Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Total number of oil and gas spills and notices of alleged violations (per county) filed with the State of Colorado - Maybe?

Below are current Colorado State oil and gas operator spills and alleged violation statistics. "The data is actually incomplete due to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's website not allowing full disclosure of data greater than 1,000 reports in the 'DATABASE/INSPECTION/INCIDENT' section." said Shane Davis Chairman of the Sierra Club, Poudre Canyon Group. 

Total reported oil and gas spill/incident reports for Colorado are listed at 3,877 while notices of alleged violations are listed at 3,640.

"The state's information should be clearly and fully accessible to the public and I look forward to the COGCC making this request happen for the people." said Davis. "You'll notice in Weld County that there are 1,000 spill/incident reports listed, and that is where the data becomes incomplete because the COGCC's website doesn't allow increased search results beyond 1,000."

The data below represents what the COGCC allows the public to have access to and is listed by county for both: Notices of Alleged Violations and Spill Incident reports filed with the state.

The state's website appears to be lacking data upload continuity and general query accuracy.  Many documents and or data may have never been, or are waiting to be scanned and uploaded. We believe that the COGCC's web site's architecture is, 'by design' excruciatingly difficult for the general public to access and gain accurate, complete information to make decisions. We know, we use it daily.


NOAV= Notice of Alleged Violation against an Operator

Spill/Incidents = Actual reportable spills of produced water, oil, drilling fluids, etc...


TOTAL NOAV AND SPILL INCIDENT REPORTS FOR COLORADO STATE
County NOAV SPILL/INCIDENT
ADAMS 331 124
ALAMOSA 0 0
ARAPAHOE 58 27
ARCHULETA 24 11
BACA 78 13
BENT 11 1
BOULDER 15 33
BROOMFIELD 10 22
CHAFFEE 0 0
CHEYENNE 95 148
CLEAR CREEK 0 0
CONEJOS 0 0
COSTILLA 0 0
CROWLEY 0 0
CUSTER 0 0
DELTA 15 0
DENVER 9 6
DOLORES 8 13
DOUGLAS 0 0
EAGLE 0 0
EL PASO 0 0
ELBERT 79 15
FREMONT 19 0
GARFIELD 289 522
GILPIN 0 0
GRAND 0 0
GUNNISON 17 2
HINSDALE 0 0
HUERFANO 38 3
JACKSON 62 33
JEFFERSON 8 0
KIOWA 112 16
KIT CARSON 10 2
LA PLATA 145 347
LAKE 0 0
LARIMER 97 40
LAS ANIMAS 223 415
LINCOLN 30 7
LOGAN 159 41
MESA 109 53
MINERAL 0 0
MOFFAT 85 42
MONTEZUMA 39 18
MONTROSE 1 0
MORGAN 107 16
OTERO 0 0
OURAY 0 0
PARK 2 0
PHILLIPS 2 0
PITKIN 1 0
PROWERS 20 0
PUEBLO 0 0
RIO BLANCO 217 813
RIO GRAND 1 0
ROUTT 44 5
SAGUACHE 0 0
SAN JUAN 0 0
SAN MIGUEL 6 6
SEDGWICK 0 0
SUMMIT 0 0
TELLER 0 0
WASHINGTON 183 53
WELD  825 >1000
YUMA 56 30
                         3,640                           3,877

Data Compiled by Shane Davis, Executive Committee Chair, Sierra Club Poudre Canyon Group - via COGCC website

SOURCE: COGCC's website
http://cogcc.state.co.us


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