Stormwater Permitting for Small Oil and Gas
Construction Activities
Garland Anderson
May 10, 2005
REPRESENTING
Grand Valley Citizens Alliance
High Country Citizens Alliance
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Western Colorado Congress
Western Slope Water Network
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Colorado Trout Unlimited
>18,500 MEMBERS in 8 STATES
Colorado New Mexico
IdahoMontana
North DakotaOregon
South DakotaWyoming
STORMWATER DISCHARGE PROBLEMS
• ARE NOT ISOLATED• EXIST FROM NEW MEXICO TO NORTH
DAKOTA• CAUSE DEGRADATION OF THE
NATION’S WATERWAYS AND WATER SUPPLIES
• SHIFT COST BURDENS FROM PRODUCERS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
San Juan County, New Mexico August 2004
San Miguel County, ColoradoFebruary 18, 2005
Garfield County, Colorado 9/26/04
Sublette County, Wyoming July 2004
Little Missouri Grasslands, North Dakota 2/24/05
San Juan County, New MexicoAugust 2004
Garfield County, Colorado
Conclusion
• Construction of roads and drilling pads can be harmful to water quality.
• Oil and gas construction activities must not be exempted from clean water protections.