Broomfield Clean Air & Water

08/17/2022

Benzene is a known carcinogen. And we are still seeing astronomically high levels being emitted.

Benzene Plume Measured Nearly 300 Times Acute Exposure Limit August 16, 2022 | No Comments On 7/29/2022, a Benzene plume on Extraction’s United mega-fracking pad measuring 2518.753 ppb was captured in a canister analysis provided by Ajax Analytics and CSU. As a gauge, 9 ppb is the federal, short-t...

05/25/2022

The health survey finding were released. Here is one main bullet point:

This research is the first to observe increases in nosebleeds, nausea, vomiting, and shortness of breath symptoms.

Here is a link to the presentation about these findings which will be discussed in a Special Session tomorrow night at 6PM.

As always, email council with questions or concerns: [email protected]

04/14/2022

And it’s business as usual.

Dispatch records show 30 calls flagged as possibly related to oil and gas activity since Nov. 20, 2018, according to North Metro Fire Rescue District.

03/22/2022

‼️‼️REMINDER‼️‼️

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT!

City Council is hosting a Special Meeting about the recent fires at local oil and gas sites on Tuesday, March 22nd at 6:00PM. If you are concerned about these recent events please:

Show up in person
OR
Call 1-855-695-3744 and press *3 to speak
OR
Email: [email protected]

Our City Leaders need to hear from us!

Provide written comments via [email protected] for Council's review no later than noon on Monday prior to the meeting date to be part of the official meeting record. Comments submitted after the deadline will still be reviewed by Council, but will not be added to the official meeting...

03/20/2022

‼️‼️SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING‼️‼️

City Council is hosting a Special Meeting about the recent fires at local oil and gas sites on Tuesday, March 22nd at 6:00PM. If you are concerned about these recent events please:

Show up in person
OR
Call 1-855-695-3744 and press *3 to speak
OR
Email: [email protected]

Our City Leaders need to hear from us!

Provide written comments via [email protected] for Council's review no later than noon on Monday prior to the meeting date to be part of the official meeting record. Comments submitted after the deadline will still be reviewed by Council, but will not be added to the official meeting...

03/14/2022

Drilling operations resumed at this very site; within 24 hours of this large fire. Many people are asking why these operations were allowed to restart so quickly.

The answer is…one of the Best Management Practices negotiated in the MOU. The agreement that was hailed the best in the state! This is how operations can resume so quickly after an accident.

Best Management Practice (BMP) 51 of the Operator Agreement, requires a Notification Summary of the incident to be sent to the City. The City accepted this report as complete, which allowed operations to resume. A full report with a root cause analysis and any changes made as a result will be sent to the City in 7-10 days.

Super protective of our safety, right?

This is the second significant fire event within two months. Notifications and root cause analysis reports are failing to stop additional fires from igniting. What good are Best Management Practices that manage…nothing?

These repeated accidents put our community at risk. We deserve more than a book report on what happened.

Email: [email protected]

03/13/2022

‼️Another fire at an Oil and Gas Site in Broomfield‼️

🔥 Make sure to also watch the videos in comments!

Broomfield negotiated Best Management Practices. All the best technology. This is supposedly the “safest” project in the State!

Already the PR wheels are turning…this is described as a “small” fire. We are perfectly safe. Nothing to worry about. Business as usual.

This narrative is not okay. We can’t allow these fires to be normalized. These events can’t continue to be minimized. These flames were seen over a 32ft wall. This is by no means a “small” fire.

This is clearly…NOT SAFE!!

Email:
[email protected]

03/10/2022

SB-181 was passed to protect Colorado communities from impacts of oil and gas development. Yet, the COGCC is considering permits for new operations within 2000 ft.

Broomfield Residents Speak against approving this projects, using thier experiences as reasons why. This article also speaks to the repeated benzene spikes well over health thresholds.

https://coloradosun.com/2022/03/09/oil-gas-broomfield-firestone-kerr-mcgee-mcgavin/?fbclid=IwAR3PEyDJyD1Aj-ooao_K0HGWV5JpKL0S4An2Q3L71Efm_vKHiygukrKW5uo

Colorado oil and gas regulators say Broomfield-style mitigation is the key to greenlighting drilling within 2,000 feet of homes in Firestone.

01/25/2022

Interpretation of the recent events surrounding the It’s Not A Fire…Fire, No One Can Keep the Story Straight, Incident, that took place on Friday, January 14th.

Residents saw smoke. A video dashcam captured flames. Residents were told that despite what they saw, this was NOT A FIRE. Updates were posted by the City on the Oil and Gas Dashboard (nowhere else) about what happened on the site, including a timeline. Don’t worry, everything worked as expected. It’s all fine! Malfunction aside, no need to be concerned. North Metro Fire almost didn’t even respond to this “insignificant” event! This incident catches the attention of the news media and in a surprise twist, the spokesperson from Civitas offered a totally different story as to what happened during the incident at the site than what the City posted earlier. Equipment malfunction. Emergency shut in of all wells. Flash and smoke occurred when everything was being restarted? Wait, what just happened? City gets an apology the next day from Civitas, for the unclear communication surrounding these events.

Residents are watching this all unfold, as confused as ever and are wondering what comes next? Is this really an “apology-accepted-let’s-frack-on” kind of situation? Or will there be some sort of accountability? And who is going to explain the great mystery of the not a fire…fire? There was smoke. There were flames. How was this NOT A FIRE?

Are you concerned about any of the mixed messages or about the fire (not a fire?) at the site? Please share your thoughts with City Council.

For TONIGHT’S (1/25) Council meeting, the Mayor is allowing residents to speak on oil and gas issues during public comments at the beginning of the meeting (6pm) OR later during item 11c January Monthly Oil and Gas Update.

So you can write: [email protected]

Or call in at either ~6pm or later in the meeting (I don’t know of the timing). To call in, dial: 1-855-695-3744 and press star 3 (*3) to be placed in the queue.

Link to the news story on this incident:

Neighbors wish they'd been notified about a plume of black smoke coming from an oil and gas pad after a malfunction.

01/14/2022

A parent saw this while picking up kids at Prospect Ridge Academy. This appeared to have occurred at one of the Northwest pad sites. Smoke is gone now, but residents are left feeling unsettled today.

12/15/2021