Boulder to consider new set of oil and gas regs
BOULDER — Boulder could soon see its moratorium on oil and gas activity in the city replaced with a fresh set of regulations intended to limit where drilling and extraction could occur.
The Boulder City Council is set to hold a public hearing Tuesday for an emergency measure that would put these new regulations in place prior to the expiration of the most recent moratorium on Dec. 31.
“The city of Boulder currently has no specific land use regulations on oil and gas
operations,” city staffers wrote in a memo to Boulder officials. “Until recently, local government’s authority to regulate oil and gas…
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