{"id":1384905,"date":"2019-01-15T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=962623"},"modified":"2019-01-15T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:51:22","slug":"state-regulators-approve-well-pad-near-battlement-mesa-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/state-regulators-approve-well-pad-near-battlement-mesa-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"State regulators approve well pad near Battlement Mesa homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cogcc-GPI-1117151-1-1240x766-620x383.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-large size-medium-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cogcc-GPI-1117151-1-1240x766-620x383.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cogcc-GPI-1117151-1-1240x766-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cogcc-GPI-1117151-1-1240x766-325x201.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cogcc-GPI-1117151-1-1240x766.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) \u2014 State regulators have approved a proposal by Ursa Resources to drill 24 wells and a wastewater injection well near a Battlement Mesa mobile home park.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com\/news\/western_colorado\/state-oks-well-pad-near-battlement-mesa-homes\/article_632959f4-1890-11e9-ab5a-10604b9ffe60.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>\u00a0the Ursa proposal is part of a two-pad, second phase of drilling it plans in Battlement Mesa, an unincorporated community of several thousand residents. The company already has finished drilling a two-pad, first phase involving 52 wells.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents say the decision by Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission staff delivers a blow to communities trying to protect neighborhoods and schools from the impacts of oil and gas development.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Supreme Court overturned an appeals court ruling that regulators must condition approvals of oil and gas development on ensuring protection of health, safety and environment.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Information from: The Daily Sentinel,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/state-regulators-approve-well-pad-near-battlement-mesa-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) \u2014 State regulators have approved a proposal by Ursa Resources to drill 24 wells and a wastewater injection well near a Battlement Mesa mobile home park. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel\u00a0reports\u00a0the Ursa proposal is part of a two-pad, second phase of drilling it plans in Battlement Mesa, an unincorporated community of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-21 23:27:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}