HB 17-1372

HB 17-1372 is a Colorado law that requires oil and gas companies to electronically inform the state's conservation commission and local governments about where they plan to install pipelines. This information must be made available on the commission’s website for public access. The bill also updates rules from the governor's task force, requiring companies to share their development plans with both cities and counties affected by these operations. Since it has been signed into law, oil and gas operators are now required to follow these disclosure requirements.

Official Summary

The bill requires an oil and gas operator to give electronic notice, in a format and by a deadline established by the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission by rule, of the location of each flow line, gathering pipeline, and transmission pipeline installed, owned, or operated by the operator to the director of the commission and each local government within whose jurisdiction the subsurface facility is located. The commission shall post the information on its website in a searchable database. The commission recently promulgated several rules to implement 2 of the recommendations of the governor's oil and gas task force. The bill also codifies some of the essential elements of one of the 2 recommendations, with the following modifications: The rules require operators to share their development plans with municipalities where the proposed operations will occur; and the bill adds counties where the proposed operations will occur. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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