Falsified Oil, Gas Remediation Data Worse than State Regulators Initially Thought
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 23 – Seven oil and gas companies received violation notices after falsified cleanup data was found at 404 sites, including understated benzene levels three times above safe limits, regulators said.
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Colorado issues notices to companies in falsified data case over cleanup of 404 oil and gas sites
State regulators took the first enforcement actions against some of Colorado’s largest oil and gas operators as part of an ongoing investigation into reports of environmental consultants’ falsification of data on the cleanup of 404 sites in Weld County. The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission, or ECMC, which regulates the oil and gas industry, said Wednesday that it has issued what’s called notices of alleged violations to seven com…
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