one waiver for residential setbacks.

ECMC staff and POCO told the commission that POCO had obtained informed consent from four of five residential building unit (RBU) owners and from a long‑term tenant at the fifth RBU; the tenant had a long lease and consented, but POCO and county staff said they were unable to locate the recorded owner. POCO characterized the situation as meeting the substantial‑equivalency framework in ECMC rules while one owner remained unlocatable.

The commission’s deliberation noted several operational commitments POCO made to Adams County that ECMC will carry forward: electric drilling rigs for production phases, pipeline takeaway for oil and gas, continuous noise monitoring, quarterly neighborhood meetings through preproduction, remote shut‑off capability, and enhanced water‑well sampling within a half‑mile. POCO also agreed to update its state Form 2B to reflect electrified drilling and the additional COAs.

Ending: The commission approved the Wakeman OGDP with the ECMC staff’s two added conditions for noise mitigation and the operator’s commitment to submit an updated Form 2B. Commissioners recorded the motion and a second; the motion carried by voice vote with no roll‑call tally in the record.","After a yearlong delay while local approvals moved forward, the Energy and Carbon Management Commission approved Providence (POCO) Operating LLC’s Wakeman oil and gas development plan with additional noise monitoring conditions and commitments to electrified drilling and pipeline takeaway.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6260376,"ECMC: Well-control incident near Galeton secured; cleanup and testing ongoing",503,314000,817000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3133228-114f2fdb33584f35e12e57d08fdd634b&start=314&end=817","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3133228-114f2fdb33584f35e12e57d08fdd634b/thumbnail_314000.jpg","/articles/6260376/Colorado/ECMC-Well-control-incident-near-Galeton-secured-cleanup-and-testing-ongoing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6260376-d3fdc0da7aaa309f5d21bd5c95cc2996/orig.mp4?Expires=1770541956&Signature=EmRmOkzRqIT3XJ7JhCYMOQET~ZDMZ58Njt~F-sbJJ1wu20zKdAzZXkQxp-7pLp7qiL2oTZk9Q3xsJsZL5OFPHlGwcPsorxhdFeozGe5lVxiZQ7EtPLb-SJE~LZ8XvawEJjvj0I0fepDYOKDpgkb2KEXYMNoZDeJ31mMTbBC~WGAJ9RdhM8sHE0ZSy6IaZs7IPq3R0uYXwnO1GVMIVjZhuog5XokrJ6r7mir-q6~Lrl0EbsgmAknzzRxVlyaqO3SDnTiNrjFvTru8unxihbu2ifEVX8F522mIFW8DPoYtGBddYYuUGShoU58i6yWrGBAQwhWwv0W-QgViRwrlxvl43Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Energy and Carbon Management Commission heard an update April 23 on a well‑control incident at a Chevron site about 1 mile south of Galeton in Weld County. ECMC Deputy Director of Operations Greg Duranlow told commissioners the well was brought under control on April 10 and the response has shifted to cleanup and testing.

Duranlow said the incident began April 6 during completion operations on a 16‑well pad identified as the A‑07‑01 pad; the impacted well is the Bishop A‑18‑742 (API 123‑52071). “The well is under control and has been since April 10,” he told the commission, adding that Wild Well Control stopped fluid flow and the unified incident command team — which included Weld County first responders, Gallatin Fire Protection, Chevron and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — declared the situation secured April 11.

The nut graf: ECMC staff said the agency has statutory authority under the state Oil and Gas Conservation Act to investigate and require cleanup of exploration and production (E&P) waste, but several federal and state partners have taken lead roles where their jurisdictions apply. Duranlow said EPA led evaluation of surface‑water impacts under the federal Clean Water Act and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment supported air‑quality monitoring for Weld County Public Health.

ECMC described the current phase as remediation and testing rather than emergency response. Duranlow said the maximum on‑site response workforce peaked at roughly 305 personnel and that more than 200 people were still working at and around the site during the update. Evacuated residents within the half‑mile zone remain displaced, he said, and Gallatin Elementary School reopened to students on the day before the briefing.

ECMC staff said the commission approved Chevron’s environmental sampling and analysis plan on April 17 and that the agency will review and validate data until remediation meets the commission’s cleanup standards, which the deputy director identified as being codified in the commission’s rules (reference to “table 9‑15‑1” for cleanup concentrations). For non‑soil or groundwater surfaces (for example, vehicles or residences), ECMC will require remediation and wipe‑sample testing until contaminants of concern return to nondetect levels, Duranlow said.

Duranlow also described overlapping authorities and partners: Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Department of Agriculture are assisting with evaluation of wildlife, livestock and crops; EPA led surface‑water work; and CDPHE has supported air monitoring. He thanked ECMC field staff and a Tetra Tech contractor supporting on‑site work and said ECMC has posted incident materials and the approved environmental sampling plan on the agency’s incident web page.

Ending: Duranlow said the exact cause of the loss of well control remains under investigation and that OSHA is conducting a separate probe; he told commissioners he would provide the commission future updates as new information becomes available.","State regulators told the Energy and Carbon Management Commission that a Chevron well near Galeton in Weld County was brought under control April 10 and the response has moved to cleanup and testing overseen by a multi‑agency incident command.","actionData","errors"]

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