Longmont City Council members will get an update on oil and gas activity Tuesday night, including the work involved in shutting down the community’s last two remaining oil and gas wells.
The oil and gas update ‒ as well as the latest on Longmont’s air quality ‒ will be discussed at a work session that begins at 7 p.m.
The Tabor #7 oil and gas well, located just south of the Innovation Center off Quail Road, was plugged during the last week of June, according to a city staff report. “The City of Longmont has agreed to pay half of the plugging costs, and in return, K.P Kauffman, the well owner, has agreed to never drill within Longmont again,” the staff report states.
The Stamp #31-2C well, which is located on the northwest side of Union Reservoir, was plugged during the last week of July, the staff report states. Efforts are now underway to remove tanks, pipes and other oil and gas related from the Tabor and Stamp sites.
Any historical contamination discovered during the cleanup will be remediated and the sites will be returned to a natural state with addition of clean soil and native grass seed, the city report said.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is directing the work at both wells and the City of Longmont has contracted Terracon to provide third-party oversight on any remediation that may occur, the report said.
Closure of the last two oil and gas wells in Longmont is a culmination of years of effort by city council, staff and community members, the staff report states. “This was made possible by the use of both regulations and innovative legal agreements to minimize oil and gas surface operations in the city,” the report said.
