STATE SUNLIGHT/LONG PAD

CRESTONE PEAK RESOURCES OPERATING LLC | Arapahoe County | SWNE 27-5S-65W | MAP

Public Comments Close: 9/19/2025 @ 11:59pm
Status: Open

Comments Received

The views expressed within posted comments do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the COGCC, the State of Colorado, or any associated agencies.

NO FRACKING

9/15/2025 10:28:17 AM

I firmly stand against this fracking project. The health risks to the community are a major concern!!!

No Fracking in Arapahoe County

9/15/2025 9:10:27 AM

Please no fracking in Arapahoe county near Aurora Reservoir. It’s too close to homes and schools.

No to Fracking

9/15/2025 6:12:47 AM

I moved to Colorado recently and have fallen in love with the area. I moved here to get away from problems, and fracking is known to cause multiple health problems for those who live in the area. Health problems and increased possibility of earthquakes are common for those nearby fracking. If we ignored all of the health issues, and focused on where this fracking site is planned, we’d still have a problem. The idea of fracking near a water site is mental, it’s opening the door to so many problems that will sprout up in the future. Even in a perfect scenario, something can still go wrong and harm the health and wellbeing of others who have made Aurora their home.

No Fracking!

9/15/2025 6:09:14 AM

I implore all decision-makers to make a decision not for today, not for themselves, but for our future, for our neighbors and our community. It may be true that fracking in the proposed location meets our energy needs now, but it does so at the expense of health and safety -- that of our children and that of our world. It seems selfish, cruel, perhaps even evil to disregard the serious and dangerous impact that these decisions could have on our community. For far too long, our society has put the desires of the few over the needs of the many. This is an opportunity to change that. There are so many obvious reasons to end this: the danger this poses on our physical health, the outrageous use of water, the increase in pollution, the potential for accident and harm, the financial impact on homeowners, etc.; the myriad of issues are so vast and so serious that it is challenging, if not impossible, to narrow our focus and energy on just one. The implications of your choices MUST be at the forefront of your decision-making. We cannot pay for the greed of today with the safety and security of the future. This project MUST be stopped.

No Fracking in Arapahoe County! PLEASE!

9/14/2025 10:57:50 PM

I urge decision-makers to oppose fracking near the Arapahoe Reservoir. This reservoir is a vital source of drinking water for Aurora and surrounding communities, and its protection must be a top priority. Fracking poses serious risks including spills, well failures, and seismic activity. Not to mention many chemicals used in the process of fracking and their byproducts have been found to cause serious health effects, including significantly higher incidence of asthma and cancer. Even a small chance of groundwater contamination threatens public health and cannot be justified. Clean water is not replaceable. Short-term industrial gains must not come at the expense of long-term community safety. Please put health, water, and future generations first. We must reconsider this fracking project.

fracking bad

9/14/2025 10:44:34 PM

fracking is so bad. but if you ignore that and decide to do it anyway, WHY would you ever do it in a spot that would compromise the safety of the drinking water in our lovely city???? genuinely if this project goes through I will be leaving and so will everyone I know. despicable.

No fracking in our communities

9/14/2025 10:29:19 PM

This project is dangerous not only for current residents (human, animal, plant) and drinking water but for generations to come. People over profits!

No fracking in Aurora

9/14/2025 10:26:00 PM

I am very much against fracking especially in the city of Aurora.

No fracking in Arapahoe County!!!

9/14/2025 10:19:46 PM

I have lived in Arapahoe county my entire life and it is a wonderful area but this fracking project will ruin the entirety of the city. Everyone’s property value will tank and the health risks are incredibly detrimental. Our community doesn’t need this.

Fracking destroys neighborhoods

9/14/2025 10:12:25 PM

Moving on this proposal will sink the prosperity of our neighborhood!

NO FRACKING!!!!

9/14/2025 9:28:55 PM

As a life long resident of Arapahoe county I firmly stand against this fracking project. The health risks to the community are a major concern to me and my family. We say no fracking!!!!!

Against Fracking

9/14/2025 8:23:12 PM

We are not favor of fracking. Please don’t allow fracking in residential areas. Thank you.

Absolutely NO to Lowry Ranch Sunlight Pad

9/14/2025 7:33:09 PM

This development plan is crazy! It's so close to residents and the precious Aurora Reservior. Any sensible decision maker should not even consider this plan. The air and water pollutants are so obvious, and the environmental impact would be devastating. Anyone who approves such a development is a public enemy!

Worth the Risk?

9/14/2025 5:50:01 PM

To Whom It May Concern, I strongly object to the proposed Sunlight-Long Fracking Pad located in close proximity to the Aurora Reservoir, a major source of drinking water for the people of Colorado. This project represents an unnecessary and reckless threat to public health, safety, and the environment. The Aurora Reservoir supplies drinking water to thousands of homes. Placing a fracking operation near such a critical resource endangers not only the water supply itself but also the families and children who depend on it. Potential spills, leaks, or accidents could have irreversible consequences, contaminating the reservoir and putting entire communities at risk. In addition to water safety concerns, fracking is well-documented to carry serious health risks, including increased respiratory issues, birth defects, and cancer rates in nearby populations. Locating this operation near dense neighborhoods amplifies the dangers to countless individuals—especially vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions. There is no valid justification for approving this site except to serve the financial interests of oil and gas corporations and their political allies. Colorado communities should not be forced to sacrifice their health, safety, and future prosperity for short-term profits. I urge regulators and decision-makers to reject the Sunlight-Long Fracking Pad proposal. Colorado has a responsibility to protect its water resources, its residents, and its future generations—not to gamble them away for corporate gain.

Way to close to homes and schools

9/14/2025 4:18:49 PM

This is less than half a mile away from hundreds of homes and an elementary school!

NO TO Lowry Ranch Sunlight Pad

9/14/2025 3:57:26 PM

WAY TOO CLOSE to residents given the known risk. Certain noise and air pollutants + likely water pollutants. This site shouldnt even be in consideration. This stinks of big money influence.

Sunlight Pad - concerns

9/14/2025 3:37:31 PM

I write to you as a concerned resident and stakeholder in our community to formally object to the establishment of the Sunlight-Long oil & gas well pad at the location currently proposed. The following points summarize serious risks and reasons why this location is unacceptable. I urge the district to reject the proposal or require relocation to a site that does not endanger public health, drinking water, schools, homes, wildlife, or safety. Key Objections 1. Proximity to Homes, Drinking Water & Schools • The proposed well pad would be the largest residential well pad in Colorado. It would lie within 3,000 feet of the nearest homes; some 850+ homes would be within one mile. Thousands more live within a few miles. ? • The Aurora Reservoir—our primary drinking water source—is only 0.6 miles from the proposed site. The drilling activities are planned not just adjacent to, but beneath, this reservoir. ? • Two elementary schools lie ~1 mile away; a middle school and high school are less than 2 miles away. Noise, emissions, and other pollution during construction (~3 months of heavy work), drilling (8 months continuous), and fracking (3 months continuous) will affect safe learning environment and children’s health. ? 2. Waivers & Regulatory Evasion • The developer, Crestone (Civitas), has apparently secured multiple waivers to bypass state and county rules intended to protect residents, schools, and water resources. ? • There is ample land (~26,000 acres in Lowry Ranch CAP) where the project could be sited farther from sensitive receptors; relocation is feasible and would significantly reduce risks. ? 3. Uncertainty and Lack of Guaranteed Electrification • Original proposals included using cleaner, electric-powered equipment during the pre-production phases. That guarantee has been withdrawn. Instead, gas-powered equipment will produce toxic emissions. ? • This adds to cumulative pollution burdens from multiple oil and gas sites already planned within a 5-mile radius. ? 4. Public Health & Air Quality Risks • The Denver Metro/North Front Range has already been reclassified by the EPA from “serious” to “severe” nonattainment for air quality, especially regarding ozone. This project will exacerbate that problem. ? • New research from CU Anschutz (May 2025) shows children living within 3 miles of oil & gas activity have significantly increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Existing setbacks (distances required between wells and homes/schools) are insufficient. ? 5. Cumulative Impacts & Unaccounted Risks • There are at least 7 more well pads and 151 wells planned within five miles; emissions, traffic, noise, and lighting all stack up. ? • Studies cited in the talking points note that many potentially dangerous chemicals are not measured in standard assessments. Some known carcinogens are omitted; interactions of multiple chemicals are often ignored. This leads to under-estimation of actual health risks. ? 6. Accident Risk / Precedents • Recent events—such as the Chevron well pad explosion in Galeton, Colorado (April 2025)—show that even with “best practices” accidents happen, causing evacuations, exposure to toxic substances, and damage miles from the site. ? • If something similar happened near Aurora Reservoir, the consequences would be catastrophic, especially given the proximity to schools, homes, and our drinking water. ? 7. Emergency Response & Access / Fire Hazards • The well pad would be located in open plains, subject to high winds and fire risk. There is only one rural access road in and out, likely to be congested by heavy truck traffic (including semis). ? • Although Crestone/Civitas claim a 12-minute response time from Metro South Fire Station, this estimate is misleading when factoring in road conditions, traffic from construction/hauling, and limited access. In emergencies, delays could be dangerous. ? 8. Wildlife Impacts • Species such as the Northern Leopard Frog (a Tier 1 Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Colorado) rely on the area around Aurora Reservoir and Coal Creek for breeding, foraging, and seasonal movement. The well pad’s location will fragment or block essential habitat corridors. ? 9. Reduction in Home Values & Community Stability • Studies show homes near fracking or well pads lose value. Potential buyers are often unwilling to purchase near such sites; those who do often pay less. This doesn’t just affect individual homeowners—it undermines community investment and tax base. ? 10. Trust, Data Integrity, and Operator Record • Civitas/Crestone has a poor track record in Colorado regarding compliance. There are documented cases of falsified data: thousands of remediation reports falsified, multiple spill incidents, pollution events. This history raises serious doubts about whether promised mitigation will be honored. ? • Given the irreversible nature of many harms (contamination, health effects, ecological damage), we cannot rely on optimistic assurances alone. Rigorous proof, enforceability, and oversight are needed—if this project is allowed at all. ? ? Legal / Policy Considerations • Colorado law (SB-19-181) mandates that the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (or relevant regulatory authority, possibly including your district) must prioritize public safety, health, welfare, the environment, and wildlife in regulation of oil & gas operations. The proposed location appears to conflict with several of these priorities. ? • Existing rules and setbacks have been bypassed via waivers; this undermines both the letter and spirit of regulatory protections. ? Conclusion and Request Because of the above, the current location proposed for the Sunlight-Long well pad is unacceptable. The risks to public health (especially children), the drinking water supply, wildlife, emergency response, and community integrity are too great. I respectfully request that: 1. The proposal be rejected in its current location. 2. Any permitted location must be moved substantially farther from homes, schools, and the Aurora Reservoir. 3. Promised mitigation measures (e.g., electrification, pollution controls) must be contractually binding and enforceable, not optional. 4. A full, independently reviewed cumulative health and environmental impact study be conducted, measuring all relevant toxins and accounting for chemical interactions. 5. Enhanced emergency response planning, traffic mitigation, and access improvements be required if any part of the project proceeds. Thank you for your consideration and for protecting the safety, health, and environmental quality of our community. Sincerely, David Haukeness

Fracking

9/14/2025 2:42:13 PM

Freaking near Aurora Reservoir is a bad idea. Protect our water. Also, freaking wastes a lot of water in a state that is short on water. This should be done further away from cities.

NO FRACKING

9/14/2025 9:52:22 AM

Dear Commissioners, I am writing to urge you to reconsider the expansion of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in Arapahoe County, particularly proposals to drill beneath or near critical water supplies. The health, safety, and long-term prosperity of our residents depend on protecting clean air, safe water, and strong educational and economic outcomes. **Public Health Risks** Fracking releases toxic chemicals such as benzene, toluene, and formaldehyde into the air, contributing to higher rates of asthma, heart problems, neurological disorders, and cancers. A 2019 study in *Environmental Health Perspectives* found children living near oil and gas wells faced significantly increased risks of congenital heart defects. These health impacts translate into missed work, higher medical bills, and reduced quality of life for families across Colorado. **Impact on Children and Education** Children are especially vulnerable to these risks. Research from the Colorado School of Public Health has shown associations between proximity to fracking and low birth weights. Air pollution-driven asthma leads to more missed school days and hampers academic performance, directly undermining educational attainment. If fracking continues near schools and neighborhoods, we jeopardize both children’s health and their ability to thrive in the classroom. **Threats to Water Supply** Perhaps most alarming is the risk posed to our water. Drilling beneath aquifers and reservoirs exposes residents to the possibility of irreversible contamination. Fracking fluids contain hundreds of chemicals—many undisclosed—that can migrate into groundwater if casing or cement barriers fail. This is not a hypothetical risk: * In **Pavillion, Wyoming**, the U.S. EPA linked fracking chemicals to groundwater contamination, with residents reporting foul-smelling, undrinkable water. * In **Dimock, Pennsylvania**, methane and fracking byproducts polluted private wells so severely that residents required daily water deliveries. * In **Parachute, Colorado (2013)**, a pipeline leak near a creek released 10,000 gallons of toxic hydrocarbons, contaminating soil and groundwater. Once contaminated, groundwater is nearly impossible to restore. Given Colorado’s water scarcity and dependence on underground aquifers, drilling beneath or near these supplies is an unacceptable gamble with our most essential resource. **Environmental and Economic Damage** Beyond water risks, methane leaks from fracking operations accelerate climate change, while spills and habitat destruction undermine agriculture, recreation, and property values. These costs ultimately fall on taxpayers, not oil and gas companies. **A Call for Action** I respectfully urge Arapahoe County leadership to: * Prohibit fracking beneath or near key water supplies and aquifers. * Strengthen setback regulations to protect schools, neighborhoods, and waterways. * Demand full chemical disclosure and rigorous leak monitoring. * Prioritize renewable energy development to ensure economic growth without risking public health. The evidence is clear: the long-term costs of fracking far outweigh the short-term revenue. Protecting clean water, healthy children, and our environment is not only the ethical choice—it is the most economically responsible one for Arapahoe County’s future. Thank you for your time and your commitment to the well-being of our community. Sincerely, Anya Starr

Sunlight Pad - DENY

9/14/2025 9:51:38 AM

Re: The Dangers of Fracking and Protecting Arapahoe County’s Water, Health, and Future

9/14/2025 9:51:04 AM

Fracking so close to our homes

9/14/2025 8:36:36 AM

I attended the meeting on Thursday, September 11. The meeting room was overflowing / crowded with citizens hoping to hear public concerns regarding the proposal for fracking sites east of our neighborhood. I was surprised that the 3 members of the ECMC board were not answering questions. Is it too late to stop this proposal? Cannot the State and governing authorities recognize that citizens are opposed to this? Please recognize the value of your citizens involvement in this. We all support the viability and continued strength of our governments, State and Local. Please represent us and vote no.

DENY the Sunlight Long well pad

9/14/2025 6:26:15 AM

I am writing as an impacted citizen who is one of the thousands of residents who will be directly impacted by the Sunlight Long well pad. I live in this neighborhood with my husband and son and my aging parents live less than 1 mile from me in the same neighborhood. Literally, all that I hold dear will be impacted by the extreme adverse consequences of the fracking site. I have attended all of the public hearings for the greater Lowry Ranch CAP to include the recent public comment hearing held on 9/11 for the Sunlight Long well pad. I know you have been presented abundant research to prove that danger of a fracking site this large and this close to a residential area. The residential area where real people live and real people are at risk if you do not do your job and deny this site. I have heard you say, over and over, that our comments matter, only to watch them go in one ear and out the other as you approve the individual pads. I am outraged. I am furious. I, along with thousands of others, see the corruption within the ECMC and am truly disgusted. Each of you, both the commissioners who have shown to these hearings and the ones who have been too cowardly to attend, chose to take a position that matters. Your own mission statement says that you will make decisions to “protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment and wildlife resources”. Every time you approve a well pad within the Lowry Ranch CAP, you are boldly violating your mission statement and WE SEE YOU! I charge each of you to deny the Sunlight Long well pad or submit your letter of resignation effectively immediately so that others can take your jobs who will act in accordance to the mission of the ECMC. Anything else is unacceptable and WE SEE YOU! I took an oath to do no harm and I live up to that oath every day in my professional practice and personal life. Your career choice holds the same responsibility as the choices you make impact real lives. I ask you to do the right thing with this well site or resign.

NO TO FRACKING

9/13/2025 5:47:30 PM

We must protect and conserve our environment for the safety and health of our citizens. It’s dangerous and shortsighted to allow this when we know the consequences will lead to catastrophic outcomes. I respectfully ask that the decision be to protect people, not corporate interest groups. Do the right thing for all of us.

No To FRACKING

9/13/2025 2:53:52 PM

This proposal to allow the State Sunlight/Long Pad oil and gas drilling project near Aurora Reservoir is reckless, short-sighted, and fundamentally at odds with the public interest. Afterall, Colorado’s future depends on clean energy, sustainable development, and vibrant, livable communities—not risky industrialization near vital water supplies. ECMC must exercise its authority to uphold its mission and legal responsibilities by unequivocally rejecting any drilling proposals near Aurora Reservoir, based on the following points. 1. ECMC Mission and Regulatory Violations - The Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) is mandated to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources through rigorous regulation. The State Sunlight/Long Pad plan directly undermines these core values by placing industrial oil and gas operations dangerously close to one of the region’s most critical drinking water sources and a treasured recreational area. Approving this project would erode public trust and contradict both the spirit and the letter of ECMC’s mission. The Commission must prioritize its essential duties by rejecting this proposal to safeguard Colorado’s communities, water, and natural environment for generations to come. 2. Heightened Risks and Legal Exposure - This project significantly increases the likelihood of spills, leaks, truck accidents, and chemical contamination—risks inconsistent with ECMC’s commitment to robust, precautionary regulation. The approval of this State Sunlight/Long Pad project risks triggering costly legal challenges over failure to uphold statutory duties, especially if health issues, contamination, or environmental damage occur. 3. Specific ECMC Rules Potentially Violated - a) Setback Requirements: ECMC mandates minimum 2,000-foot setbacks between oil and gas facilities and homes, schools, and high-occupancy buildings. This project’s location threatens these protective buffers. b) Water Source Protection: State and ECMC regulations require heightened safeguards for drinking water sources; the project’s proximity is incompatible with these mandates. c) Cumulative Impact Analysis: New ECMC rules require thorough assessment of cumulative impacts to air, water, wildlife, and surrounding communities—standards this project cannot meet. d) Produced Water Use and Contamination Prevention: Operators must minimize fresh water use and prevent contamination of surface and groundwater; the project’s scale and location challenge compliance. e) Disproportionate Impact Protections: ECMC requires enhanced scrutiny and mitigation in environmentally burdened areas, requirements unmet here. f) Air Pollution Controls: Strict emission limits apply in ozone nonattainment areas, and this large pad risks violating them. g) Public Health Mandate: Above all, the project fails ECMC’s foundational mission to protect public health, safety, welfare, and the environment. 4. Community and Economic Impact - Aurora Reservoir is not simply a recreational destination; it is an essential drinking water source for a large number of individuals and living species. The risks of groundwater contamination, polluted air, and increased traffic are unacceptable and cannot be fully mitigated by any current regulations or best practices. Locating oil and gas wells near the reservoir will irreparably harm Aurora’s reputation, discourage tourism, depress property values, and burden taxpayers with long-term cleanup and health costs

Save the Aurora Reservoir

9/13/2025 1:30:54 PM

I moved to Colorado from the Great Lakes, where fresh water is abundant. I have been shocked to see how cavalier Coloradans can be about this precious and finite resource. FINITE! There is no way to replenish fresh water once it has been fracked with chemicals. The dangers of the proposed project so close to the Aurora reservoir are enormous, and there is no reason that the location can’t be moved. Aren’t you exhausted from corporations running rough-shod over our communities?

