COGCC debuts new website for improved public access

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2015
CONTACT
Todd Hartman, DNR, 303-866-3311 x-8665, todd.hartman@state.co.us
Chris Eisinger, COGCC, 303-894-2100 x-5111, chris.eisinger@state.co.us
COGCC debuts redesigned website for improved public access
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission this week migrated to a new and
more user-friendly website at http://cogcc.state.co.us/. The new site provides a
more contemporary look and feel, provides a more intuitive experience and
streamlines the organization of large amounts of data and content available to the
public.
The newly designed site also improves search capabilities while maintaining or
enhancing all the content and functions of the previous site.
“We recognize the high public interest in the COGCC, its work and the data it
maintains,” said COGCC director Matt Lepore. “Our agency has always been among
the most transparent in the country in providing access to volumes of information
about the regulation of the oil and gas industry in Colorado; with this redesigned
website we’ve taken another important step in making public information available to
all interested parties.”
The redesigned site is one of several recent steps to make interaction with the COGCC
easier. The agency has streamlined the complaint process, aggregated spill data and
converted its water quality data to a downloadable format. Work continues on
additional projects that will make more data more easily accessed and analyzed by
the public.
The website is part of an ongoing focus at COGCC to strengthen its regulation of oil
and gas development in Colorado.
Since 2011, the COGCC under the administration of Governor John Hickenlooper has
crafted rules to increase setbacks, reduce nuisance impacts, protect groundwater, cut
emissions, disclose hydraulic fracturing chemicals, increase spill reporting,
P 303.894.2100 F 303.894.2109
www.colorado.gov/cogcc
Commissioners: Thomas L. Compton - Chairman, Richard Alward, John H. Benton, DeAnn Craig,
James W. Hawkins, Tommy Holton, Andrew L. Spielman, Mike King, Dr. Larry Wolk
John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Mike King, Executive Director, DNR
| Matthew J. Lepore, Director
significantly elevate penalties for operators violating Commission rules and toughen
requirements for operating in floodplains.
The Commission has also significantly expanded oversight staff, intensified
collaboration with local governments, sponsored ongoing studies to increase
understanding of impacts to air and water and adopted several formal policies to
address health and safety issues brought about by new technologies and increased
energy development in Colorado.
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P 303.894.2100 F 303.894.2109
www.colorado.gov/cogcc
Commissioners: Thomas L. Compton - Chairman, Richard Alward, John H. Benton, DeAnn Craig,
James W. Hawkins, Tommy Holton, Andrew L. Spielman, Mike King, Dr. Larry Wolk
John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Mike King, Executive Director, DNR
| Matthew J. Lepore, Director