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EPA Petitioned to Require Accurate Measurement of Smog-Causing Pollution From Flares at Four Colorado Oil, Gas Well Pads

Conservation and public-health groups filed a petition urging the Environmental Protection Agency to require adequate testing of the toxic air pollution emitted by four oil and gas well pads owned and operated by the Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company. New permits for the facilities fail to require adequate testing of flares used to burn off toxic pollution, according to the petition filed Monday by the Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 350 Colorado, Sierra Club and GreenLatinos. The pollutants released by the facilities include volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides pollution, both of which lead to the formation of ground-level ozone, commonly called smog. The facilities are located in an area of Colorado that is home to more than 3.5 million people. The region has suffered from ozone pollution in excess of the EPA’s health-based air quality standard for more than 15 years.

Union Pacific chief safety officer tells Colorado lawmakers railroad has not run a hazard analysis of Uinta Basin oil trains

No oil-train risk analysis performed, Union Pacific safety chief tells Colorado lawmakers

The Union Pacific railroad’s top safety officer told Colorado lawmakers on Monday that the company hasn’t “specifically” analyzed the risks of increased traffic from a proposed Utah oil-train project.

CO Communities That Already Host Air-Polluting Facilities Could Suffer Under Proposed Air Quality Rule, Say Environmentalists

Colorado Judge Pushes Polis' Administration on West Elk Coal Mine Air Quality Permit

Center for Biological Diversity: GUNNISON, Colo. A Colorado judge today set a deadline for Gov. Jared Polis’ administration to draft an air quality permit for the West Elk coal mine and ordered a state agency to report progress to ensure the tardy permitting remains on track.