FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    Nov. 6, 2014

Contact: Gabi Boerkircher, 303-441-3399 or Barb Halpin, 303-441-1622

REMINDER: Public Hearing on Oil & Gas Development in Unincorporated Boulder County Scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10 beginning at 2 p.m. in Longmont

The County Commissioners will consider public input on whether to extend or otherwise amend the current temporary moratorium on Boulder County’s processing of applications for oil and gas development in the unincorporated County.

Online sign-ups for people interested in speaking at the hearing are available until the meeting time. Speaking slots will be assigned in the order received. Written comments may be submitted prior to hearing; the deadline to receive written comments is Friday, Nov. 7 by 2 p.m.

Boulder County, Colo. – The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Nov. 10 at the Plaza Event Center in Longmont to take public input on whether to extend or otherwise amend the current temporary moratorium on Boulder County’s processing of applications for oil and gas development in the unincorporated County which expires Jan. 1, 2015.

Note: The commissioners will not make a decision at the Nov. 10 hearing. A public meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, November 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room for deliberation on the Commissioners’ decision. No further public comment will be taken at that time.

What:       County staff will provide an update to the Board of County Commissioners on matters discussed in oil & gas development resolutions 2014-56 and 2013-55. Public testimony will be taken. No decision will be made by the Board of County Commissioners at this hearing.

When:      Monday, Nov. 10 beginning at 2 p.m. (hearing must conclude by midnight)

Where:    The Plaza Conference Center, 1850 Industrial Circle, Longmont (behind the Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel) (map)

Staff Report: The staff report is available on the county’s Oil and Gas Development webpage at:www.bouldercounty.org/doc/landuse/dc120003staffrec20141110.pdf.

Online Sign-Ups:  For this hearing we are will be administering a new online sign-up for anyone wishing to provide their comments to the Board in person. An electronic sign-up forum for Individual Speakers and Pool Time groups is available at: http://bit.ly/BCoilgas.

In order to be considered in time for the hearing, the Commissioners have requested that written comments besubmitted by mail, in person to the Commissioners’ Office, or by e-mail to oilgascomment@nullbouldercounty.orgby Friday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Written comments will be accepted after the deadline, but may not be reviewed in time for the public hearing.

For more information about the county’s role in oil and gas development, please visit the county’s Oil and Gas Development webpage at bit.ly/BCoilgas.

Mailing address:

Boulder County Commissioners’ Office

PO Box 471       Boulder, CO 80306

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