LONGMONT – Boulder County has extended a moratorium on new oil and gas development in unincorporated parts of the county.
County commissioners voted Tuesday evening to approve a temporary emergency moratorium on the drilling through Jan. 31, 2017. The extension gives county staff members time to study the latest draft version of oil and gas development regulation updates.
The commissioners want to have the updated regulations in place before they start accepting applications for drilling oil and gas wells. They were planning to consider adopting new regulations Thursday, but they decided to give their staff more time to look at the changes suggested during a public hearing.