Drill responsibly

9/13/2025 1:03:26 PM

I’m all for exploring for oil and gas responsibly. Well’s should be monitored by state and federal regulatory departments to make sure no short cuts are taken and proper air and liquid monitors are in place These wells are deep enough to not damage or threaten any water sources.

No Fracking!

9/13/2025 12:15:57 PM

It is irresponsible to have tracking so close to residential neighborhoods and water sources. There is no way to ensure these resources stay safe from contamination. There have been numerous instances of contamination due to tracking. You will be endangering our families!

Fracking near Aurora Reservoir

9/13/2025 11:58:20 AM

This is a bad idea. It’s dangerous to water, nearby homes. Do not allow this.

No Fracking!!!!

9/13/2025 11:25:59 AM

NO DANGEROUS FRACKING THESE PLACES ARE IMPORTANT NO ONE WANT THIS OTHER THAN GREEDY BUSINESSES!!!

NOOOO FRACKING!!! Please!!!

9/13/2025 11:09:28 AM

It’s unethical here and way too close to homes, there are too many risk.

Say No to Fracking

9/13/2025 10:14:16 AM

Please don’t allow fracking so close to our homes, children, schools and reservoir. It’s basic common sense that this oil and gas drilling project does not belong in an area that has been designed for residents of Aurora. Please do the right thing and say no.

Don’t Frack the Aurora Reservoir!

9/13/2025 10:07:58 AM

Please please..,, DON’T FRACK THE AURORA RESERVOIR! Civitas Resources has been granted exclusive rights to develop hydraulic fracturing wells in a 32,000-acre area east of the Aurora Reservoir known as Lowry Ranch. If approved, the project would result in: 73,000 Tons of air pollutants including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 10,000 Households exposed to increased health risks including asthma, heart disease, and childhood cancer 3.9bn Gallons of contaminated fresh water in a state with a severe water crisis! Bad All Around for land, soil, air and people/medically fragile people, kids and adults with asthma and animals! Please… FRACKING THE LAND IS NOT THE ANSWER TO GREEN AMERICAN JOBS AND A GREENER AMERICA! Please don’t Frack Aurora CO! Thank you for your consideration Sincerely, LD

No to Residential Fracking

9/13/2025 9:43:02 AM

The proposal to allow the State Sunlight/Long Pad oil and gas drilling project near Aurora Reservoir is fundamentally at odds with the public interest. I'm not opposed to fracking on the whole, but this project is in clear conflict with the public interest. ECMC must exercise its authority to uphold its mission and legal responsibilities by rejecting any drilling proposals near Aurora Reservoir, based on the following points. 1. ECMC Mission and Regulatory Violations - The Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) is mandated to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources through rigorous regulation. The State Sunlight/Long Pad plan directly undermines these core values by placing industrial oil and gas operations dangerously close to one of the region’s most critical drinking water sources and a treasured recreational area. 2. Heightened Risks and Legal Exposure - This project significantly increases the likelihood of spills, leaks, truck accidents, and chemical contamination—risks inconsistent with ECMC’s commitment to robust, precautionary regulation. The risks of groundwater contamination, polluted air, and increased traffic are unacceptable and cannot be fully mitigated by any current regulations or best practices. Locating oil and gas wells near the reservoir will irreparably harm Aurora’s reputation, discourage tourism, depress property values, and burden taxpayers with long-term cleanup and health costs.

Deny the State Sunlight/Long Pad OGDP project (Civitas)

9/13/2025 9:15:10 AM

Protect the forest

9/13/2025 7:34:40 AM

You are a protector. You have a Birdseye view and can see long into the future. You can see all the things we need now. And you understand any proposal to destroy and take from these forests is short sided. It is about great. You know we are in danger Because too many ecosystems have been destroyed. But today you are a protector. You will stand up for us. You will stand up for all of the animals, birds, bobcats Eagles, bear cubs. Rivers. Ancient trees. Today you stand for us all, you stand with us all. You make your great great.grandchildren proud.

NO to fracking

9/13/2025 7:13:21 AM

It is deeply concerning to think that fracking may occur within 3 miles from our home. Air and water pollution will inevitably occur due to this process. This region has a high percentage of new families with children. Several schools are located within the region that would be at high risk of exposure. There is hard scientific evidence about how these pollutants are highly associated with respiratory diseases and cancer. And while some families may afford to move somewhere else, for many of us, attempting to do so could result in a financial disaster. The proposal to drill so close to these neighborhoods is highly unethical and I urge authorities to make the right choice and stop this.

NO FRACKING KEEP PUBLIC LAND PUBLIC

9/12/2025 10:46:15 PM

THIS COMPANY HAS HAD 3 OIL SPILLS AND WILL BE CLOSE TO AURORA’S WATER SOURCE. KEEP PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC. NO FRACKING.

NO Fracking

9/12/2025 10:16:45 PM

Nobody wants dangerous fracking here! Only heartless and greedy businesses do.

No to Fracking!!!!

9/12/2025 9:59:20 PM

1. Location to Homes, Drinking Water & Schools A. The Sunlight-Long mega well pad would be the largest proposed residential well pad in Colorado, located within 3,000 feet from the nearest homes, with 850+ homes within a 1-mile radius. This poses an enormous threat to thousands of residents in surrounding communities. Over 10,000 households live within 3 miles, including an estimated 7,800 children and 4,000 seniors. Aurora Reservoir, the city’s primary drinking water source, is only 0.6 miles from the proposed site. Drilling is planned not only next to, but also below, this critical water supply. The site is also 1 mile from two elementary schools and less than 2 miles from a middle and high school. The plan calls for 35 acres, 32 wells, 3 months of massive pad construction, 8 months of nonstop 24/7 drilling, and 3 months of nonstop 24/7 fracking. For over 15 months, families will endure toxic emissions, industrial noise, and bright lights every night for 8 months of drilling. This location is unacceptable. B. Crestone (Civitas) has secured multiple waivers to bypass state and county rules in order to place the Sunlight-Long well pad this close to homes and the Aurora Reservoir. With more than 26,000 acres available in the Lowry Ranch CAP, Crestone could easily relocate farther away to reduce harm to residents. However, they refuse to do so because it would cost more and may prevent them from extracting every last mineral. Make no mistake: Crestone would still make huge profits at an alternative location. Their priority has always been efficiency over public health and safety. This is unacceptable. 2. No Guarantee of Electrification of the Well Pad Creststone is no longer guaranteeing the use of cleaner electrical power for equipment during the 440 days of pre-production. This condition was supposed to be part of the approval for Sunlight-Long. Instead, toxic emissions from gas-powered equipment will worsen pollution, adding to the cumulative impacts of eight well pads and 151 wells being built without electrification in the Lowry Ranch. In 2022, the EPA reclassified the Denver Metro/North Front Range from a “serious” to a “severe” nonattainment area for air quality. This project will make the problem worse. The American Lung Association has given the Aurora area an “F” in air quality due to Ozone. 3. Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Wells Within 5 Miles In addition to Sunlight-Long, 7 more wellpads containing 119 wells are planned within 5 miles of our community. Each will release significant pollutants that will compound together, severely deteriorating the air we breathe and will place our families at severe health risks. Crestone’s own documents confirm that drilling and fracking operations will occur during two ozone seasons. Combined, Sunlight-Long operations will generate 40,000 vehicle trips, 26,000 of them semi-trucks, 2,500 feet from homes, and as close as 500 feet from our reservoir! Colorado law (SB-19-181) mandates the ECMC to prioritize the protection of public safety, health, welfare, the environment and wildlife in the regulation of the oil and gas industry. Sunlight-Long violates multiple aspects of this law. The time is now for ECMC to abide by the law. This is unacceptable!! 4. Six-Year-Old Cumulative Impact Studies Acknowledge Uncertainties Study 1 Summary. This study has major limits. It did not measure all dangerous chemicals, including some known or suspected carcinogens. Cancer risk estimates are based on incomplete data, meaning true risks may be much higher. The combined effects of multiple chemicals were not included, even though they can worsen health impacts. In short, the dangers from oil and gas emissions are far more serious than reported — putting communities at much higher risk of cancer and long-term health harms. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2019.1680459 Study 2 Summary No epidemiologic study has ever established a truly “safe” distance between oil and gas sites and sensitive places like homes and schools. What studies do show, consistently, is clear evidence of harm within 1 km (3,280 feet) — and in some cases, harm beyond that distance. Response to CalGEM Questions, California Oil and Gas Public Health Rulemaking Scientific Advisory Panel, October 2021 5. New Research Study – CU Anschutz School of Public Health – The Science is Clear. In May 2025, CU Anschutz researchers published a study showing that Colorado children living within 3 miles of oil and gas activity face a significantly higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Current setbacks between well sites and homes are not sufficient to protect children’s health. The study shows that not just distance, but also the intensity of activity and density of well sites around a child’s birth residence, increase the risk of ALL. Remember there are 7 more wellpads with 151 additional wells within a 5-mile radius. (Research was funded by the American Cancer Association.) Why is the ECMC willing to put Colorado’s children at such risk? https://aacrjournals.org/cebp/article/doi/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-1583/753886/Exposures-fro m-oil-and-gas-development-and 6. Chevron Well Pad Eruption in Galeton, Colorado On April 5, 2025, an explosion at a Chevron wellpad in Galeton caused an uncontrolled release of more than 3 million gallons of oil, gas, toxic water, and chemicals for over five days. Homes within a half-mile were evacuated, residents were exposed to hazardous substances, and entire properties were sealed off. Benzene, a known carcinogen, was detected more than 3 miles from the site. Chevron was using Colorado’s so-called “Best Management Practices. ” Accidents like this do and will happen. If a similar explosion occurred at Sunlight-Long, thousands of residents would have to be evacuated. This would be a catastrophe of major proportions. Why is the ECMC willing to gamble with the lives of Colorado families? 7. Fire Hazard – Emergency Response Times The Sunlight-Long well pad would sit on open plains prone to high winds, with only one rural access road in and out. This creates serious fire risks. Crestone claims Metro South Fire Station is 12 minutes away. This is misleading. To reach the site, fire crews would need to travel down Quincy Road, navigate the haul route, and pass through the Lowry Ranch rural road. On any of the 240 days when 60 trucks — many semis — clog this road, emergency vehicles would face major delays. Even Crestone’s own Safety Response Plan admits to hazards, including potential releases of hydrocarbon gases or liquids, heavy truck traffic, high pressures, and flash fires. A 12-minute response time is unrealistic and dangerous. 8. Wildlife Will Be at Risk Northern Leopard Frogs, a “Tier 1 Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Colorado,” have been found both at the Aurora Reservoir and Coal Creek, located immediately southeast from the Sunlight-Long site. The frogs need to cross the area where Sunlight-Long will be located to get to the reservoir for winter hibernation and back to the ephemeral creeks to breed and also use the area for foraging. This location will severely impact their survival. 9. Home Values Will Likely Drop A study published in the Journal of Real Estate Literature found that most people would refuse to buy a home near a fracking site, and those willing to buy reduce their offers by up to 25%. Oil and gas development does not just threaten our health and safety — it lowers our property values and damages our community’s long-term stability. https://www.nrdc.org/bio/amy-mall/new-report-growing-evidence-frackings-negative-impacts-pro perty-values-and-local 10. Civitas/Crestone filed Falsified Data – Undocumented Emissions The ECMC recently reported that several oil and gas operators—including /Crestone—have falsified data on an outrageous scale: 3,275 falsified remediation reports at 404 sites in just four years. Many of these sites belonged to Civitas. We’re talking about hundreds of spills—and those are only the ones we know about. Why is the ECMC trusting Civitas in our community? https://www.denverpost.com/2025/07/23/oil-gas-companies-issued-notices-false-data-ecmc/ Earthworks investigators went so far as to name Civitas “Polluter of the Month.” From January through June 2025 alone, they documented nine separate pollution events across eight different Civitas facilities in Colorado’s Front Range. This company’s track record is disturbing: $7,781,841 in fines since 2007—and counting. https://biggaspolluters.org/polluter-of-the-month-civitas-resource This is completely unacceptable!

No roads

9/12/2025 9:43:45 PM

No roads, no logging, no fracking, no mining. Keep our land wild and free.

Keep our land full and free

9/12/2025 9:27:13 PM

NO FRACKING NO DEFORESTATION WE NEED OUR LAND

Keep our public lands public!!!

9/12/2025 9:25:55 PM

KEEP OUR PUBLIC LANDS OUR AND KEEP FRACKING OFF IT AND OIL AND LOGGING!

Unsafe and unacceptable

9/12/2025 9:16:13 PM

The studies conducted for this project acknowledge the uncertainty of the safety of the proposed work. The current location proposed is unacceptable.

NO FRACKING

9/12/2025 9:02:36 PM

Do not risk our children, our water supply, our ecosystems, our neighbors, our community! We can’t afford to take this risk, let alone well documented reasons fracking should not occur so close to our elementary schools and homes. The safety of our children and their health should not be compromised for greed. This is not the site and I can’t believe basic common sense has not prevailed. Our community is loudly saying no and you need to listen!

Vote against fracking in Southeast Aurora

9/12/2025 8:53:04 PM

Please represent the residents who will be affected by fracking by not approving the permits for it. It’s well documented in research that fracking near the reservoir will pollute the water! The EPA has identified various ways fracking activities can lead to contamination, including spills and well failures, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Water that returns to the surface after fracking (produced water) contains salts and other chemicals and can be a source of contamination if mishandled or improperly disposed of. Fracking is associated with significant health effects for people living near drilling sites, including childhood cancers like leukemia, low birth weight and other reproductive issues, and worsening of respiratory illnesses such as asthma due to air pollution. Other health problems linked to fracking include increased risks of heart attacks, developmental and neurological disorders, headaches, nausea, and depression. These effects are attributed to exposure to chemicals from fracking fluids and wastewater, air pollutants, and increased truck traffic. Put the welfare of the residence ahead of the greed of corporate entities and revenues to the state generated from the leases. Protect the residents! I urge you to NOT approve the permits!!!!

Put a stop to this

9/12/2025 8:32:39 PM

You are stealing our mineral rights and putting our property, property values and most importantly our HEALTH at risk. If you are honest with yourselves, would you want this to occur around your home?!? I’m not again say fracking, but I am against fracking in close proximity to an already established community. This is all wrong. Put an end to it NOW!!!!!

No fracking

9/12/2025 8:21:45 PM

Stop no one want want those. Polluter to pollute and make people sick

No to fracking

9/12/2025 8:13:35 PM

The location of this project and the proximity to family homes is irresponsible. Our community does not want this and rejects this proposal outright. Do not endanger the health and safety of our children, pets, and loved ones.

NO to Fracking

9/12/2025 8:00:14 PM

Our community does not want this! Fracking has no place near our homes, where families live and children play. Why is this even being considered? We are human beings — with lungs that breathe this air, that drink this water, and that garden in this earth. We do not deserve to have this forced into our backyards. Fracking endangers our health, our neighbors, our children’s future, and the wildlife we share this land with.

Public opposition is crystal clear

9/12/2025 7:34:00 PM

Regardless of personal opinion, the sentiments of the statements on this site overwhelmingly oppose this proposal. Of the scores of comments posted, only ONE favors fracking in the area. How could any commission even think of approving something with so much vehement opposition? Any public official who goes against so many united voices does not deserve to be in public service. I will add my plea to the many- do not upset thousands of residents. Reject the proposal to frack near the Aurora Reservoir.

No Fracking near Aurora Reservoir!

9/12/2025 7:20:24 PM

The threat to our city's drinking water and the residential community in the area is much to great of a risk to allow. Fracking in this area is a recipe for disaster and a complete disregard for the health and welfare of the city and community. Please vote NO on this proposal and keep our water and community safe.

No to Fracking

9/12/2025 7:08:09 PM

All it takes is one leak into our reservoir to damage our drinking water. I don't trust corporations to care about us or our water regardless of the assurances. Vote NO to allow tracking so close to our natural resources.

I do not approve of fracking

9/12/2025 6:56:09 PM

Reject the proposal ! I have lived in the area for over 30 years l we are fortunately to have the reservoir, wild life . I do not think fracking should be done is residential areas, close to schools and near our water supply

Fracking

9/12/2025 6:16:05 PM

My family has lived in this community for 7 years now. We have considered moving elsewhere but we really like living here and enjoy living so close to the reservoir. I am greatly concerned with the plan to frack so close to our community. Health is extremely important to me when it comes to raising my kids. I want them to be healthy and know how to live healthy lives. The plan up for proposal could damper that so much. With the increased risk for cancer, contaminated water, and worsening pollution, how could I rightfully stay in this community and risk my kid's health. Not to mention the potential negative impact on housing prices when the economy is already such a burden on everyone. People have worked so hard to establish their lives here, please do not single handedly destroy this community.

Fracking in Aurora

9/12/2025 5:47:53 PM

The community has said NO! What will it take to get you to listen to the people who live in this area? We are concerned about our health, the pollution and land values. It is TOO close to our homes! Please stop this and please to our government officials that represent us, STOP THIS from happening. To say "if the reservoir gets polluted, we'll make the water drinkable?!" What in the world are you doing?! How can statements like that be OK?! If they are saying this, then it can happen and we don't want to have our greatest fears realized. Please listen to the people who live in this area and put a stop to this whole endeavor. Thank you.

DO NOT APPROVE THESE WELLS

9/12/2025 5:26:47 PM

Why would you even think approving these wells this close to a massive neighborhood is a good way forward? I understand that fracking is a way of life around these parts, but building the site so close to existing neighborhoods and schools? It’s insane this is even being considered. There is no doubt something will go wrong at some point and affect thousands of families. REJECT THIS PROPOSAL.

Please listen to the community

9/12/2025 4:59:23 PM

This fracking site adds risk and danger to the health and safety of the citizens you all represent. I have two young children and were looking to have a third soon. We moved to the south shore community because it seemed like a beautiful place to raise a family. But the risks this site presents to their health and increased risk of cancer or death in unconscionable. To be frank, we would relocate if this is approved. So your decision will literally upen out lives. The house we brought our children home to from the hospital, the place where we envisioned our kids going to school, playing, making friends, creating a life for ourselfs... would be gone. The responsibility of making a decision rests with this committee. And so far this committee has shown nothing but support and bias towards a corporation who is lying to the community to make a profit. My honest opinion is that they thought this community would not be able to fight for themselves and they were wrong. It's not our fault they made a poor investment and we should not pay the price.

