Several oil and gas companies operating in Colorado have been ordered to take corrective actions after third-party contractors reportedly falsified data on over 400 sites in Weld County.
The Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) announced that two environmental consultants hired by oil and gas operators, Eagle Environmental Consulting, INC. and Tasman Geosciences, submitted falsified laboratory data reports. They say the data manipulation affected soil, groundwater, and inorganic and organic contaminant data for 404 oil and gas locations in Weld County.
Civitas hired one of the environmental consultants in question.
A neighborhood environmental group in Colorado, Save the Aurora Reservoir (S.T.A.R.), has been trying to stop the construction of a Civitas oil and gas project near the Aurora Reservoir for five years. Now, thanks to a State of Colorado investigation, they think they may have the evidence they need to do it…