Governor's Drilling Task Force Meeting In Greeley
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper's task force on oil and gas drilling is holding two days of meetings in Greeley, six weeks before it's due to make recommendations.
The task force is scheduled to hear from regulators, health officials and the public during meetings Thursday and Friday.
Hickenlooper formed the panel in September to look for solutions to disputes over local restrictions on drilling, how far wells must be from homes and how much control landowners should have over drilling.
The panel's recommendations are due Feb. 27.
The formation of the panel kept four divisive measures off the November ballot, two that would have restricted hydraulic fracturing and two designed to accommodate it.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves pumping water, sand and chemicals underground to make it easier to extract oil and gas.
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