Stop Fracking in our communities

9/12/2025 4:29:54 PM

We, the community hereby register our unequivocal opposition to any mega well pad oil extraction conducted in the close proximity to drinking water sources, such as the Aurora reservoir, schools, community churches and residential areas. Allowing such operations is an unacceptable breach of the duty to protect public health, environmental integrity, and the welfare of current and future generations. 1. Unacceptable Threat to Public Health and Drinking Water Clean, safe drinking water is a non-negotiable public right and the bedrock of community health. Oil extraction operations bring an unavoidable risk of petroleum leaks, toxic chemical infiltration, and drilling waste contamination. Once pollutants reach reservoirs or groundwater, the damage is permanent and the health consequences irreversible. Officials have a legal and moral obligation to prevent foreseeable harm, not manage crises after lives have already been put at risk. 2. Irreversible Harm to the Environment and Public Interest Reservoirs and surrounding ecosystems provide more than water they sustain agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, and community well being. Oil field operations inflict surface damage, toxic waste emissions, and ecological disruption that cannot be undone. Short term industrial profit does not outweigh the long term destruction of natural resources, livelihoods, and public assets. Public officials are entrusted to protect these shared resources, not sacrifice them. 3. Violation of Public Duty and Sustainable Development Principles Permitting oil extraction in sensitive zones is not only reckless it is a direct abdication of public responsibility. Energy development must align with principles of sustainability, public safety, and environmental justice. Placing corporate interests above community health and safety is incompatible with the role of government as protector of the people. Such decisions undermine public trust and jeopardize the well being of future generations. 4. Immediate Requests and Demands • Halt all oil field extraction projects near drinking water the Aurora reservoir, community churches, schools, and residential neighborhoods. • Mandate full, independent environmental and public health impact assessments, with complete transparency and accountability to the public. • Advance clean energy and sustainable economic pathways that secure long term prosperity without compromising public health or environmental stability. Conclusion Oil extraction near drinking water and residential communities constitutes a grave violation of public trust and a direct threat to human health, environmental safety, and social equity. We call on all responsible authorities to act decisively: uphold your duty, protect your constituents, and prioritize the health and safety of our communities over short term corporate gain. Failure to act responsibly will not only endanger lives but will also be remembered as a deliberate disregard of public duty. The other side of this argument is my family has already been impacted by childhood cancer. My now 6 yr old grandson has been directly affected by this terrible disease and has endured in his short time pain and suffering. He almost lost his battle twice and also had to edure a 14 hour surgery to reconstruct his face because of cancer. You really think profit over public health is the answer. I think not sir, after enduring this battle with my family. Do better we deserve better. Reach out to me and I can show you how childhood cancer is affecting our family. Stephanie Blum StephanieCblum@gmail.com 720-557-0213

Do not frack n

9/12/2025 4:22:01 PM

Do not approve The Sunlight Pad, you’ve already approved pads that are unsafe and close! This is a community with tons of families and young children! 1. According to a study reported by Colorado Public Radio, children aged 2-9 who lived within 3.1 miles (5 km) of high-activity fracking wells faced the greatest elevated risk of acute lymphocytic leukemia. The study found that elevated risk extended out to 8.1 miles (13 km) compared to control groups without cancer. 2. Research in Pennsylvania found that children residing within 2 km (1.2 miles) of unconventional oil and gas wells were two to three times more likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia. These studies suggest that living within approximately 1.2 to 3.1 miles of fracking sites is associated with higher childhood cancer risks, particularly for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, with some studies detecting elevated risks at distances up to 8.1 miles.

Be Better

9/12/2025 4:19:35 PM

This is an enormous risk to the health of 400,000 people - men, women, and children. Frack further away from us and our community. What you are CHOOSING to do is horrific. Be better. Don’t frack in communities. Stop risking our lives. You should be ashamed. You would never choose this for YOUR family.

Approve these sites

9/12/2025 3:52:04 PM

As a resident of SouthShore for over 7 years and of Colorado for my lifetime, I know we have the toughest laws and regulations when it comes to responsible oil and gas development. I also know as a society we NEED oil and gas in our lives. Please approve these proposals Thank you

Do not approve application

9/12/2025 3:49:52 PM

Please do not approve the fracking on this request. This operation is far too dangerously sited near people and the reservoir.

Do not put our community at risk - No Fracking

9/12/2025 3:31:25 PM

Studies show that your zip code can have more adverse effects on an individual's health than their genetic code. https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/zip-code-better-predictor-of-health-than-genetic-code/. Happy to add other references. Please reach out. Fracking will have detrimental effects on the health of our community. This will change the environment that we live in. I am strongly against having this in my community. Start thinking about your constituents' well-being rather than the bottom line.

ENOUGH already with siding with the lying, polluting, greedy frackers!!!!

9/12/2025 3:28:24 PM

I want to know how the ECMC board can break SB 19-181's mandate and not be held accountable. We know the Governor doesn't care about our health and is a big capitalist, but show some spine and REJECT this Sunlight-Long pad. I have asthma and every time we have a air quality alert day, my anger overflows because so much of our disgusting air quality is PREVENTABLE. Tell Civitas to build a wind or solar farm. Stop exposing your fellow citizens, beautiful green spaces, and beautiful wildlife to toxins and carcinogens. We should require that YOU live in the neighborhood that is next to each of these space-infringing projects, as I bet you'd vote against then. DO YOUR JOB as listed RIGHT ON SB 19-181: protect public health, safety, and welfare and the environment by clarifying, reinforcing, and establishing their regulatory authority over the surface impacts of oil and gas development.

NO FRACKING

9/12/2025 3:27:25 PM

We have lived in our Aurora home for almost 40 years now, and things have changed drastically in that time. Progress! But this, fracking proposal near the Aurora Reservoir is not the kind of progress that's good for Aurora. Given all that is known about fracking and it's problems and dangers why would it even be a consideration in this urban setting? Seriously, why? And next to a drinking and recreational water supply! This sounds like a recipe for disaster if you ask me. I am vehemently opposed to this going any further. Please don't run the risk of ruining a wonderful urban recreational area, and possibly poisoning thousands in the surrounding areas. So many of us call this our home and we want to stay, safely.

No Residential Fracking

9/12/2025 3:27:11 PM

Please do the right thing. Here is a synopsis of the research on the link between our health (childhood leukemia) and what you are proposing: Increased risk near wells: Multiple case-control studies in Pennsylvania and Colorado have found that children who live closer to oil and gas well sites have a significantly higher chance of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A 2022 Yale School of Public Health study found that children living within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) wells at birth were 2 to 3 times more likely to be diagnosed with ALL than unexposed children. A 2025 study in Colorado found that children living up to 13 kilometers (8 miles) from well sites were 1.4 to 2.64 times more likely to develop ALL. Carcinogenic chemicals: Fracking involves the use and release of chemicals known to cause cancer, including benzene, 1,3-butadiene, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Benzene, a known human carcinogen, is strongly linked to leukemia. Children's developing bone marrow is particularly vulnerable to the toxic effects of these chemicals. Exposure pathways: Potential exposure to these chemicals can occur through air pollution from drilling operations and vehicle emissions, as well as contamination of drinking water. Please. I beg you. Do the right thing, or this will be on your hands. I believe in the goodness of people and that you will do the right thing.

Oppose oil and gas wells

9/12/2025 3:18:43 PM

I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the proposed Sunlight Long well pads near our residential area. This project poses significant risks to the health and safety of our families, including my own and those of my friends, who chose to live here in search of a safe community and quality schools. The potential hazards of air and noise pollution, increased truck traffic, fire risks, and declining property values are alarming. Recent spills, ongoing environmental violations, and misleading claims about carbon-neutral practices further diminish our trust in Civitas’s ability to operate responsibly. We urge the ECMC to prioritize the welfare of families, schools, wildlife, and natural areas over profit by rejecting these well pads at this location. The safety of our community must come first. Please do not put our lives at risk by allowing this project to commence. Thank you!

Against Fracking Near Our Neighborhood

9/12/2025 3:18:42 PM

Please be advised that fracking close to our homes and schools would be harmful to the health of this community and surrounding areas. We are against this notion and do not support the proposed fracking project for the reasons noted here and by other neighbors. Thank you.

No To The Proposed Facking Sunlight Long

9/12/2025 3:18:11 PM

Hello, I live in the area of the proposed Sunlight Long fracking site and do not approve. At the very least the site needs to be moved to further away from important wildlife sites, outdoor recreation sites, homes and schools. To be clear further MILES away. If possible I think it in the best interest to the state and community if the fracking site is denied altogether. Reason being is that fracking uses up far too much water that can't be reclaimed. As of 9/9/25 Drought.org reports that 49% of CO is in some level of drought. CO is running out of water and we can't afford spend water on fracking instead of drinking water and agriculture.

No Fracking

9/12/2025 3:07:01 PM

Don't let them drink our milkshake...It is bad enough that you are allowing this conversation to even happen. This is a no brainer. Times are evolving. Change with them. Do positive things for this community and our world - and if you can't at least move it to a location that will cause less harm. Do not make us Weld county. Do not give into capitalistic pressures. Be the voice that says no and make that your legacy. Make your mark on the world to protect us. Be the one who is brave enough to say NO.

No to Fracking

9/12/2025 2:58:32 PM

I completely disagree with this proposed fracking project. It is too close to water and communities, and quite frankly, I don't think fracking should be done within city limits. Especially a thriving city like Aurora.

No Fracking!

9/12/2025 2:58:25 PM

I am writing to express my strong opposition to the Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan and, specifically, the proposed fracking activity near the Aurora Reservoir and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site. My primary concern is the unacceptable risk this project poses to our community's clean water supply. The potential for contamination, both from the fracking process itself and from disturbing the nearby Superfund site, is a risk our community should not be forced to accept. Risk to Aurora Reservoir: A precious resource on the line The project involves drilling under the Aurora Reservoir, a critical source of drinking water for our community. While Civitas Resources claims safe operations, the history of fracking demonstrates that spills and equipment failures occur. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found "scientific evidence that activities in the hydraulic fracturing water cycle can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances". Even with robust regulation, accidents happen. The stakes are simply too high when dealing with a vital drinking water source. Any contamination event would have devastating, long-term consequences for thousands of residents. The Superfund site: A "catastrophic release" of toxins The proximity of fracking operations to the Lowry Landfill Superfund site presents a unique and particularly dangerous threat. The EPA has raised concerns that fracking could cause "microfractures" in the bedrock that contains the landfill's hazardous waste. Such fractures could lead to a "catastrophic release of hazardous substances into the nearby groundwater". Despite Civitas's assurances, the risk of disturbing this fragile environmental containment system is too great. The EPA itself has advised against drilling under the site. Uncertainties and the burden of proof Fracking uses a cocktail of chemicals, some of which are known carcinogens. While state law requires disclosure, the potential for spills and leaks means these toxins could enter our water supply. Furthermore, fracking produces large volumes of toxic wastewater, which must be disposed of. Faulty disposal or spills of this "produced water" also present a risk of contamination. The onus is on Civitas to prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that these risks can be fully mitigated. Given the sensitive location and the scientific uncertainties, the company has not met that burden. Call to action I urge the Arapahoe County Planning Department and the ECMC to prioritize the health and safety of Aurora residents over the interests of the oil and gas industry. The potential for water contamination is an existential threat to our community. For these reasons, I call on you to deny the permits for this project and protect our most valuable resource: clean water.

No fracking

9/12/2025 2:52:34 PM

It is not good for our community.

NO FRACKING

9/12/2025 2:48:41 PM

DONT LET THIS HAPPEN!!! NO FRACKING

No Fracking Near Homes

9/12/2025 2:27:39 PM

Please do not frack near homes, schools, or water! You know it’s wrong! Please stop trying to poison the air we breathe, the water we drink, and swim in! Be a good person, not a money-hungry one!

No Fracking!

9/12/2025 2:22:48 PM

I find it ridiculous that this proposal is even being considered. Fracking has a place, but it shouldn't happen under the water source of thousands of residents who oppose it. Protect the rights and well-being of the people, not corporate profits!

Fracking

9/12/2025 2:22:29 PM

NO TO FRACKING. When we were house hunting a few years ago, do you know why we went with Aurora over Thornton or any of the northern Denver suburbs? Less fracking. Don’t ruin our quality of life.

No franking!

9/12/2025 2:21:28 PM

Do not let this be approved! You are harming our community by bringing this here! So close to schools and children and our water source. How is Colorado such a green and environmental friendly state and yet fracking is approved? One small spill or problem and this community is destroyed!

WE DON’T WANT FRACKING

9/12/2025 2:09:42 PM

Keep fracking out of our community and away from our water sources. It’s criminal that this is even something considered. There are plenty of clean alternatives to big evil oil and this is bullshit. Go Frack Mara Lago and let the president drink the benefits from it.

Dangerous proposal

9/12/2025 1:55:41 PM

No There is an endless list of reasons why this is an unacceptable location for a project on this scale. It’s shocking this would even be under consideration. Please reject this company’s proposal and protect our community, water and wildlife resources.

No fracking in our backyard!

9/12/2025 1:55:03 PM

Aurora water already has enough issues there is no need to add more known carcinogenic materials to be absorbed into the water supply. Lived here my whole life and was able to drink tap water and if this project goes down, there is a guarantee we will be endangering many future Aurora citizens water supply for generations.

Water is life

9/12/2025 1:52:56 PM

We know with fracking its not IF, It's WHEN the 'accidents' happen. Flammable water makes life unlivable for communities affected. As water will become ever more precious in the years to come, and Colorado being a battle ground for water and who has access; it's vital we value our most valuable resource. People over profit. The future is now.

STOP DON’T Frack with our Water

9/12/2025 1:50:07 PM

City of Aurora and the State of Colorado should be ashamed of themselves to let fracking the earth soil near our water supply. SHAME, SHAME!! What good is it to have governments, that will, NOT protect the people and their environments. Very SAD

No fracking in Aurora

9/12/2025 1:34:31 PM

The health risks alone make this a bad idea. This is our water, we cannot risk it.

Vote no

9/12/2025 1:33:49 PM

My wife, three small kids, and I moved to the Blackstone neighborhood in your districts five and a half years ago. We made the choice to move there based on the good school district, the newly built neighborhood, and the proximity to Aurora Reservoir to enjoy the wildlife and recreation it offers. Aurora Reservoir remains critical to the water supply of the area, not to mention revenue brought in from recreation and the preservation of the natural area, but it's being threatened by Lowry Ranch CAP, an oil drilling and fracking facility being built just on the other side of Monaghan Road from our neighborhood in unincorporated Arapahoe County. We were dismayed to hear that the Arapahoe County Board approved the project despite the real danger to the many families (constituting thousands of people) who live in Blackstone and other nearby communities, and less than a mile from Aurora Reservoir as well. The oil will be extracted from directly under our house and many others. The County's decision is puzzling given that the public commented both online and at public hearings that it does not want the project to go forward. In fact, the project has spurred the creation of a local activist group, Save The Aurora Reservoir (STAR), to oppose this and other nearby oil drilling projects. In addition to the real health concerns, including childhood cancer associated with proximity to oil and gas drilling, the carbon emissions from constant heavy vehicle traffic in the area will pollute (and have already started to pollute) the area, making our air unsafe to breathe. Aurora's water supply, largely from the reservoir, will be threatened along with local wildlife. If that weren't enough, it's driving the southeast Aurora economy to collapse. Not wanting to remain in the area, the families who moved here over the past few years looking for quiet, safe neighborhoods with good schools are moving out in a mass exodus. Several houses in our neighborhood are up for sale as residents flee, impacting revenue for local businesses on E Smoky Hill Rd. In short, there's nothing to be gained for anyone other than Civitas, the corporation that will make millions by threatening the health of our children, pets, and wildlife.

Absolutely against all fracking

9/12/2025 1:31:53 PM

I have lived near fracking areas in the past and can confirm with a first hand account that the fluids pumped into the ground have caused many earthquakes and damage to my/my family's properties in the past where there had been no earthquakes previously. I am vehemently against all fracking, period. What happened to green energy and protection of our climate? The fact that this is within a few miles of my home yet again is discouraging and the fact that money and profitability over people and animal's quality of life has been chosen yet again is disgraceful to our state. There will be environmental impacts and plants/animals that suffer. There will be pollution. There will be earthquakes. I am astounded that proximity to a reservoir and state park haven't played a greater factor in reasoning for this to not be approved. I can't believe that there are so many well documented examples of the impacts of fracking across our country and here we are, still proposing more.

Save the Aurora Reservoir

9/12/2025 1:31:09 PM

I’m not here to present solid data or studies conducted by more knowledgeable individuals. You all have access to that information already. As a resident of this community, I absolutely adore fishing at the reservoir, taking long walks, biking, and even enjoying swimming in the Aurora Reservoir. However, the potential dangers of water pollution and the risk of children developing cancer are not worth the gamble for me. We moved into this community knowing that the Aurora Reservoir was in our backyard, and now you all may or may not want to destroy it. That’s a gamble I’m not willing to take, not for my family, not for you, and certainly not before all the children in the neighborhood. Children are the future of tomorrow. You might not be able to see the consequences now, but our children will pay for them. Arapahoe County and the city of Aurora are developing and have built all these houses right next to the Aurora reservoir. Now, they’re willing to take advantage of us for a quick profit. They can potentially make whatever they are offering back in the next 50 or 100 years in property taxes. We love our neighborhood and the potential for the future. We’re so close to Denver International Airport. Where are the closest recreational water bodies open to the public, near Denver International Airport? I strongly oppose fracking in our backyards! I’m not against fracking, but I am against putting thousands of people in danger and potentially making the Aurora Reservoir the city’s primary water source in Danger!! Read the room nobody wants this!

No fracking

9/12/2025 1:01:55 PM

We don't want any fracking by the Aurora reservoir! Stop!

NO to Fracking near our homes and water

9/12/2025 12:56:51 PM

We are not in favor of the proposed plans. The data overwhelming supports this opinion. Vote NO in support of this plan. Revisit at another site offering less potential for dangerous impact to our health, safety, and general well being. We are and have invested in this community. Your vote will be remembered by your constituents. VOTE NO in support of the proposed plan!

No on Fracking - Protect our Community - Stop this project

9/12/2025 12:46:14 PM

My family and I are vehemently opposed to this fracking project. It is far too close to a major water source and far too close to people's homes, schools, parks and places of worship. It is astounding that a project like this is even being considered given the health implications for residents and the risk to a major water source in a water-starved state. This will at minimum negatively impact the health and safety of residents living near by and has the potential for far worse outcomes. Put an end to this ridiculous and risky project, keep our community clean and keep our kids safe from unnecessary risk and harm.

