Broomfield County Government issued the following announcement on Oct. 8.
On October 7, 2020, Extraction Oil and Gas, Inc. was found guilty on seven citations for violating Broomfield’s noise ordinance. After a day and a half trial, the Broomfield Municipal Court found Extraction Oil and Gas, Inc. guilty of failing to submit a noise modeling study as required by the ordinance.
In January, Broomfield City Council adopted an emergency noise ordinance that required industrial uses located outside of industrial zoning districts to limit their operations to daytime hours, or to submit a noise modeling study that showed they could meet residential noise standards at the boundary line of the nearest adjacent residential zone district. Extraction declined to submit the noise modeling study. Broomfield subsequently issued citations in February when Extraction continued to operate at night.
Broomfield is pleased that the court has determined that Extraction must comply with Broomfield’s noise ordinance. Broomfield hopes that Extraction will now take steps to comply with the ordinance.
City and County Attorney Shaun Sullivan stated, “Broomfield’s noise ordinance is important to preserving the peace and health of our residents. We hope that now Extraction will perform the necessary studies to evaluate the issue and propose additional measures to mitigate the noise caused by its operations.”
The court levied a $300.00 fine plus $50.00 fees and court costs for each of the 7 violations. Extraction intends to appeal and the sentence has been stayed pending appeal.
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