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