Protect our community!

9/12/2025 12:29:50 PM

I live in one of the approximately 850 homes that are within one mile of the proposed Sunlight Long well pad. I am deeply concerned about the health and safety threats that are posed to our community (including my 2 children!) by the hazardous chemicals that are inherent in well pad operations. Placing well pads near houses, schools, and our beautiful reservoir introduces significant public health, environmental, safety, and economic risks that outweigh the benefits of proximity. Protective zoning and centralized industrial placement are essential to safeguard our community and water resources. The studies are clear - exposure to contamination from the byproducts of drilling operations is harmful to humans, wildlife, groundwater, and our environment. Please stand up for the health of our community and don't let this happen.

No Fracking

9/12/2025 12:29:11 PM

Fracking this close to our water, home, schools and so many diverse wild-life poses a detrimental threat to our community. Please do not choose profits over people! Our health is in your hands. When so many in the community speak out against these wells and they still get approved- it makes the community as a whole feel like Oil and Gas companies are buying off the only people who have the authority to stop this. Civitas is doing what they have to do to maximize shareholder value and profits. But make no mistake- it’s at the expense of our health and safety in the community. Push these pads back!!!! Yes- it will cost them more to drill but is that not worth it? What would you pay for you and your families health and safety? There are so many reasons people don’t want to live right next to this. Just ask anyone who is living with the noise, pollution, disruption right now. Please do the right thing. It’s on your conscience.

No Fracking!

9/12/2025 12:27:09 PM

We strongly oppose fracking near our neighborhoods, schools, and reservoirs.

No FRACKING

9/12/2025 12:20:01 PM

Do not frack near our reservoirs, we have limited green space and clean areas available to us, and you are now threatening our drinking water as well. Please do not allow this fracking operation to get started.

NO Fracking

9/12/2025 12:19:47 PM

Please no fracking near our homes, schools, and reservoir!

NO FRACKING!

9/12/2025 12:00:58 PM

Please do NOT ALLOW FRACKING near our neighborhoods, schools and homes. We have two children who are just starting their lives. Fracking is dangerous to their health and longevity. Greed is not the answer here. It needs to be done much farther away from residential communities!

No on fracking

9/12/2025 11:58:23 AM

No fracking in our neighborhood. While you continue to state it is safe. It is not. The air pollution alone is enough of a reason but what about those with asthma, COPD and other lung issues. Childhood cancer it has been linked to. Placing it within feet of our water supply. One accident and our water supply becomes contaminated. There are plenty of urban areas where you could set this up in without endangering citizens. We are putting you on notice we will not be silent in this matter.

Protect our water!

9/12/2025 11:57:42 AM

Water is going to be more valuable than oil, especially fresh water. With things like AI on the horizon, our drinking water is at risk. Humans need water to live, period. Fracking has a chance of making this water undrinkable, it is bad for the environment and I would loathe to see the beautiful community I live in end up harmed by this. That's not to mention the risks to noise and air quality. Communities near fracking sites suffer — it's not a matter of if, but when. The wildlife are harmed, and the humans. Even if a huge diaster never happens, the act of fracking is harmful to our wonderful Earth. Please please please do not allow our precious water to be threatened by this proposal. Thank you!

No On Fracking

9/12/2025 11:44:47 AM

Please, please, please do not allow fracking in urban areas. It is not safe, like they want us to believe. There are still many other places that they can do that sort of drilling. Please do not allow this to happen.

Protect Aurora's Water

9/12/2025 11:38:51 AM

This project will be less than a mile from and underneath the city's main water reservoir. Any accidents or leaks could put the entire city's water at risk. We should not be putting the health of our citizens at risk for outdated fossil fuels that are already destroying our air and planet.

Reject or Relocate Sunlight/Long due to overwhelming evidence of health risk

9/12/2025 11:37:05 AM

Our home overlooks the Aurora Reservoir and is the main reason we purchased the property. We have been blessed with abundant wildlife sightings and have fully enjoyed our association with the reservoir. However, these are not the key reasons we object to this site. The overwhelming risk to the health of children and all others in the community, given the proximity of the sites, is our primary concern and should be more than enough reason to justify rejecting this location. I attended the hearing on Sept 11 and was very concerned to hear the input from doctors and other professionals regarding the negative impact on the health of children and others. If there is an alternative remote location with greatly reduced health risk, it should be pursued. In addition to health risks, other additional risks, of which I assume you are well aware, include: 1.) accidents with negative impact to wildlife and water quality; ( just the change local environment such as noise and air quality that don't qualify as an "accident" may cause the wildlife to leave the area) 2.) potential for accidents (spills, brushfires, leaks, etc.)which could have a long lasting negative impact on property values and insurance rates. In summary, given the proximity of the site to schools and hundreds of homes, the risks seem much too great to allow this site to be approved. Please, please reject this plan.

Sunlight Long Well

9/12/2025 11:25:30 AM

I strongly urge you NOT to approve of this proposed fracking well. The science of fracking and the dangers it brings are still being studied, but so far: The EPA found scientific evidence that hydraulic fracking activities can affect drinking water resources under some circumstances. (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/hfstudy/recordisplay.cfm?deid=332990) Research findings suggest that air pollutants from unconventional oil and gas exploration are associated with adverse health effects in older adults, according to a 2022 study. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35425643/) Ohio Northern University reports that local fracking is affecting basin steam flow rates periodically which "could have lasting negative impacts on the stream biota” and “have the potential to affect downstream users, including regionally-endangered species. The stream ecosystem might be severely impacted.” (https://www.onu.edu/news/onu-fracking-research-reveals-small-stream-impacts-could-be-altering-ecosystems) Harmful chemicals including BTEX chemicals and heavy metals like mercury and lead have contaminated agricultural areas near fracking operations. Exposure can occur from eating produce grown on contaminated soil, or by consuming animals that consumed contaminated feed. These contaminants can also alter the pH and nutrient availability of the soil, resulting in decreased crop production and economic losses. (https://www.fractracker.org/resources/oil-and-gas-101/health-environmental-effects-of-fracking/) Colorado and Aurora especially should be focusing on new technologies and advancements like nuclear, solar and wind production, not antiquated and dangerous ones like fracking and oil/natural gas production. There are dangers in fracking to the air, the water, the soil, and the community at large. Are the benefits it would bring be worth that? I don't think so. “The question isn’t ‘can hydraulic fracturing be done safely?’ It’s ‘will it be done safely?’” — Robert Jackson, Duke University environmental scientist

Aurora Residents Say No to this Project

9/12/2025 11:18:44 AM

I am a proud resident of Aurora, Colorado and I stand with my community in saying NO to this project. This will be a blight on our community and threaten the health and safety of our community. I know my neighbors feel the same way. We say no to this project and ask that you do not put profits above people.

Please reject the sunlight-long well pad

9/12/2025 11:00:15 AM

In ECMC’s current mission statement, it says very clearly that energy development in our state should be done in a manner that protects public health, safety, welfare, and the environment. At the hearing on 9/11, our community very clearly described in detail why you should reject this well pad. Please do the right thing for our community.

Sunlight Long Well

9/12/2025 10:50:14 AM

I’m writing today to encourage you to please consider the gravity of your decision in approving the wells, especially Sunlight Long. These will be so close in proximity to our homes and schools in the neighborhoods near the Aurora Reservoir. Consider how you might feel with the impacts we’re on you and your family if you yourselves were residents. The air quality, the water quality being compromised and the disturbance of a beautiful natural environment which would be forever changed. Please don’t take this away from the people who worked so hard to make a dream come true and buy a home in this perfect place for families and nature lovers.

Fracking near the Aurora Reservoir

9/12/2025 10:40:04 AM

Please do not allow approval of fracking anywhere near the Aurora Reservoir. It will endanger our quality of life and ruin the current environment. So many species of nature will be removed or displaced. The water Aurora Reservoir provides to so many people is also at risk of contamination. It has been a clean water source for thousands for drinking as well as recreational activities since it was built. Please consider the health and wellbeing of our neighborhood. I’m also an asthmatic and air quality will be compromised if the project is allowed so close to our home.

State Sunlight/ Long Pad

9/12/2025 10:39:10 AM

As a physician I am very upset with the proposed location for the State Sunlight/ Long Pad. Its proposed proximity to our children, community and wildlife is unacceptable. As medical studies have shown the multiple risks including cancers, respiratory illnesses, and genetic conditions make this proposal unacceptable. Please do not allow this proposal to go through. The damage it will cause will definitely outweigh any financial gains to Colorado. THE SITE MUST BE MOVED. Thank you. Sincerely, Nicholas Lillo M.D.

Oil and gas exploration near water sources

9/12/2025 10:31:34 AM

I am writing to formally and unequivocally oppose the proposed oil and gas fracking operation near the Aurora Reservoir. My family and I live in the immediate vicinity, and I am deeply concerned about the potential negative impacts this industrial activity will have on our community, our environment, and the health of our growing children. ?This neighborhood is home to many families with young children. They play in our yards, walk to school, and depend on the safety of our homes and the cleanliness of our environment. The scientific evidence regarding the health risks of living near fracking sites is alarming, particularly for our most vulnerable population. Studies have linked proximity to fracking operations to an increased risk of adverse health outcomes in children, including respiratory issues like asthma, low birth weight, and even a higher chance of developing certain types of childhood cancers, such as leukemia. Introducing this kind of industrial activity into a residential area is an unacceptable risk to the health and well-being of our children. ?A primary concern is the potential for water contamination. The proposed site is located near the Aurora Reservoir, a critical source of drinking water for our community. Fracking involves injecting millions of gallons of water, sand, and a cocktail of proprietary chemicals deep into the earth. The risk of these chemicals, or the naturally occurring hazardous compounds they can displace, seeping into our drinking water supply is a grave threat. ?We do not have to look far for a cautionary tale. Residents in Midland, Texas, a city at the heart of the Permian Basin, have faced significant water quality issues directly related to oil and gas activities. Spills of "produced water"—a toxic byproduct of drilling—have contaminated groundwater sources, leading to multimillion-dollar cleanup efforts and a deep-seated distrust in the water supply. The idea that families in a major U.S. city would be hesitant to drink their own tap water is a stark illustration of the long-term consequences of prioritizing industrial development over public health and safety. We must not allow our community to face a similar fate. ?Fracking is not only a threat to our health and water supply but also to our property values and quality of life. The noise, air pollution, and constant truck traffic associated with this type of operation will destroy the peaceful character of our neighborhood. ?I urge you to consider the long-term, irreversible consequences of this decision. Please prioritize the health and safety of the residents—especially the children—over the short-term profits of the oil and gas industry. We must protect our children, our homes, and our water. I ask that you deny this proposal and keep our community a safe and healthy place to live. ?Sincerely Dillan Craig

We know the truth

9/12/2025 10:11:49 AM

We know what you really want to do. We know you form these sentences using open ended words so you do not have to take responsibility for the lies that are happening straight through your teeth. We know. We will always know how horrific your actions are twords our Mother Earth. Gaya. The only reason we breath air & can live. Your greed and stupidity for money is showing. Your true colors show. You do not care about the planet that supplies you life. That right there is hilarious. Take away the nature that has it’s own backup plan. & replace with stupid human want for control. You do not control nature. Nature controls you. Whether you like it or not. Wake up you control freaks. Ur ego is showing. It is not cute. Not a good look. How do you sleep at night knowing you are killing natural habitat and gaining personal wealth from killing nature. You know the ocean is alive. The trees are alive. You are a murderer. Karma has a plan for you.

Please do not approve fracking so close to Aurora Reservoir

9/12/2025 9:43:46 AM

As a long time resident of Aurora, I have seen tremendous growth in SE Aurora. It comes with more traffic and noise. Despite this growth, Aurora reservoir was always a place to find the beauty that attracted us to Colorado. The peaceful environment, sound of water, wild life there preserves that rustic Colorado that is ageless and beautiful. The proposed fracking near Aurora reservoir threatens this with ugly towers and bright lights. Is there a limit to how far do we go destroying what made Colorado beautiful with our greed for money?. While I am not opposed to fracking and energy independence, fracking so close to a water source, schools and communities is a reckless and dangerous activity.

Opposition to Fracking near our homes and schools

9/12/2025 9:36:54 AM

You know the many reasons why we are all in opposition to this. Please listen to your community and do the right thing by NOT allowing Civitas to drill near our communities and reservoir. You have the power to protect us and this is your job to do just that. Please do what you know is right and oppose this project and any others that would put your fellow humans health and safety at risk. Thank you!

Opposition to Fracking

9/12/2025 8:58:25 AM

I have been a resident of Aurora, CO for almost 40 years. I have watched this city grow and flourish and build. I watched the Aurora Reservoir open when my dad worked for the city. As an adult I moved my family from one neighborhood close to Aurora Reservoir to another neigborhood that borders the reservoir. I visit the reservoir almost daily on walks. I admire the wildlife, the trails, the ecosystem and the amazing views. I moved to this neighborhood to be able to enjoy all of these things with my husband and sons. We paid premium prices to have access to all of the benefits of living in walking distance to the reservoir. Fracking in this area is irresponsible. It is too close to the reservoir, too close to our homes, too close to our schools, too close to the delicate ecosystem that currently thrives in the area. We need to preserve this area for our future generations, not destroy it by adding large fracking sites. We need to respect this land and what it is intended for.

Please vote no

9/12/2025 8:41:16 AM

As a local Realtor I have already seen home prices decline significantly in the area due to the proposed Sunlight pad. As soon as potential buyers hear of the health risks they look elsewhere away from the fracking sites and I can’t blame them knowing the possible contamination that could occur to our air, water and soil given how close the pad is to homes and our only water source. Home values are absolutely going down because of this issue and it’s getting very hard to sell a home in the area. As a local resident who loves living in Whispering Pines, I do not want these wells located within a mile of my son’s middle and high school and within 3 miles of his current elementary school as the health implications are terrifying. We had planned to live here for decades to come but will be forced to move if this vote goes through as the health concerns are too significant. Please vote no. Don’t destroy this amazing community. Don’t make us uproot our children so a company can profit when they have other places they can put their wells which aren’t right next to where kids play, learn and live. Please protect the health of our children, the thousands of residents in the area, the animals who live here, our home values and the water, air and soil. I beg of you to listen to what the community wants and vote no.

Opposition of fracking

9/12/2025 8:32:15 AM

Would you let your young child grow up next to fracking areas? I highly doubt it. This site is way too close to our communities and natural space. This is absolutely unacceptable. This project will pose incredible risks to the safety and health of our community members. We urge you to find a different location that is further away from where families live and raise their children.

Opposition to Sunlight Long Pad

9/12/2025 8:29:39 AM

I’ve lived in Aurora and Arapahoe County my whole life, and my family built our home here in Wheatlands in 2016 because it was a safe, healthy place to raise children. The proposed Sunlight-Long pad would be far too close to our homes, schools, and even the Aurora Reservoir—our city’s drinking water source. It puts thousands of children, families, and seniors at risk from toxic emissions, noise, and lights for more than 15 straight months. This is about as irresponsible of a Fracking site as I have ever seen! This would be the largest residential well pad in Colorado, placed in one of the most ecologically sensitive and populated areas. Crestone has waived rules designed to protect us, even though they have 26,000 other acres available where drilling would pose far less harm. This isn’t about necessity—it’s about maximizing profit at the expense of our safety. Beyond the health risks, studies show homes near fracking sites lose significant value—sometimes up to 25%. That threatens not only our property investments but the stability and future of our community. With eight more pads planned nearby, the cumulative impacts on our air, water, wildlife, and home values will be devastating. The ECMC's Mission is to regulate the development and production of oil and gas in a manner that protects public heath, safety, welfare, the environment and wildlife resources, so please live up to your mission to protect the public as the current location proposed is NOT acceptable.

Oppose O&G mega well pad Sunlight Long

9/12/2025 8:14:48 AM

We, the undersigned, hereby register our unequivocal opposition to any oil extraction conducted in close proximity to drinking water sources, reservoirs, schools, and residential areas. Allowing such operations is an unacceptable breach of the duty to protect public health, environmental integrity, and the welfare of current and future generations. 1. Unacceptable Threat to Public Health and Drinking Water Clean, safe drinking water is a non-negotiable public right and the bedrock of community health. Oil extraction operations bring an unavoidable risk of petroleum leaks, toxic chemical infiltration, and drilling waste contamination. Once pollutants reach reservoirs or groundwater, the damage is permanent and the health consequences irreversible. Officials have a legal and moral obligation to prevent foreseeable harm, not manage crises after lives have already been put at risk. 2. Irreversible Harm to the Environment and Public Interest Reservoirs and surrounding ecosystems provide more than water they sustain agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, and community well being. Oil field operations inflict surface damage, toxic waste emissions, and ecological disruption that cannot be undone. Short term industrial profit does not outweigh the long term destruction of natural resources, livelihoods, and public assets. Public officials are entrusted to protect these shared resources, not sacrifice them. 3. Violation of Public Duty and Sustainable Development Principles Permitting oil extraction in sensitive zones is not only reckless it is a direct abdication of public responsibility. Energy development must align with principles of sustainability, public safety, and environmental justice. Placing corporate interests above community health and safety is incompatible with the role of government as protector of the people. Such decisions undermine public trust and jeopardize the well being of future generations. 4. Immediate Requests and Demands • Halt all oil field extraction projects near drinking water reservoirs, schools, and residential neighborhoods. • Mandate full, independent environmental and public health impact assessments, with complete transparency and accountability to the public. • Advance clean energy and sustainable economic pathways that secure long term prosperity without compromising public health or environmental stability. Conclusion Oil extraction near drinking water and residential communities constitutes a grave violation of public trust and a direct threat to human health, environmental safety, and social equity. We call on all responsible authorities to act decisively: uphold your duty, protect your constituents, and prioritize the health and safety of our communities over short-term corporate gain. Failure to act responsibly will not only endanger lives but will also be remembered as a deliberate disregard of public duty.

Would you raise your kids here?

9/12/2025 8:13:57 AM

To those who are deciding whether to approve this or not… do you have kids? With all of the clear health concerns, would you raise your kids here? Would you live here? I’m not sure how we are even having a debate to allow this project so close to thousands of homes.

Oppose the Sunlight Project- oil and gas wells close to our living space

9/12/2025 7:53:51 AM

Oppose Sunlight-Long

9/11/2025 11:58:31 PM

Disturbing 32 acres of soil, rural land, animal habitats, air and water. Only 3,000 feet from nearest residential building where families rest. 5,280 feet from our children. And 3,220 feet from the Aurora reservoir. Aurora, Colorado's third largest city, relies on this supply. Serving individuals through water conservation and storage against potential emergencies. Through a vast collection of wide spread pipes, tunnels and pump stations. Unpredictable movement and fluid injection will leave the land open to induced seismicity. High risks of leaks and spills will expose hundreds of unknowing people to illnesses, negative birth outcomes and asthma. Civitas' Lowry Ranch CAP largest proposed well pad would leave neighboring areas victim to contaminants and long-term environmental devastations. As it massacres the land for more than a year, permanently altering the community residing in it. Lastly, the socioeconomic disruption -property values, crime rates and services- will be adversely changed. Therefore, this current location proposed is unacceptable.

