Colorado’s Weld County Agrees on Rules For New Oil/Gas Operations Near School

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The five-member elected board of commissioners in Weld County, CO, the state’s top natural gas producer among 64 counties, on Wednesday unanimously approved a major oilatural gas drilling operation proposed by Extraction Oil and Gas (EO&G) that is located close to a middle school east of Greeley, CO. Company representatives said the new wellsite eventually will add $70 million to the local economy. All of the county commissioners, including board Chair Barbara Kirkmeyer, said they would not approve the project if they thought there was any risk to youngsters and others. “For 32 years I’ve lived in the middle of oil/gas, so please don’t tell me that I wouldn’t know how something like this would affect people,” Kirkmeyer told local news media covering the commission meeting.