COGCC debuts new website for improved public access
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COGCC debuts new website for improved public access
1120 Lincoln St. Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2015 CONTACT Todd Hartman, DNR, 303-866-3311 x-8665, [email protected] Chris Eisinger, COGCC, 303-894-2100 x-5111, [email protected] COGCC debuts redesigned website for improved public access The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission this week migrated to a new and more user-friendly website at http://cogcc.state.co.us/. The new site provides a more contemporary look and feel, provides a more intuitive experience and streamlines the organization of large amounts of data and content available to the public. The newly designed site also improves search capabilities while maintaining or enhancing all the content and functions of the previous site. “We recognize the high public interest in the COGCC, its work and the data it maintains,” said COGCC director Matt Lepore. “Our agency has always been among the most transparent in the country in providing access to volumes of information about the regulation of the oil and gas industry in Colorado; with this redesigned website we’ve taken another important step in making public information available to all interested parties.” The redesigned site is one of several recent steps to make interaction with the COGCC easier. The agency has streamlined the complaint process, aggregated spill data and converted its water quality data to a downloadable format. Work continues on additional projects that will make more data more easily accessed and analyzed by the public. The website is part of an ongoing focus at COGCC to strengthen its regulation of oil and gas development in Colorado. Since 2011, the COGCC under the administration of Governor John Hickenlooper has crafted rules to increase setbacks, reduce nuisance impacts, protect groundwater, cut emissions, disclose hydraulic fracturing chemicals, increase spill reporting, P 303.894.2100 F 303.894.2109 www.colorado.gov/cogcc Commissioners: Thomas L. Compton - Chairman, Richard Alward, John H. Benton, DeAnn Craig, James W. Hawkins, Tommy Holton, Andrew L. Spielman, Mike King, Dr. Larry Wolk John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Mike King, Executive Director, DNR | Matthew J. Lepore, Director significantly elevate penalties for operators violating Commission rules and toughen requirements for operating in floodplains. The Commission has also significantly expanded oversight staff, intensified collaboration with local governments, sponsored ongoing studies to increase understanding of impacts to air and water and adopted several formal policies to address health and safety issues brought about by new technologies and increased energy development in Colorado. ### P 303.894.2100 F 303.894.2109 www.colorado.gov/cogcc Commissioners: Thomas L. Compton - Chairman, Richard Alward, John H. Benton, DeAnn Craig, James W. Hawkins, Tommy Holton, Andrew L. Spielman, Mike King, Dr. Larry Wolk John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Mike King, Executive Director, DNR | Matthew J. Lepore, Director