Oppose Sunlight-Long

9/11/2025 10:04:55 PM

I write to you today with a plea for the wellbeing of our community in response to the proposed Sunlight Long well pads near our homes in the Mead District of Southshore. The implications of this project alarmingly encroach upon the safety and health of our families, including my three young children, who recently settled in this area hoping for a peaceful and secure environment in a well sought after school district in Cherry Creek. The proximity of the proposed well pad - a mere 0.6 miles from our residences - raises great concerns that cannot be ignored. The potential environmental pollution, disruptive noise levels, compromised air quality, and the increased risk of dust and hazards from truck traffic pose significant threats to our community's welfare. Furthermore, the impact on our property values, wildlife, fire risks, and recent spill of unknown quantities from State La Plata South has already occurred. Despite our efforts to voice our concerns at hearings, community events, and engagements, it seems that regulatory compliance takes precedence over genuine empathy for the residents, wildlife, and natural habitats that will be affected. The complacency towards the valid fears and well-being of the thousands of individuals in our community is disheartening, especially when calls for a reasonable compromise to relocate operations further away from our homes, schools and the Aurora Reservoir remain unheard. Disturbing reports of past environmental infractions and damages totaling over $6M since 2020 by Civitas (Weld County for example), falsified reports, along with misleading claims of carbon-neutral practices, cast doubt on the company’s commitment to safety and responsibility. Concerns surrounding governance, operational integrity, preparedness for emergencies, and the ability to safeguard against potential disasters are largely concerning, underscoring the company's inadequate preparedness for worst-case scenarios. The lack of a comprehensive plan to address potential risks and emergencies, combined with the inadequacy of proposed safety measures, poses an unacceptable threat to our community's safety and well-being. The need for heightened vigilance and robust safeguards to protect our families, schools, wildlife, and recreational areas from potential harm cannot be overstated. In the face of these imminent dangers and the inadequacy of proposed safeguards, we implore the ECMC to prioritize the safety and welfare of our community by rejecting the proposed well pads in their current location. Our collective well-being and safety should never be compromised for the interests of profit-driven ventures. The safety and security of our community depends on your thoughtful and responsible decision-making.

opposition of the sunlight long fracking project

9/11/2025 9:49:03 PM

I am writing this comment in opposition of the sunlight long fracking project. My husband and I are residents of the Southshore community and we have a 1 and 5 year old. The body of scientific evidence increasingly shows that placing these fracking operations close to residential areas poses significant and often under-appreciated risks. For the safety, health, and long-term wellbeing of our communities, we must oppose fracking near homes, schools, water sources and other sensitive zones. Below are some of the strongest arguments as to why this is a matter of concern. 1.Air pollution and respiratory / cardiovascular harm Fracking sites emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nitrogen oxides, particulate matter (PM2.5), and other pollutants. These contribute to smog and decrease air quality. Individuals living very close to fracking operations report increased rates of asthma exacerbations, breathing difficulties, throat and nasal irritation. One Pennsylvania study found people with asthma near wells were four to five times more likely to suffer severe asthma attacks during the production phase. Additionally, there is evidence of increased mortality among older adults who live near and downwind from unconventional oil and gas development; these elevated risks hold even after controlling for socioeconomic, environmental, and demographic factors. 2.Water contamination and chemical exposure Fracking involves large volumes of water mixed with chemicals to fracture rock formations; these chemicals (some carcinogenic or otherwise toxic) and byproducts (radionuclides, heavy metals) can leach into groundwater or surface waters, particularly if well casings fail or there are spills. 3.Birth outcomes, development, and childhood illnesses Babies born to mothers living within about a kilometer of fracking sites have increased risk of low birth weight—this outcome is linked to many long-term health and developmental issues. Additionally, studies have shown elevated risks of rare childhood cancers—such as lymphoma—in children living near active wells. For example, children within one mile of wells in parts of Pennsylvania had substantially higher risk compared to those living farther away. There are also associations with adverse birth outcomes, including premature delivery, and babies small for gestational age. These conditions carry longer-term health consequences. 4.Other issues -Noise, light pollution, and increased heavy-truck traffic associated with fracking can degrade quality of life (sleep disturbance, stress, increased accident risk). Well blowouts, spills, fires, and other industrial accidents pose acute risks. Environmental degradation, including potential harm to wildlife, water resources, and land, can reduce property values and undermine community stability. Proximity matters!!! Many of these health risks sharply increase the closer one lives to fracking operations. Studies comparing households less than 1 km from active wells to those >2 km away often find much higher prevalence of respiratory, skin, or other symptoms. Additionally, vulnerable populations—infants, children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions—are particularly at risk. Their developing or weakened systems are less able to cope with additional toxic exposures. Many of the chemicals used or released by fracking are not always fully disclosed, and long-term effects may only become visible after decades. Given this, being cautious is extremely reasonable and expected from a public health and environmental ethics perspective. Fracking near neighborhoods is not a low-risk proposition; mounting research shows it poses real, measurable risks to health—especially for children, pregnant people, the elderly, and other vulnerable community members. While energy development is important, when the cost is borne by those living in close proximity—and when those costs include serious harms to bodily health, quality of life, and the sense of safety—then the social tradeoffs become extremely hard to justify. For the wellbeing of our communities, the evidence supports robust opposition to fracking near residential zones. We demand stronger protections, regulation, and do not want such operations happening near any of our communities. Please do not do this!! Let us invest in safer more sustainable energy such as solar and wind options.

Opposition to fracking in Aurora

9/11/2025 9:37:26 PM

A lot of people have made great points here that I don’t need to repeat, but I want to make it clear that I am also against this development and the potentially disastrous effects it could have on the community. Colorado is known for its natural beauty and great outdoors. Don’t destroy that. Also Aurora is one of the most diverse zip codes in the state—so don’t act dumb about the fact that you wouldn’t dare try this next to a wealthier and predominantly white community. Stop putting money above the needs of hardworking people. In addition to wanting basic environmental safety protections, we deserve access to beautiful and protected natural spaces as much as anyone else.

Oppose fracking

9/11/2025 8:42:13 PM

I oppose fracking near Aurora Reservoir. Not only does fracking have the potential to contaminate our groundwater, but fossil fuels release GHGs which we know are contributing to increased wildfires, drought, and many other issues impacting our state and the world. Solar is the cheapest form of energy available and we live in one of the sunniest states. We do not need fossil fuels and the risk is too great. Please prevent these wells from becoming a reality.

OPPOSITION to fracking

9/11/2025 8:03:38 PM

I think it's clear that the vast majority of the comments here have expounded at length on the various issues with this project, from legal to procedural to environmental to possibly lethal. As we the people work towards a world that is cleaner, safer, and more environmentally responsible, this project represents a massive step back on all three aspects. Why would a proposal that seeks to make the Aurora Reservoir (and by extension the city of Aurora) more dirty, hazardous, and polluted even get this far? This company has also previously been responsible for an oil and gas "incident" (leak) in Weld County. Do not trust them within a hundred miles of the municipal water source of the City of Aurora, or y'all will have to explain not only to the residents of Aurora, but the next generation why you thought it was a good idea to gamble with our clean water. To go forward with this project would be a betrayal to the community you're meant to be serving, and especially its most vulnerable. Shame on you.

Keep our nature pure

9/11/2025 7:58:21 PM

We have got to stop the drilling so we can keep the reservoir and surrounding plains safe and oure.

Argument Against Approval of Fracking Near Our Community

9/11/2025 7:54:33 PM

I respectfully urge you to deny the application to allow hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) operations near our neighborhood. While economic development and energy independence are important goals, the proposed project presents significant and well-documented risks to public health, environmental integrity, property values, and the long-term well-being of our community. The short-term benefits are outweighed by the irreversible harm that could result. 1. Threats to Public Health and Safety Fracking introduces serious health hazards. The process involves injecting millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals deep underground to release natural gas or oil. Independent studies, including peer-reviewed research published in journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives and Science Advances, have linked fracking operations to higher rates of respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, headaches, and birth defects in nearby populations. The fracking fluid often contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like benzene, toluene, and xylene—substances known to be carcinogenic or otherwise harmful. Even with modern safeguards, leaks and spills are not uncommon. Once groundwater or soil becomes contaminated, it is virtually impossible to remediate fully, leaving families with unsafe drinking water and local governments with staggering cleanup costs. Moreover, the infrastructure required for fracking—high-pressure pumps, compressors, and diesel trucks—generates substantial air pollution. Methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, are routinely released during drilling, transportation, and storage. These emissions directly undermine climate resilience while increasing the risk of smog-related illnesses in our community. 2. Irreversible Risks to Water Resources Water is one of our most precious and limited resources. Fracking consumes vast quantities of freshwater, often competing with local households, farms, and ecosystems for access. Once used in fracking, this water becomes contaminated and cannot be returned to the natural cycle without extensive treatment. The danger of groundwater contamination is particularly alarming. Faulty well casings, surface spills, and migration of fracking fluids through natural fractures can allow chemicals and methane to infiltrate aquifers. Even trace contamination of a municipal water supply would have devastating consequences for residents’ health and property values. In regions where fracking has been allowed, there are numerous documented cases of tap water becoming undrinkable or even flammable due to methane intrusion. Our community should not be forced to gamble with such a vital resource. 3. Increased Seismic Activity and Structural Risks Scientific research, including reports by the U.S. Geological Survey, has confirmed that fracking and the subsequent disposal of wastewater in deep injection wells can induce earthquakes. These human-caused seismic events may be minor initially but can damage infrastructure, homes, and utilities, leading to expensive repairs and heightened safety concerns. Our community’s infrastructure was not designed to withstand sustained seismic disturbances. Even moderate tremors can compromise foundations, roads, and pipelines, imposing long-term costs on homeowners and taxpayers. Denying this application is the most prudent way to prevent these avoidable risks. 4. Negative Impact on Property Values and Local Economy While proponents often highlight the temporary jobs created by fracking, they overlook the permanent economic harms it can inflict. Numerous studies have shown that homes near fracking sites suffer significant declines in value—sometimes by 20% or more. Potential buyers are understandably reluctant to invest in a neighborhood where the air may be polluted, water compromised, and noise constant. In addition, fracking operations discourage tourism and outdoor recreation, both of which may be important to our local economy. Once our community is associated with industrial drilling and environmental degradation, its reputation is tarnished, and recovery becomes extremely difficult. 5. Noise, Traffic, and Quality of Life Concerns Fracking operations bring constant industrial activity into residential and rural settings. Heavy truck traffic, often hundreds of trips per day, leads to road damage, congestion, and increased risk of accidents. The noise from drilling equipment, compressors, and truck engines can be unrelenting, depriving residents of peace, quiet, and sleep. This degradation of quality of life cannot be mitigated with simple regulations or buffer zones. Once these disruptions begin, they fundamentally alter the character of a neighborhood and the well-being of its residents. 6. Availability of Cleaner and Safer Alternatives The justification for fracking often rests on the need for energy. However, renewable energy technologies like solar, wind, and battery storage are now cost-competitive and rapidly growing. Instead of locking our community into decades of fossil fuel dependency and pollution, we should focus on clean energy development that creates sustainable jobs without sacrificing public health or environmental stability. Approving new fracking sites at this stage would be a step backward, undermining both climate goals and our collective responsibility to future generations. 7. Burden of Proof and Community Consent The burden of proof lies with the applicant to demonstrate that fracking can be conducted without harm. To date, no fracking operation has proven entirely safe, and numerous incidents nationwide demonstrate systemic failures in regulation, oversight, and enforcement. Furthermore, the principles of environmental justice and democratic governance demand that communities most directly affected by these decisions have a decisive voice. If a substantial portion of residents opposes the project—as is the case here—it would be undemocratic and irresponsible to impose the risks of fracking upon us without consent. Conclusion Allowing fracking near our neighborhood would jeopardize our health, our water, our property values, and our quality of life for the sake of temporary economic gain. The risks are not hypothetical; they are well-documented and, once realized, cannot easily be undone. By denying this application, you will be protecting not only the current residents but also future generations who deserve a safe, thriving, and sustainable community. The choice before us is clear: we can either prioritize long-term public welfare or accept irreversible harm for short-term profit. I strongly urge you to reject this application and preserve the safety and integrity of our neighborhood.

NO FRACKING

9/11/2025 7:26:47 PM

ECMC, Listen to the people you represent not the oil companies. Deny the Sunlight Well Pad and move ALL the pads to the Colorado/Kansas boarder.

Opposition of the Sunlight/Long Well Pad

9/11/2025 6:42:16 PM

When we moved into the Wheatlands neighborhood, we were so excited to have found what felt like our forever home. We have two kids, 2 and 5, that we are proud to be raising here in a great neighborhood with great schools. Now, I am terrified that we might be risking our kids lives by staying in our home. To know that I might be risking my kids health by staying in a house we love has riddled me with fear and guilt. My torment over how to protect my family should be nothing compared to what should be felt by those with the power to deny this well pad if it gets passed. Please value our communities lives and wellbeing more than money. Please deny the construction of the Sunlight/Long well pad.

No to oil extraction

9/11/2025 6:35:57 PM

We’re here to speak for ourselves, our children, our children’s children, and the generations that follow - what you’re proposing is wrong and will cause irreparable harm. The research is clear, and the voices of the community are united in our stance against the proposed oil field extraction location. We will not forget the people in leadership and their votes.

Keep Aurora Neighborhood Fracking Free!!

9/11/2025 6:32:49 PM

We hereby express our strong opposition to the plan of conducting oil field extraction in close proximity to drinking water sources, reservoirs, and residential areas. Our objections are as follows: 1. Serious Threat to Drinking Water Safety Safe drinking water is the foundation of public health. Oil extraction inevitably involves the risk of petroleum leaks, chemical additives infiltration, and drilling waste discharge. Once these contaminants enter reservoirs or groundwater systems, the pollution will be irreversible, directly endangering the lives and health of thousands of residents. 2. Irreversible Damage to the Ecosystem and Public Interest Reservoirs are not only sources of drinking water but also vital to maintaining ecological balance. Oil field activities, including surface disruption, noise, and waste emissions, will severely damage the surrounding environment, threatening fisheries, agriculture, biodiversity, and the entire ecological chain. Such short-term economic gains will cause long-term losses to the broader public interest. 3. Violation of Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Principles Energy development must prioritize public safety and environmental sustainability. Conducting high-pollution and high-risk oil extraction in sensitive areas near communities and reservoirs is an irresponsible act, disregarding the living environment of future generations. It places corporate profit above public health and social well-being, which is profoundly inhumane. 4. Requests and Recommendations 1. Immediately halt the oil field extraction project in close proximity to reservoirs and residential areas. 2. Conduct a comprehensive environmental risk assessment and public health impact assessment, ensuring transparency to the public. 3. Promote the transition to clean energy and green economic development to prevent irreversible damage to the natural environment that people rely upon. In conclusion, oil extraction near drinking water sources and residential zones poses a grave threat to public safety, undermines social justice, and violates humanitarian principles. We strongly urge the relevant authorities to reconsider this matter and take action to safeguard the health of the people and the environmen

Dangerous Drilling in Hazardous Land

9/11/2025 6:26:29 PM

As an active member of the military, I know first hand the type of threats UXO’s pose. I literally train for them every year when I prepare for conflict. The land these wells propose to drill in to used to be apart of a massive live ordinance range and included a missile complex of ICBM’s designed to counter threats from communist Russia. Although this land has been thoroughly explored and surveyed to remove and dismantle any left over UXO’s, the potential of remaining live ordinance is still too great. Stroll along the reservoir with a metal detector and it doesn’t take long to come across expended bullets from .50 Caliber rounds that were fired long before any of the homes existed in this area. I know because I recovered one such bullet myself. How certain can ANYONE really be that there isn’t greater danger still present in the grounds surrounding this area or the proposed well sites? I know what it takes to remove these UXO’s safely, and you simply are not prepared for it. Disturbing sensitive munitions that have been left untouched for decades could be truly catastrophic and have dire consequences. Forget directly striking them inadvertently from well pipes and drilling, think vibration and seismic activity. Considering these munitions could still be actively in wait below ground that has seen topographical changes simply through time and natural landscape formation in response to our ever changing weather patterns, the risk is simply too high. It is a major gamble to think for any moment that all of the UXO’s have been discovered and removed in an area that once spanned more than 100 square miles. Just last year in August 20th, 2024, a report was released that a Mark 23 Mod 1 training munition was unearthed near the 4600 block of S Robertsdale Way by construction crews. As someone that works with modern training munitions deployed by aircraft and the dangers that they pose from the toxic gas/chemicals they emit on impact, the construction crews were extremely lucky that this munition (from WW2) was expended. Please exercise EXTREME caution and restraint, do not allow these wells to be present in an area that clearly still has dangers lying in wait that have yet to be identified and removed safely. Even then, some things are better left undiscovered.

Public health concern

9/11/2025 6:15:10 PM

I am concerned for the well being of the people at risk near the reservoir. Born and raised around the cherry creek reservoir I can say there is a lot of life around here. A lot of life at risk, from children to Mother Nature herself. The risk is just not worth it. As I’m sure everybody knows the metro areas air quality among some of the worst. From fires passing to the emissions we create, adding this effort to drill in our community will only lead to decrease of that quality. We should not have to live with the risks of being polluted.

No to Fracking near the Aurora Reservoir

9/11/2025 5:29:27 PM

My name is Matt Horbacz, and I live less than a mile from the proposed fracking site with my wife and our one year old son. Like every parent, my first responsibility is to protect my family...to make sure my child grows up safe, healthy, and with clean water to drink. That’s why I’m here today. I know the company says the site will be electrified, and sure, that cuts down on some of the noise and pollution. But it doesn’t solve the bigger problem: this is still heavy industrial activity right in our neighborhood. It still means trucks, chemicals, and risks to the water. Even with electrification, fracking so close to our homes and reservoir puts us all at risk. A single spill, a single mistake, could contaminate the water that our families depend on. And once that happens, there’s no going back. This isn’t just about my family, it’s about all of us. Every household near this site is being asked to take on the traffic, the noise, and the danger, while the benefits flow elsewhere. That isn’t fair, and it isn’t responsible planning.

