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Boulder County to join amicus brief defending ECMC rules in Extraction Oil & Gas dispute
Summary
The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners voted to join other local governments in filing an amicus brief supporting the Energy and Carbon Management Commission’s application of rules enacted after SB 19-181 in a dispute with Extraction Oil & Gas over additional wells at the Coyote Trails pad.
Boulder County commissioners voted May 20 to join other local governments in an amicus brief supporting the Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) in litigation with Extraction Oil & Gas over additional drilling at the Coyote Trails well pad.
Kate Burke with the Boulder County Attorney’s Office told commissioners the case concerns a 27-well pad at Coyote Trails, about 2.5 miles east of the county border, that was permitted in 2017 for a total of 45 wells. Extraction seeks permission now to drill 18 additional wells to reach the original 45; Burke…
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