Legal Opinion
Grand Valley Citizens' Alliance v. Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 24, 2010No. 09CA1195PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CONNELLY.
Were plaintiffs, who challenged EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc.’s applications to drill natural gas wells near a former nuclear blast site, entitled to a hearing before the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission? We answer yes.
First, we hold that plaintiffs have standing to sue because their alleged injuries — both procedural (denial of a hearing) and substantive (risk of harm to land they own and use) — are legally cognizable. Then, we construe Colorado’s Oil and Gas Conservation Act (Act), §§ 34-60-101 to -129, C.R.S.2009, and Administrative Procedure Act (state…
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