NO to the Sunlight-Long Fracking Project

9/11/2025 4:46:08 PM

Hello. My wife and I are residents of the Southshore community. I’m posting today to voice strong opposition to the proposed Sunlight-Long fracking site near our neighborhood—located within 4,000 feet of homes, schools, and a reservoir that supplies drinking water to thousands of Aurora residents. This proposal is not just a zoning issue—it’s a public health emergency waiting to happen. First, the health risks are undeniable. Fracking releases airborne toxins and can contaminate groundwater with chemicals linked to asthma, neurological disorders, and cancer. Locating this site so close to schools puts children—who are especially vulnerable to environmental hazards—at serious risk. We should be protecting our kids, not exposing them to industrial pollution. Second, the proximity to our reservoir is deeply alarming. This is our drinking water. Fracking fluids contain hazardous chemicals that can leak into groundwater through well failures or surface spills. Once contaminated, our water supply could be compromised for generations. Is that a risk we’re willing to take? Third, the economic impact on homeowners cannot be ignored. Property values near fracking sites often plummet due to noise, traffic, and environmental degradation. People who’ve invested in this community—who’ve built lives and homes here—stand to lose not just equity, but peace of mind. Finally, I ask you to put yourselves in our shoes. Would you want to raise your children next to a fracking site? Would you feel safe knowing they are breathing in toxic fumes or drinking water that could be compromised? This isn’t just about policy—it’s about people. Real families. Real lives. This project endangers our health, our children, our water, and our homes. I urge you to reject this proposal and stand with the residents you represent. We deserve clean air, safe schools, and peace of mind—not industrial risk in our backyard. We are not anti-progress. We are pro-safety, pro-health, and pro-community. This project puts all three at risk. Thank you for your time and consideration. Respectfully, Jason & Kendra Pak

Deny Sunlight/Long

9/11/2025 4:40:31 PM

Where is the due diligence from the ECMC that this is the best for making money for schools with safety and public health in mind? Not once have i seen a comparison of any alternatives. Do you only consider fracking, that is small minded. To approve it would be ecmc breaking the law of sb-19 181 and steamrolling poor health and high ozone days as the new normal. Our health is your job. The choice of approving hazardous applications goes against your position of protecting public health and safety. The air is not safe to breathe already for most days in the summer. I have resorted to leaving the state the entire summer with my children, uprooting them and it is still not enough because the ECMC is approving more fracking in my backyard! Please stop ruining our air quality for political gain. There is no financial gain as the public health costs and land destruction pay the price. The public deserves clean water and access to it. The application for Sunlight and Long should be denied the use of fresh water for permanent removal from the water cycle forever. Reusing previous frack fluid is reasonable and necessary because Colorado does not have the luxury to remove a finite resource from the planet. Having residents ban water use during drought is counter productive when the ECMC has a hold of billions of gallons of fresh water. This is misuse and you should see the necessity of requiring operators to reuse previous frack fluid. If it is unavailable in this area, then the application needs to be denied. If it is too dangerous, then the applications needs to be denied. Stop allowing operators to dictate poor production methods based on their own preferences. Please do your job and require public health and safety first, and deny sunlight and long. Please wake up and see that what you are doing is wrong. Why have sb19-181, and completely ignore it? Why have comments and ignore them, file them away in a document with zero consideration? It is reasonable to be considered by the ECMC as the people you have sworn to protect, not the oil and gas companies whom you have been rubberstamping approvals without our consideration. Stop shutting us out and shutting us down. You are responsible for your own decisions and we are the faces of the collateral damage. This wellpad is too big and too close and is not reasonablly positioned which is backed by studies. Make the right choice on this wellpad and say no. You've approved everything else, please do your job right and protect our health for once on this one.

Aurora reservoir fracking proposal - vote NO!

9/11/2025 4:21:42 PM

The State of Colorado should NOT to approve a massive and dangerous oil & gas fracking mega well pad next to the Aurora Reservoir, schools, homes, parks, and critical wildlife habitat. Just because the current administration has made it "open season" to claim and tap any and all fracking, oil & gas sites possible does NOT mean it is a good idea, especially in this area!

Deny Approval of the State Sunlight/Long Pad – Protect Community Health, Water, and Environment

9/11/2025 3:57:18 PM

Dear Commissioners, I submit this comment with deep concern and heartfelt urgency regarding the proposed State Sunlight/Long pad by Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC (SWNE 27-5S-65W). I urge you to deny this proposal in its current form, or at the very least, enforce substantially stricter conditions (buffer zones, full risk assessment, emergency preparedness, environmental safeguards, etc.). This is not just about wells on a map. It is about people — children, elders, families — breathing air, drinking water, sleeping near industrial machinery. It is about what kind of community we want to be: one that protects its most vulnerable, or one that sacrifices health and safety for profit. Key Concerns Proximity to Homes, Schools, Drinking Water The pad would host 32 wells on a ~35-acre site extremely close to residences. Arapahoe County +1 It is less than one mile from two elementary schools, and only just over 3,000 feet from the nearest home. Save The Aurora Reservoir +1 The Aurora Reservoir, a critical water source, lies nearby. Risks to this reservoir from leakage, runoff, or contaminated groundwater should be taken extremely seriously. Save The Aurora Reservoir +3 Save The Aurora Reservoir +3 Facebook +3 Health Impacts Documented Near Oil & Gas Operations Multiple Colorado studies show troubling links between proximity to oil and gas wells and negative outcomes: respiratory illness, birth outcomes, neurological impacts, possibly cancer and childhood leukemia. PSR Colorado +1 Children are especially vulnerable: smaller bodies, developing organs, more exposure per body weight. Poisons in air or water don’t affect children the same way; long-term exposure compounds. Environmental, Water Quality, and Climate Risks Risk of spills, leakage, or improper handling of drilling fluids, fracking chemicals, and produced water is nontrivial. These can infiltrate groundwater, surface water, or enter stormwater flows. Monitoring in many cases is weak or reactive rather than proactive. There are complaints that existing proposals and permits do not ensure robust monitoring, strong enforcement, or adequate buffer from sensitive areas. Save The Aurora Reservoir +1 Cumulative environmental burden: air emissions (including volatile organic compounds, methane, & particulate matter), noise, light pollution. These add up especially when multiple pads, wells, and infrastructure are concentrated in a region. Regulatory, Public Process & Precautionary Principle Many community members feel the public process has been inadequate: insufficient public hearings, limited transparency, weak responsiveness. Arapahoe County +1 The precautionary principle demands that when risks are high and potential harm severe, in absence of full certainty or incontrovertible data, we err on the side of protection. County requirements around buffer zones, emergency response, air quality monitoring, etc., should be fully enforced and not watered down. Supporting Evidence & Recent Findings According to PSR Colorado, recent studies (Dr. McKenzie’s work and others) link childhood leukemia and other serious illnesses with proximity to oil & gas operations. PSR Colorado Groups like Save the Aurora Reservoir have raised key concerns: that this mega-pad, being so large and so near (homes, schools, reservoir), poses existential risks to clean air, clean water, and public safety. Save The Aurora Reservoir +1 Public demand: there has already been a “record-breaking” number of public comments and opposition. That level of public concern should not only be heard, but carry weight. Arapahoe County +1 What Should Be Done Instead (or As Conditions If Not Denied) If you do not deny this permit outright, I urge the Commission to implement the following binding conditions before any operations begin: Enlarge buffer zones: at least 5 miles from schools, homes, and sensitive water bodies. The current distance (~3,000 feet) is too close. Arapahoe County +1 Full Environmental Impact Assessment including: Cumulative air quality modeling across seasons. Baseline water quality data for groundwater & surface water, and enforceable protections. Noise and light pollution studies. Risk of chemical spills, waste water handling, blowouts, and emergency plans. Continuous air quality and community health monitoring (with independent oversight + public reporting) – not only for the pad site, but for downwind/downstream communities. Mandatory emergency preparedness: clear, tested plans for dealing with spills, blowouts, fires, release of pollutants, and evacuation, and make sure local infrastructure is sufficient for emergency first response. Financial assurances and bonding: the operator should carry sufficient insurance and financial responsibility for worst-case events, including long-term remediation, health cost offset, and restoration of environmental damage. Strict enforcement and penalties for noncompliance. Independent oversight / third-party auditing of all monitoring, reporting, and operations. Moral & Community Stakes This is not only a technical matter: it’s about justice, health, dignity. We must ask: is the short-term profit worth the lifetime exposure of children to polluted air; is the benefit to shareholders greater than the risk to a neighbor’s lungs; is the convenience of fossil fuel extraction more sacred than a child’s clean water or the quiet of someone’s sleep? Communities deserve protection. Future generations deserve a safe and livable environment. The health of persons who cannot easily advocate for themselves — children, elders, immunocompromised — must be prioritized. Conclusion Given the credible risks to air, water, public health, and given that the project is too close to homes, schools, and a drinking water reservoir, I urge you to deny this permit. If you do not, then please insist on the strongest possible conditions and oversight as outlined above. Thank you for your time, your service, and for putting community health first. With respect, Julia Bryan, RN, BSN

NO FRACKING IN OUR COMMUNITY

9/11/2025 3:52:40 PM

My name is Dayana Leyva. I live in the Southshore Community and work as a public health professional with extensive expertise in how the environment impacts health. My husband and I chose to buy our dream home in this neighborhood because of its closeness to nature, strong sense of community, and safety. Today, I am submitting public comment to strongly oppose any oil and gas fracking near our neighborhood. The current location proposed is unacceptable. Research is clear: fracking this close to neighborhoods, schools, and water sources causes air pollution and contaminates drinking water. This project would be the largest residential well pad in Colorado, located just 3,000 feet from the nearest homes and only 0.6 miles from Aurora’s primary drinking water source. A recent study from the Colorado School of Public Health shows that children living within 3 miles of oil and gas operations are at significantly higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Current setback requirements are not enough to protect children’s health. I have two young nieces under the age of six who live nearby, and their health would be jeopardized by this proposal. Beyond the health risks, Civitas/Crestone has a troubling track record, falsifying data, failing to report spills, and causing repeated pollution events. They have paid millions in fines, but those penalties are insignificant compared to the harm caused. These companies cannot be trusted to operate safely in our communities. I strongly urge the ECMC to reject the State Sunlight-Long well pad. Approving this project would be reckless and dangerous to the families, children, and communities who would be directly impacted.

No to Sunlight

9/11/2025 3:43:56 PM

As a mother of an infant and caretaker of my elderly parents (who live in Southshore with me), I am appalled that this is even a topic of conversation. Fracking within 0.6 miles of homes is irresponsible and risking the lives of people who have made this community home. Studies show that high risk individuals (my infant and my elderly parents) are at higher risk of certain cancers and other side effects due to the pollutions emitted by fracking. It's also disheartening that big corporations are asking for more profits at the risk of residents. Civitas, the same company looking to move into our homes, has been caught falsifying their output and blaming it on their consulting company. While I understand outsourcing reporting, the company must take responsibility for these results (reporting falsified numbers and emitting more pollutants than allowed). They also have leaks in other wells that they own. While they state they are in compliance and fracking is safe, their recent actions and results show that they are careless and will put profits ahead of safety. I've mentioned the toxins above, I would like to note that they pushing chemicals into the ground...very close to our water supply. Aurora asked me to conserve water and follow a city set schedule when it comes to watering my lawn. Given the push to converse water, why would we allow Civitas to use our water for fracking and risk polluting our reserved water? Additionally, as an environmentalist, I strive to reduce my carbon footprint by walking / riding my bike when I can and limiting my driving time. Civitas will need a HUGE army of trucks to get their pads built and remove the natural gas. This all impacts not only the people who call this place home, but it also impact the wildlife we live besides. I would urge the committee to rethink allowing this project so close to our home. It is risky and it will negatively impact people's health.

So the safety of my unborn and future child isn’t important?

9/11/2025 3:43:33 PM

to illness, but if I could be there without risking the health of my community, I absolutely would. My absence does not mean my silence. I am pregnant, and I need to ask you directly: if my unborn child’s life is worth less than oil and private profit, profit whose benefits will never be seen by the public, then do my future children not matter? Is their brother and mother being poisoned by the state just something I will have to explain when they inevitably get sick from this fracking? Am I supposed to look my children in the eye and say, “Sorry, the government bent over backwards for Civitas Resources, so you ended up with childhood leukemia”? Civitas Resources is already facing two major controversies: a securities class action lawsuit alleging shareholders were misled about the company’s production decline and overstated financial prospects, and a Colorado regulatory citation for allegedly falsified environmental lab reports related to pollutant levels from oil and gas sites. The class action lawsuit followed a February 2025 disclosure where Civitas announced reduced oil production guidance, a workforce reduction, and the termination of two senior executives, which caused a significant stock price drop. Their stock is collapsing and unstable. Why should our health and property be sacrificed for a company already under federal and state scrutiny, with bad financials and bad faith practices? Why do you want to harm your neighbors and constituents?

no fracking, no sunlight pad!

9/11/2025 3:34:41 PM

Fossil fuel production in Commerce City, led by Suncor, has already proven the devastating impact this industry has on our families, our children, and our health. Commerce City is one of the most polluted area codes in the entire United States and now you want to expand fracking here? Enough is enough. Stop destroying our homes, our health, and our future. No to fracking. We don’t need more poisoned water, polluted air, and declining home values. We need protection for our communities.

NO FRACKING-NO TO BIG OIL COMPANIES

9/11/2025 3:32:43 PM

It is horrifying to think that our county “leaders” and ECMC would be so short sighted and lease wetlands near a valuable water reservoir to a fracking oil and gas company. It is disappointing that they would even consider this dangerous move that will cause major health problems due to air pollution, contaminate streams AND the Aurora Reservoir (toxins from fracking and the Lowry Landfill WILL get into the ground water and the reservoir), be an extreme fire hazard due to high winds and grassy terrain, lead to certain seismic events, destroy property values of home owners, and destroy the natural beauty of this part of Aurora. A 24-7 noisy, drilling, truck driving blight just 3,000 feet from schools and residential areas. Civitas is now moving closer to the Aurora Reservoir, homes, and schools. They need to be move further away from current development, even if it cost them more money. The Civitas company will destroy our community and leave a forever mess in our community. NO amount of money is worth the disasters of this poorly planned boondoggle. These companies destroy our environment (poison water and air) for us and wildlife, make their money and leave. Stop fracking in our communities! Our political leaders are not on our side. The people around fracking wells will suffer-poor health, lack clean water and air. They will experience lower property values. Fish and wildlife will be destroyed-- and the politicians will fiddle. New Studies show-EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION IS LINKED TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND LEWY BODY PARKINSON’S DISEASE. This proposed use of this land is NOT good stewardship (part of the commissions charter). It is reckless and dangerous. Good stewardship would be to leave this land alone so future generations-our kids and grandkids can enjoy the reservoir and the land/properties around it. ECMC should stand up for the people who live and want to stay here not oil companies that will leave after they destroy our community. Civitas will destroy our community, go bankrupt due to legal issues, and leave to reorganize and go on the destroy more land/communities. Vote NO FRACKING ever !!!

ARE YOU SERIOUS? NO FRACKING PERIOD!

9/11/2025 3:29:26 PM

Fracking is a dangerous, destructive process that poisons water, pollutes air, and devalues the homes and health of entire communities. Our environment, our families, and our future are not sacrifices to be made for corporate profit. We are the reason you hold these jobs. Your role exists to serve the community, NOT TO EXPLOIT IT. If you no longer represent the needs and wellbeing of the people, then we will gladly find ways to remove you from those positions. That is the responsibility that comes with public office, and it is non-negotiable. Respect the public. Listen to your bosses (the community). Respect the community. Cancel this project.

Save the neighborhood where so many kids live

9/11/2025 3:21:01 PM

southshore have 3 schools - elementary , middle and high school right next . not sure why we wanted to have this done in such a peaceful , nature filled place. pollution effects are not seen in few days but has long term effects. we do not support this !!!!

NO to Fracking Near Aurora Reservoir

9/11/2025 2:54:01 PM

Hello everyone, my name is Andrew Pinkowitz. I live in the Centennial / Southeast Aurora area - close to the Aurora reservoir. I’m holding my son, Eli. I am writing to voice my fierce opposition to this fracking site. As we know, the health effects of living near a fracking site causes a near-incalculable assortment of health issues, including (but not limited to): asthma, heart disease, and childhood cancer. This proposal is grossly negligent and recklessly endangers our entire community. There is a grave risk of this fracking site contaminating our primary source of drinking water in Aurora, and polluting the air of the 2,000+ households that live within a two mile radius of the proposed “mega well pad”. This consequence would be catastrophic for the health of our community, and pillage one of our most precious natural resources for nothing more than lining corporate pockets. I refuse to be silent about this. I implore you to immediately halt this fracking site. If you fail to do so, you will have carcinogens on your hands, and harm the health of our local community for generations. Thank you.

Aurora Reservoir

9/11/2025 2:53:10 PM

Fracking has been linked to adverse impacts on reproductive health, asthma, and increased risk of heart attacks. The Aurora Reservoir is vulnerable to the run off and subsequent pollution that will result from the fracking plans. It is imperative that this plan be stopped to preserve the wildlife and communities that depend on and enjoy the reservoir. Green-lighting these plans highlights a willingness to put families as risk that is concerning and inhumane. If these plans are allowed to continue, more companies will attempt to encroach further on public land and target communities that it deems disposable. With the increases risk yearly fires, Colorado has already lost wilderness that will take years to grow back—fracking will only deplete what we have left. Economically, if the plans proceed and families are forced to leave because of the resulting pollution, Aurora communities will fall under strain as migration to other parts of the state and district increase. Pollution will also ensure that no other buyers or businesses will invest in the land. Choosing to stop these plans is the best economic, humanitarian, and environmental decision. Those who voted for this plan will also find they may lose their position

NO FRACKING

9/11/2025 2:48:09 PM

I am strongly opposed to the proposed Sunlight-Long fracking project near the Aurora Reservoir. The proposed 32 wells located just 3,000 feet from the reservoir and 3,200 feet from residential homes is crazy, reckless, and unethical. We drink this water, we go to schools near this area and we live and shop here.

NO to Fracking

9/11/2025 2:43:19 PM

I am writing as a concerned resident of Aurora to express my strong opposition to the proposed Sunlight-Long fracking project near the Aurora Reservoir, part of the Civitas Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan. This project, which includes a 35-acre well pad with 32 wells located just 3,000 feet from the reservoir and 3,200 feet from residential homes, poses an unacceptable risk to our community’s health, safety, and environment. The Aurora Reservoir is a vital source of drinking water for over 400,000 people. Any contamination—such as the benzene spill incident in Galeton earlier this year—could have catastrophic consequences. According to experts, even five gallons of benzene could render the reservoir’s 13 billion gallons of water unusable. Beyond the threat to our water supply, the proximity of this industrial operation to homes and schools raises serious concerns about air pollution, noise, and long-term health impacts. The community group Save the Aurora Reservoir has mobilized hundreds of residents who share these concerns, and we urge you to listen to our voices. I respectfully request that you deny approval of this fracking plan and prioritize the health and safety of Colorado residents over short-term industrial interests. We ask that you uphold the principles of environmental stewardship and community protection that your office represents. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. I look forward to your leadership in safeguarding our community.

Increase set backs for proven health concern..

