Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
404 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
2 CCR 404-1 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 902 - POLLUTION
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
a. Operators will prevent Pollution.
b. Operators will prevent adverse environmental impacts on any air, water, soil, or biological resource resulting from Oil and Gas Operations and will protect and minimize adverse impacts to public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources.
c. Operators will prevent the unauthorized discharge or disposal of oil, condensate, gas, E&P Waste, Chemical substances, trash, discarded equipment, and other oil field waste.
d. No Operator, in the conduct of any Oil or Gas Operation, may violate numeric or narrative water quality standards or classifications established by the WQCC for Waters of the State, or any Point of Compliance established by the Director pursuant to Rule 914. The Director may require the Operator to establish one or more Points of Compliance for any event of Pollution, which will be complied with by all parties determined to be a Responsible Party for such Pollution.
e. No Operator, in the conduct of any Oil or Gas Operation, may violate any applicable air quality law, regulation, or permit as administered by the Air Quality Control Commission or any other local or federal agency with authority for regulating air quality associated with such activities.
f. No person may accept water produced from Oil and Gas Operations, or other oil field waste for disposal in a commercial disposal facility, without first obtaining a certificate of designation from the county in which such facility is located, in accordance with the regulations pertaining to Solid Waste Disposal sites and facilities as promulgated by CDPHE.
