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March 29, 2019 COLORADO HOUSE PASSES SB19-181 WITH AMENDMENTS
On March 29, 2019 the Colorado House passed SB19-181 with the following 12 amendments:
L.142 – Provides for heightened LDAR and emissions requirements
L.143 – Amended the duties of the Director
L.144 – Provides that the Technical Review Board cannot consider economic considerations
L.147 – Allows for maintained jurisdiction by the Southern Ute Indian Reservation; confirms governance by local governments with jurisdiction
L.148 – Clarifies local government jurisdiction over surface impacts, and not downhole matters
L.149 – Re-inserted “production” into the legislative declaration
L.150 – Clarified the Director’s ability to “delay the final determination regarding a permit application”
L.152 – Clarified preemption language
L.153 – Allows for appointments of Administrative Law Judges in certain Commission matters
L.154 – Allows for additional wildlife habitat protection on private lands
L.164 – Reorganization of the Commission – upon conclusion of the first three Rulemakings mandated by SB19-181 or July 1, 2020, the new seven-member panel takes over
L.169 – 45% ownership/consent threshold for pooling; increase in non-consenting royalty interest to 13% for gas and 16% for oil; provides that the 45% calculation excludes unlocatable interests
L.180 – Professional Commission – changed the initial term of two members to two years