9/11/2025 2:35:28 PM

We moved to Colorado in 2021 for the outdoors and healthier lifestyle. We currently live at one of the homes within 3 miles of the proposed wells. We have two children 17 and 13 and wouldn’t have bought here if we had known about the fracking in the area. There is undeniable evidence that the proximity to and density of wells impacts health. The study by L.M. McKenzie funded by Colorado Department of Public Health directly tied proximity to wells with negative health outcomes for children and elderly. The study found children living within 13 km of O&G well sites are at increased risk for leukemia and children within 5 km (3.1 mile) bearing the greatest risk. Both the closeness and proposed density of the well pad is extremely concerning. I can’t believe anyone on this panel would voluntarily have their children or grandchildren raised in an area of significantly increased risk of leukemia. Civitas has the ability and moral obligation to move these well pads at least 3.1 miles from the nearest property. I beseech you to do the moral and responsible thing and enforce at least a 3.1 mile setback. If even one child develops leukemia as a result of state approved drilling than that is one child too many. Especially if the case was preventable by something as simple as a larger setback.

Fracking by the Aurora res

9/11/2025 2:29:44 PM

This is an unbelievably bad idea. We risk water safety so some self greedy you know what’s can make more money. I hope someday American society stops shooting it self in the foot. Thank you and good day.

Think of our furture

9/11/2025 2:05:54 PM

Stop the Sunlight-Long Fracking Mega Pad. The Colorado Constitution and this board’s mandate and obligation are to protect the health, safety, and welfare of our air, water, and environment. This pad, so close to schools, homes, and the beautiful Aurora Reservoir, does the complete opposite. I’m connected with The Green Schools Campaign to assist schools in the area to be resilient to the current and future threats of heatwaves, wildfires, and toxic fumes. This mega pad makes these kids more vulnerable. It appears ECM is giving polluters a pass to exceed safety standards, and fail to enforce this entity’s documented non-compliance with emissions mitigation and accurate reporting. ECM has a duty to us. Civitas Resources only sees a duty to deliver short-term profit to its shareholders. We don’t need a project that sucks up our precious, clean water and returns to us filthy frack wastewater that can never be recovered. Our communities are affected by the multiple days of poor air quality that close schools and force seniors to stay indoors. The ozone is visible in our air, and hides our mountain views on too many days. It does not need to be this way. In 2024, renewable sources of energy accounted for 43% of Colorado’s total in-state electricity net generation, with wind power accounting for 67% of renewable generation. Coal-fired power plants accounted for 27% of Colorado's total in-state generation in 2024, down from 60% a decade ago. Colorado State Energy Profile. I see this as a future compatible with human life. Renewable power contributed the most new energy generation of all sources last year. The cost on renewables has come down astronomically in the previous 10 years. The innovation in safer, longer lasting battery storage is happening right here in Colorado. This recent news story How Rural Colorado Families Are Powering the Future With Geothermal Energy about a rural CO family installed a community ground geothermal and now sells energy to neighbors. This market-based trend is the cleaner, safer energy future I want to see. Aim for the future, people want health, wildlife, and a livable planet for our children and their children. Point us toward a clean, distributed energy future and free us from the stranglehold that Big Oil and Gas have on our lives and our democracy.

No to Sunlight/Long Fracking Proposal

9/11/2025 2:03:37 PM

I strongly oppose the proposed Sunlight/Long fracking site. This company has a documented history of leaks and misreporting information, which demonstrates that they cannot be trusted to operate safely in our community. This project puts thousands of residents, our drinking water reservoir, and three nearby schools at immediate risk. The health and safety of our children and our community must come before corporate profit. I urge the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission to reject this proposal and protect the people, water, and environment that make our community livable.

Protect ALL of God's creation

9/11/2025 2:02:16 PM

WWJD? Jesus would have been against this abuse of nature and humanity. Please respect the public and cancel this project.

No to fracking!

9/11/2025 1:46:34 PM

Our homes, our environment, our community and our health will be severely impacted. Not to mention our property values. ISN'T THAT ENOUGH to say NO to fracking!!! Don't make us sick!! Fracking is a dangerous process with significant documented risks to public health and the environment. We all want to continue to enjoy our peaceful surroundings, our community and amenities, and our reservoir.

Seriously?? No fracking!!

9/11/2025 1:41:26 PM

To whoever is in charge of the fracking project and is reading this comment: really?! You want to ruin hundreds of people’s lives with this bullshit?! The very moment you go through with this: you WILL have people’s blood on your hands, you WILL be responsible for ruining human lives with pollution, poisoning our drinking water supply and destroying people’s property values! Why are you even in our area??! Get the fuck out of our county, our community and find another place to do your “work”. THIS helps NO ONE, it helps NOTHING and WE WILL scare you off when we need to.

No to fracking !!!!!!!

9/11/2025 1:33:39 PM

Our homes, our environment, our community and our health will be severely impacted. Not to mention our property values. ISN'T THAT ENOUGH? NO to fracking!!! Don't make us sick!! Fracking is a dangerous process with significant documented risks to public health and the environment. We all want to continue to enjoy our peaceful surroundings, our community and amenities, and our reservoir.

Do NOT approve any fracking operation.

9/11/2025 1:33:23 PM

Do NOT approve this dangerous oil & gas fracking operation next to the Reservoir, schools, homes, parks, and critical wildlife habitat. People, animals, and children have a right to clean drinking water. One accident or leak, and we could be living through our own Erin Brockovich disaster. Do we really want to gamble with the water our children drink? With the Sunlight-Long well pad, 32 new wells are planned near our homes and just 1 mile from two elementary schools, and less than 2 miles from a middle school and high school. Fugitive emissions (toxic, unmonitored vapors) from well pads will travel undetected into our homes, posing serious health risks. The Denver metropolitan area ranks as the 6th most ozone-polluted city in the U.S., for the third year in a row (American Lung Association report). Since June 1, our neighborhood has had 50 ozone alert days, when children and seniors are advised to stay indoors. Oil and gas operations contribute 60% of Colorado’s ozone pollution. The project is part of a larger 166-well plan on Lowry Ranch, which has proximity to the Lowry Landfill Superfund Site as well as the Aurora Reservoir. Although Civitas has committed not to drill under the Superfund site, concerns still remain about potential impacts on groundwater and air quality.

Protect the Roadless Rule

9/11/2025 1:25:31 PM

I am writing today because I heard that the USDA wants to rescind the Roadless Rule, which protects 58 million acres of vital wilderness. This is unacceptable. I come from Florida, a state where urban development has remained unchecked for some time and I can tell you first hand how much that has affected life here. The wildlife is less diverse, the temperatures in the summer are reaching unbearable highs. We can't just give over these wilderness areas to development and profit.

No to fracking

9/11/2025 12:57:10 PM

Please learn how to say no to poisoning our water supplies in the famously dry state of Colorado.

NO to fracking here!

9/11/2025 12:51:18 PM

I just moved my family across the country to the Southshore area this past June. Suffice to say, we did not pick the neighborhood for its “industrial charm.” We moved here because it’s a beautiful, wholesome, HEALTHY place to raise our young children, and so far it has been everything we hoped for and more. We were planning to buy a home in the upcoming year, but not if this fracking operation goes in. Please don’t destroy this dream community for the sake of money. Civitas has other options for places to drill, ones that aren’t less than a mile from my children’s home and schools. The data on health impacts is not unknown to them, they simply just don’t care. They will leech the value from our community, damage our environmental resources, poison our water, plants, and animals, and then they will simply move on to greener pastures. In what world is that acceptable, or even worth it? Please do the right thing for your constituents, both for the present and the future generations.

Fracking near Aurora Reservoir

9/11/2025 12:49:21 PM

Hello, I am a concerned citizen of Aurora. I do not think it is wise to allow drilling and or fracking operations anywhere near where people live, and ESPECIALLY not near their sources of drinking water. What mitigations of chemical contamination will be made? Who will have oversight on these operations? How often will inspections take place? Accountability is important, and I do not trust oil drilling companies to adhere to guidelines on their own. If we are to allow this drilling operation, we better be testing the water around for ANY contamination. All of this data needs to be available to the public as well. If these things are not done with the health and safety of the community in mind FIRST, then we should not do it at all. If the whole point of doing a thing is to make lots of money, corners will be cut, and can cause unmeasurable harm to the surrounding area. It has happened before, and will happen again. Thank you for your time, and careful consideration of this very important decision. I hope you look to ALL experts and think about the future of our drinking water.

no more fracking

9/11/2025 12:46:35 PM

We can find other sources of energy. We can't replace ground water. It's unthinkable that Fracking has EVER been allowed. How do we survive without water? How do we have a future without water? Water is more important than oil and we're running lower and lower every year on fresh water sources.

End Fracking

9/11/2025 12:43:59 PM

Fracking is an enormously dangerous process that contaminates and destroys land, making it effectively unusable for generations. This is apparently not enough of a deterrent, as they want to frack directly near a major water source, one of the most critical parts of human survival. Shame to those who continue permitting this nonsense and allowing it to escalate to extreme poverty and suffering.

No fracking in our neighborhood

9/11/2025 12:43:12 PM

My husband and I are both teachers. One high school, one middle. We have two teenagers looking at college. We don't have the extra money to pay for politicians' campaigns or perks, although we vote religiously. We do have three things of value; our health, our children and our home. These wells in our neighborhood threaten all three. We won't let this go.

Stop FRACKING!

9/11/2025 12:31:39 PM

To Frack near a water supply shows great disregard for public health and safety! Do not go forward with this plan or human sickness and lives. Lost will be on your hands.

Say no to these Fracking Wells

9/11/2025 12:22:37 PM

I am requesting that the proposed wells be canceled. I spent my childhood growing up in nearby Parker, just steps from the Arapahoe-Douglas County line. I am very familiar with the area, the ecosystem and precious landscape that should be preserved. While, I no longer live in the area, many of my family members still do. I currently live near one of the most polluted intersections in our state at Colfax and Colorado. As a citizen of Denver, we are frequently issued pollution and ozone alerts. This proposal will only exacerbate our pollution and ozone issues. As a society, we can no longer sacrifice our air, our landscape, the other species we share this space with and nor can we continue to allow our quality of life to diminish. We know that the future is in renewable resources. Our state could lead our nation by investing further in renewable energy and saying no to devasting and dirty fuel sources. We already receive dismal grading from the American Lung Association for ozone pollution, as does the Environmental Protection Agency. The nearby community will be greatly impacted by constant noise and light pollution, truck traffic and never ending construction. However, we all breath the same air. What happens in Aurora, will impact us all. There is a simple solution to the human health, harm to other species, water contamination and the many other issues that arise from these operations, and that is to say No and look toward a renewable energy future that will benefit us all.

You're either stupid or corrupt to frack the water supply

9/11/2025 12:18:28 PM

Is fracking under the Aurora Reservoir a good idea? Is pouring toxic waste into our drinking water a good idea? No. 400,000 people drink from this reservoir. How much money did they promise you? Are the bribes worth what will be the greatest public health disaster in Colorado. How can you live with yourself?

Stop the Frack

9/11/2025 12:15:08 PM

Good evening, everyone We are here tonight because the proposed Sunlight-Long mega well pad is a direct threat to our homes, our water, and our families. 1. Homes, Water, and Schools This would be the largest residential well pad in Colorado. It’s planned less than 3000 feet from homes That’s the length of terminal B at DIA. That is the distance across Fox Ridge Middle School and CT properties combined. That is the distance across Park Meadows Mall parking lot. There are more than 10,000 households within 3 miles. The Aurora Reservoir is about the same distance— our city’s drinking water source. Not just next to it … but underneath it. There are also schools within a mile. For 15 months, families will face nonstop drilling, fracking, industrial noise, and toxic emissions. This location is unacceptable. 2. Air Quality and Cumulative Impacts Crestone was supposed to use clean electric power. They are no longer guaranteeing that. Instead, they’ll run gas-powered equipment for more than a year, polluting the air we breathe. Our region already has an “F” in air quality from the American Lung Association. This project will make it worse. And this isn’t just one site. Seven more well pads, 119 wells are planned within 5 miles. Sunlight-Long alone means 40,000 truck trips, some within 500 feet of the reservoir. 3. Health and Safety The science is clear: children living near oil and gas development face higher cancer risks. In fact, CU researchers just found that kids within 3 miles face a significantly higher risk of leukemia. Would you live here with your children? And accidents happen. Just this April, a Chevron well pad exploded in Colorado, releasing 3 million gallons of toxic waste and forcing families to evacuate. If that happened here … thousands of Aurora residents would be at risk. Closing Neighbors, this comes down to one question: Will Colorado’s leaders protect our health, our water, and our future … or gamble it all for Crestone’s profits? The law is clear. The science is clear. The risks are clear. The Sunlight-Long well pad must not move forward. Thank you. This is our home — and we will protect it.

Do Not Proceed

9/11/2025 12:10:18 PM

As a CO native and long-time Aurora resident, my family and I strongly oppose the proposed fracking project near Aurora Reservoir and the neighboring communities. This is an egregious idea endangering our water, polluting our air, and harming the people who call Aurora home. I urge you not to consider this project for the health and well-being of the humans that live here.

Stop stealing from the public and destroying our land

9/11/2025 10:29:04 AM

These people obviously just want to get rich off of public land. The endless excuses are running out just like the money is. So there's no more to say. Go be a degenerate on your own time, the rest of us aren't gonna put up with it. This is public land and is to be left to the people. let's be clear YOU ARE NOT THE PEOPLE. We are the people.

No more fossil fuels: the planet is dying and we're killing it

9/11/2025 9:40:15 AM

Oil and gas production, refining, and use cause so much harm to the environment and its animals and people. This is common knowledge, and even considering this Sunlight/Long pad is a disgrace. This project especially poses a risk we cannot take: losing drinking water for thousands of people. ECMC has not proven it will ever protect the environment or Coloradans. Will you please listen to the people telling you NO? Regardless of the amount of comments here begging for the stop to fracking and fossil fuel production, it wouldn't surprise me if they were paid off by the oil and gas companies to approve this one, which would be abhorrent, just as all of their other decisions to approve over 1000 other projects similar to this one. Do not approve this! It will harm and kill people!

OPPOSITION to Sunlight-Long wells

9/11/2025 8:24:54 AM

The proposed 32 wells must not be approved. The drilling is a mere half a mile from the closest homes. Over 10,00 households within a 2-mile radius includes most vulnerable 7,800 children and 4,000 seniors. The distance of one mile from two elementary schools and less than 2 miles from a middle school and high school endangers teachers and students. Many high health risks from the entire process of oil production, including fracking, will continue to worsen our air quality standard that is already being violated by the oil and gas industry without accountability. Our Aurora Reservoir will be endangered by the drilling process from beginning to end. A litany of VOCs, radioactive material and other dangerous gases are being released into our air and land and end up in our water supplies. An accident or a leak can create further damage to our drinking water supply. The Colorado public no longer supports having a business that has proven to be irresponsible in its business practices. Do not permit this drilling project to go forward for the sake of taxpaying citizens.

Stop Fracking. Don’t destroy our community

9/11/2025 2:21:10 AM

I’ve lived here in southeast Aurora for twenty years. I moved here for its beauty, open space and amazing sense of community. To think that the City of Aurora and State of Colorado would put its tax paying citizens in harms way for profits over the well being of our children and community is a travesty. I am a Colorado native and I know we can do better!

Please put our health ahead of profits!

9/10/2025 9:29:48 PM

Please, do not allow fracking near the resoviour. To do so is to put thousands at risk of water contamination and loss of wildlife. We already have enough of a threat to our water supply with the years of droughts and environmental loss. Find it in your hearts to put our livelihood before anyone's wallet.

No Fracking Here

9/10/2025 9:20:05 PM

Please cancel plans for fracking by the reservoir. This is a family area with thousands of children who will be impacted. The negative health effects (not to mention lowered property values) are reason enough not to move forward. This will also result in a chilling effect on further residential development. Who wants to live in environmental disaster area? This is just common sense: do not plan dangerous drilling near families.

Protect Our Public Lands

9/10/2025 7:47:30 PM

Stop selling off public land to private companies who will exploit the resources and destroy our natural treasures. Fracking is incredibly damaging to the environment with not enough return.

Stop the fraking

9/10/2025 7:46:23 PM

Putting wells this close to residential water supplies made up of mainly families and families with young children is unacceptable. This also affects two elementary schools. This can potentially raise chances of leukemia in young children by 50%. Please show some decency and stop this before it ruins a community and all land around it.

Stop the fracking

9/10/2025 7:23:38 PM

Stop selling off land that the people already own to private companies who will destroy our country even faster by destroying all of our natural resources. Fracking is incredibly damaging to the environment with not enough return

Stop the fracking

9/10/2025 7:06:10 PM

Air Quality Colorado already receives an “F” from the American Lung Association for ozone pollution. The Lowry Comprehensive Area Plan is projected to release 73,000 tons of air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which drive ozone formation. Additional emissions include particulate matter (PM2.5), capable of traveling more than 100 miles and linked to severe health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory illness, and premature death. Hazardous chemicals—including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes—further compound these risks. This data is matched by EPA findings and in fact the EPA gives Denver’s air the worst rating that is possible. Climate change In addition to affecting the air, the methane introduced by extraction and use will continue to impact the climate. I've witnessed first hand the impacts of climate change on our state since 1960. The number of wild fires, severity of Droughts and increased temperatures have noticeably increased and are a danger to us all.

Stop the fracking

9/10/2025 5:39:21 PM

Keep our water clean! Keep corporations from hurting people just for more money! Aurora deserves better! Humans deserve better!

No Residential Fracking

9/10/2025 5:18:10 PM

I am extremely concerned about proposed fracking sites in relation to the proximity to homes, schools, and Aurora‘s drinking water. If ever there was a need to stop a dangerous project before it begins, this would be it. There are no studies that show that this is a dangerous endeavor to undertake next to a community filled with children. The health risks Minimal And I urge you to make this decision as if your own children would be impacted. The operators would like us to believe that the risks are few and unlikely, but you only need to look at recent fracking disasters here in Colorado to know that that is not the case. The ECMC has a duty to listen to the voices of the community and make decisions based on those voices (not profits). There is no reason this project couldn’t be moved further east many miles, and you have the ability to make that a stipulation. I hope the ECMC will use its power to put the well-being of citizens before profits.

No Fracking

9/10/2025 5:10:15 PM

Between the constant violations in Commerce City by Suncor, the abandoned well explosion incident in Firestone, the numerous on-going well violations and the recent Galeton oil leak that shut down the whole town for days, it should be an easy decision by the commissioners to disapprove them all. Imagine if the same incident occurs near in a large-populated area as the Aurora Reservoir where over 10000 homes, multiple schools, daycares, churches and so many small businesses have been built and thrive! As of today, there are 1.3 million active wells in the US, 46,000 active wells in CO alone and 123,683 new wells drilled in CO this year alone (source: mineralanswers.com). I'm starting to think this is not about energy independence any longer and more about greed. To make matters worse, CO has 47,000 abandoned/unplugged wells which 960 are designated as orphaned (source: Colorado Sun)!!! All wells, active and abandoned are known to leak Methane and Benzene a known carcinogen which has been found in water and air near oil and gas operations due to spills and leaks. Water another precious resource in this state, without it there's no life is consistently being misused and abused by the O&G industry. Water so contaminated that can never be used again. Please, I beg all Arapahoe Commissioners to put people's health, clean air and water above all else and say NO to fracking!!!

No Fracking!

9/10/2025 4:53:33 PM

Fracking will destroy our water supplies and ultimately it is not possible to sustainably manage these wells long term. The consequence will be polluted water and air, poisoning the community and dropping home values as no one will want to live near here. Do not approve these disastrous proposals!

No Fracking

9/10/2025 4:34:07 PM

Our family is strongly opposed to fracking period and feel more strongly about fracking so close to wetlands and a reservoir vital to the Aurora community. It is irresponsible and immoral to approve fracking for purely profit reasons. We cannot allow companies to continue to endanger our homes and natural resources.

No Fracking

9/10/2025 2:40:19 PM

Despite clear opposition from the public, it appears the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission is expected to approve a proposal for the State Sunlight-Long pad, the largest Aurora fracking pad to date and the closest to neighboring communities which would include 32 new oil wells on 35 acres next to the Aurora Reservoir, schools, and homes endangering the health and wellbeing of 10,000 households! It is unconscionable the ECMC would endanger the community by exposing them to fracking pollutants and safety hazards. It’s time to listen to the community and citizens of Colorado who’s, health should be your priority over profits. It’s time to say no to the State Sunlight-Long pad. The current location of Sunlight-Long is unacceptable!

Oppose Fracking

9/10/2025 1:30:05 PM

I oppose this project. We deserve clean water and clean drinking water. Please keep it safe!!!

Keep Aurora Reservoir Safe

9/10/2025 12:52:41 PM

I’ve been living in Aurora renting for 2 years and just recently bought a condo here. I went to the reservoir recently and fell in love. It was so beautiful and peaceful and that is where my drinking water comes from! Please keep it safe and make sure nothing gets done to it

No fracking near drinking water sites

9/10/2025 11:10:46 AM

Please oppose these proposals for tracking sites - they run too close to critical sources of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans. The plans do not come with sufficient safety features and should not be approved.

No fracking

9/10/2025 10:59:37 AM

I strongly oppose any fracking operations in our neighborhoods—especially near our reservoir, schools, and churches. These are places where we live, learn, worship, and gather as a community. Fracking puts our health, safety, and environment at serious risk. We cannot allow industrial drilling near our water supply. Our reservoir is a vital natural resource that we all depend on for clean drinking water. Contamination or degradation of this ecosystem would be irreversible and devastating. Our schools should be safe places for children to learn and grow, not locations threatened by pollution, noise, and the risk of industrial accidents. The same goes for our churches, which are sacred spaces that should not be overshadowed by the dangers and disruption that fracking brings. This is about protecting our homes, our health, and our shared future. Please do not allow fracking in or near our community.

We can’t drink oil & we can’t breathe gas

9/10/2025 9:45:30 AM

The Denver metro area is already the 6th most ozone polluted in the entire US. This project would only exacerbate the air pollution problem and the proposal being for an Aurora site is clear environmental racism (with nearly half of Aurora citizens identifying as nonwhite, compared to Colorado as a whole with about 35% identifying as nonwhite). The Aurora reservoir is also an important ecosystem for animals like beavers, which are a keystone species in preserving wetlands and preventing drought. Don’t sell the health of our communities and earth to big oil.

No more fracking

9/10/2025 9:43:39 AM

Our water supply and environment is a precious resource and should be protected. Fracking is an unsustainable and destructive way to extract energy, it should not be allowed, especially near homes or waterways. We have heard too many times about oil spills, sink holes, and other environmental impacts due to fracking. We shouldn’t let the oil companies continue to endanger humans and the environment in the name of profit.

No fracking in Aurora

9/10/2025 7:23:38 AM

I urge the city not to go forward with fracking near the reservoir. This is a source of drinking water of thousands of people and animals. We cannot play fast and loose with finite resources. Please halt the project.

Fracking in Aurora

9/10/2025 6:34:07 AM

I am also commenting to express my opposition to all fracking operations around the Aurora Reservoir. To allow fracking near a community water supply will drastically increase water contamination and will destroy local ecology. Fracking is an extremely harmful practice and I do not believe it should be practiced, much less occur next to a local community water supply and recreational area. Please, no fracking at or around the Aurora Reservoir.

No fracking near Aurora reservoir

9/10/2025 6:22:14 AM

I am commenting to express my opposition to any fracking operations around Aurora Reservoir. Allowing fracking near a water supply will dramatically increase the risk of water contamination and destruction of the local ecology. Fracking is a harmful practice and should be eliminated completely, much less occur next to a water supply and area enjoyed for recreational use. NO FRACKING AT AURORA RESERVOIR!!

Protect the Aurora Reservoir

9/10/2025 6:21:01 AM

The city of Aurora, wildlife, and our kids deserve safe water. Do not bring fracking to the reservoir- it will harm us all! It’s 2025, we know better!

Why are we even considering this in the year 2025?

9/10/2025 3:07:18 AM

Colorado needs to be investing in 100% renewable energy. In addition to the obvious threats this poses to local communities, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's foremost authority on global warming, has called for the total phase out of all fossil fuel projects by 2030 on a global scale. The global temperature has already exceeded a "safe" 1.5C degrees of warming, and based on our current trajectory, we are facing mass starvation due to crop failures influenced by higher average temperatures. Not only will this poison local communities and result in wasteful spending, it will have severe global implications. We shouldn't even be considering fracking projects at this moment or anytime in the future. I urge everyone involved in this decision-making process to resoundly reject this project and protect the Aurora reservoir. Even if this project is irresponsibly approved, Coloradans are prepared to fight against it every step of the way.

Deny the Sunlight-Long permit

9/10/2025 12:08:59 AM

Please deny the Sunlight-Long permit. This organization has a recent history of environmental contamination and it proposing fracing dangerously close to crucial drinking water. This is not worth the risk to Aurora's health and safety.

Clean Water for Our Children

9/10/2025 12:06:10 AM

I believe in a future where clean drinking water is accessible and not a luxury, where is a right for humans and not corporations. Fracking hurts us more than it could ever benefit the collective.

NO FRACKING NEAR HOMES

9/9/2025 9:15:11 PM

Fracking near water sources is not just risky, it is dangerous to our health and safety. Hydraulic fracturing uses millions of gallons of water mixed with chemicals and sand, pumped deep underground. When this happens close to rivers, aquifers, or reservoirs, the chance of contamination is high. Studies have shown that methane, heavy metals, and fracking fluids can leak into groundwater. Even the EPA has acknowledged that fracking can affect drinking water at every stage: from water withdrawals, to chemical spills, to faulty well casings, to waste disposal. Once water is contaminated, it is almost impossible to clean. Colorado families rely on clean water for drinking, farming, and recreation. Fracking near water threatens all of these. Many fracking chemicals, such as benzene and toluene, are toxic even in small amounts. They are linked to cancer, birth defects, and brain damage. Children and pregnant women are especially at risk when drilling sites are near schools and homes. This is not speculation. Communities in Colorado and across the country have already reported polluted wells and health problems near fracking sites. The closer the drilling is to water, the higher the risk. The real question is why we allow a practice known to poison water to take place next to the sources we depend on. Once water is lost, it cannot be replaced. Protecting Colorado’s future means keeping fracking away from our water.

When is it enough?

9/9/2025 9:09:35 PM

When is it enough? How many communities must suffer before our leaders decide that people matter more than oil? How can you look your fellow Coloradans in the eye and say that something proven to harm them will somehow help them? How can you tell us our children are irrelevant, that their health and well-being are disposable, faceless pawns in a game where corporate profits always come first? I can’t beg my leaders anymore. I should not have to stand here reminding fully grown, educated adults with years of experience and access to all the facts that fracking has already shown us how damaging it is and continues to be. The science is not uncertain. The evidence is not hidden. And yet, you still act as though sacrificing our health, our water, our air, and our children is a price worth paying for Chevron’s bottom line. At times I have to ask, do you hate us? Do you see ordinary people as so irrelevant that our suffering means nothing? When you permit projects like the Sunlight pad that poison our air and threaten our water, it feels intentional, as if the harm is being inflicted on purpose. What other conclusion can people draw when every warning is ignored, every study dismissed, and every community plea waved aside in favor of drilling rigs and pipelines? Who cares if kids get sick? Who cares if babies in the womb face higher risks of lifelong health issues? Who cares if families wake up every day with polluted air in their lungs or contaminated water at their taps? Too often, the answer from those in power seems to be: not us. But here is the truth. We care. We care because this is our home, our water, our children, and our future. Let us have it. Let us be safe and happy. Don’t take away from our quality of life to get some monetary kickback, directly profiting off contaminating and hurting the people who put you in power. I don’t want to believe this stuff happens but it feels everyone has some decision maker in their pocket and the genuine welfare of hard working American families is totally pointless to their bottom line. It’s actually abhorrent and an affront to our nation to participate in such un-democratic behavior, but at this point it seems it’s easier to find who isn’t crooked over who is. Please just listen to us. Prove to us you’re not only in it for your short term gain, for a benefit that will not be shared equality in the community, but the pollution generated will be.

After Galeton Oil Geyser, How Can You Approve This?

9/9/2025 9:08:48 PM

I am dumbfounded that the Arapahoe County commisioners continue to rubber stamp all these oil wells so close to a large population center near Aurora Reservoir! The recent Galeton oil leak took several days to shut down and toxic chemicals were sprayed for at least 2 miles. A school was shut down and toxic chemicals had to be cleaned off playground equipment. Homes were evacuated for weeks, and they said it would take 5 years to clean up the toxic mess! Galeton is a tiny town, while there are at least 10,000 residents living close to the Aurora reservoir. I can only imagine the disaster that would occur if one of the many proposed oil wells should have a similar "leak"! That is just too much risk to take with our lives, our health, our children, our air and our drinking water. I am a nurse, a senior, and an 18 year resident of Tallyn's Reach, which is in the fracking radius of the proposed Sunlight- Long oil wells. Please start listening to those of us who live here and will be affected!

Stop fracking at Aurora

9/9/2025 8:21:13 PM

Do not allow fracking near Aurora Reservoir.

Sunlight Long Water Concerns

9/9/2025 7:47:38 PM

The message we are receiving from Civitas, the State and Board, Arapahoe County, and the ECMC seems to be: “Let them drink oil.” But the people of Aurora deserve clean, safe water—not contaminated by oil and gas development. We do not accept the risk of pollution to our precious water supplies. Therefore, the Sunlight-Long Well Pad must be either relocated away from the Aurora Reservoir or at the very least, a different haul road must be constructed and strictly used to keep fracking fluids and waste at a safe distance from our reservoir. Colorado is facing a profound water crisis due to prolonged drought, shrinking snowpack, climate change, and chronic overallocation of our limited water resources—especially those originating from the Colorado River, which sustains millions of people and ecosystems across our state and region. Experts clearly warn that hotter, drier conditions combined with rising water demand will continue to strain our scarce water supplies far into the future. Water scarcity has severe consequences: reduced snowmelt and streams trigger irrigation shortages, crop failures, and higher food costs. Our cities, including Aurora, face unprecedented pressures to conserve, ration, or source new water supplies under declining availability. The fragile rivers, fish, and wildlife we cherish are increasingly at risk from low flows and drought conditions. Aurora Water provides for over 400,000 residents using a complex system integrating multiple basins, with 25% of its supply—including the water stored in the Aurora Reservoir—sourced from the Colorado River basin. The reservoir holds approximately 31,650 acre-feet or 10.3 billion gallons, about 20% of Aurora’s total water storage capacity. Yet the Colorado River Basin is already in a “Tier 1 Shortage,” with mandatory water cuts ongoing and voluntary reductions requested. These cuts directly threaten Aurora’s water security. Aurora’s community is deeply committed to conservation, voluntarily reducing water use by 36% since the early 2000s through programs like turf replacement and efficient irrigation. Yet Civitas’ proposed Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan (CAP), which spans 32,000 acres near the reservoir, will require an estimated 4 billion gallons of water over the life of the project, used to hydraulically fracture up to 166 wells. This equates to about 580,000 barrels (24.4 million gallons) per well, with Civitas estimating 21.62 million gallons just for the Sunlight-Long well pad alone. Put plainly: the water conservation efforts of Aurora’s residents over 13 years are not enough to save the amount of water required to frack just one well in this project. The environmental threat does not stop at water quantity. The proximity of the Sunlight-Long well pad—just 3,300 feet from the reservoir and a haul road only 500 feet from the reservoir’s edge—raises grave concerns. The road sits at a higher elevation than the reservoir, meaning spills or leaks of toxic fracking fluids or waste product from fracking could flow directly into our drinking water supply. Typical fracking fluid trucks carry between 3,000 and 21,000 gallons each. With millions of gallons used per well, hundreds of truck trips are required for each drilling operation. While a single overturned truck spill (up to 21,000 gallons) might seem like an infinitesimal fraction of the Aurora Reservoir’s 10.3 billion gallons, the toxicity of chemicals like benzene in fracking fluids is alarming—benzene is carcinogenic and harmful even at parts per billion in drinking water. The toxicity to fish, amphibians, and other aquatic life is even more dire. The ECMC and other officials appear to have failed in protecting the water and public health interests of Aurora’s 400,000 residents. If relocating the Sunlight-Long well pad away from the reservoir is not achievable, then Civitas/Crestone must be required to construct and use an alternative haul road located a safe distance from the Aurora Reservoir. We cannot gamble with the water that sustains our community and our future. We demand responsible planning, alternative siting, and precautionary measures that prioritize water protection over industrial convenience.

Move or Deny Sunlight Long Pad

9/9/2025 7:46:33 PM

Inadequate Fire & Emergency Response Fire Response Too Slow Fire behavior research from the U.S. Forest Service’s Fire Effects Handbook and field observations from Colorado wildfires such as the 2020 Cameron Peak and 2021 Marshall Creek incidents show that fast moving fire fronts are common where dry grass fuel is present. Wildland grass fires can move surprisingly quickly, especially when the fuels are dry, the terrain is flat, and winds are strong. In Colorado’s high elevation grasslands, typical spread rates are: • Typical conditions – when humidity is low (= 15 %), fuels are dry, and winds are moderate (10–15 mph), grass fires often advance at 6 – 14 mph (˜ 10 – 22 km/h). • Extreme conditions – with very strong gusts (20 + mph), steep slopes, or “chimney” effects in canyons, spreads of 20 – 30 mph (˜ 32 – 48 km/h) have been recorded. In rare, highly favorable scenarios—dry fuel, wind > 30 mph, and steep terrain—rates can briefly exceed 30 mph. The fire department charged with dealing with issues on the Lowry Ranch CAP is Bennet Watkins Fire Rescue. As anyone can see simply Googling Driving Directions from Bennett Watkins Fire Rescue, 355 4th Street, Bennett CO 80102 to the Aurora Reservoir, 5800 S. Powhaton Rd.,Aurora, CO 80016, it would take a minimum of 32 minutes to reach the site. Under typical conditions, depending on wind conditions, the fire could have spread 3 to 7 miles into nearby communities. Under extreme wind conditions, the fire could spread more than 30 miles before help arrived. 32 min (25.4 mi) via CO-36 W and Watkins Rd 33 min (29.1 mi) via I-70 W and E-470 S 37 min (29.0 mi) via I-70 W Aurora Fire Rescue Station 13 (23911 E Arapahoe Rd, Aurora, CO 80016), the closest fire station, is 6.5 miles away from the Aurora Reservoir yet reaching the Sunlight-Long Pad via entry on Quincy and taking the dirt access road would take a minimum of 25 minutes. The department would most likely defend structures and not be charged with extinguishing a wildland fire. Aurora Fire Rescue Stations 14 (22298 E Aurora Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80016) and 10 (3951 S Reservoir Rd, Aurora, CO 80013) are even farther away, and like Station 13, would first be charged with protecting lives, homes, schools, and other structures. In short, emergency response capacity for any fire on the Lowry Ranch CAP is grossly insufficient. Citations re: Fire Spread: Szasdi-Bardales, Fernando, Shamsaei, Kasra, Juliano, Timothy W., Kosovic, Branko, Ebrahimian, Hamed, and Elhami-Khorasani, Negar, 2025, "An offline coupling of fire spread models to simulate the 2021 Marshall Fire" International Journal of Wildland Fire Vol. 34, No. 1, 1448-5516 Lindley, T. Todd, Zwink, Alexander B., Speheger, Douglas A., Daily, Drew C., Smith, Bradley R., Schlatter, Paul T., Walbrun, Ryan W., Rasch, William, Elliott, Matthew S., Jeglum, Matthew E., Heffernan, Robyn L., Hockenberry, Heath E., and Bieda, Stephen W., 2024, "Retrospective Demonstrations of an Integrated Team Approach to Fire Warnings for Western United States Wildfire Disasters" Journal of Operational Meteorology pp 54, 23256184 Inadequate Response Planned for Spills and Emissions That is not the only threat having the Sunlight-Long Pad so close to homes and the reservoir. Spills, leaks and accidents are not rare in fracking operations. The uncontrolled blowout of the Chevron Bishop well in Galeton, a community of 256 about 7 miles northeast of Greeley, on April 6, 2025 sent a white geyser of water, crude oil and gas high into the air. Researchers from CSU measured 35.5 parts per billion of benzene at the plume’s edge — and calculated about 100 ppb at the center. The methane level was about 20 ppm. The federal Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Colorado health guidelines set the long-term exposure level to methane at no more than 9 ppb. It was almost five days before the well was secured and sealed. Pollution from the event was traced as far as eight miles from the well site midday April 8 and recorded levels of 22 ppb of benzene a mile away and 5.4 ppb 2 miles away. Chevron, the operator of the well, has recovered at least 3.8 million gallons of liquid waste fluid – a combination of oil, chemicals and contaminated water. But that number only encompasses what the company has been able to siphon into tanks. Not soil contaminated, not homes and an elementary school contaminated. Imagine this spill or accident happening at Sunlight-Long, near in proximity to the water supply for over 300,000 Aurora residents, and tens of thousands of homes. This was not the largest spill in Colorado. The Center for Western Priorities publishes a yearly Spill Tracker for reference (https://westernpriorities.org/resource/2023-spills-tracker). Spills like these highlight that no oil and gas operation is completely risk-free. Civitas, in their grossly inadequate Site Safety and Emergency Response Plan (attached), lists potential hazards that any person must be aware of while on a Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC production location. They include, but are not limited to, “the potential for release of hydrocarbon gases and/or liquids from production equipment/tanks, heavy truck and equipment traffic, loud noise, high pressures, and the potential for a flash fire. These hazards can vary depending on the work being performed.” Civitas requires all personnel and visitors to the site to wear “minimum personal protective equipment (PPE) to enter any Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC production location includes hard hat, safety glasses, safety toe boots, fire resistant clothing (FRC), and a 4-gas monitor.” The gas monitors for Oxygen (O2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), and Combustible Gases (LEL). The device provides real-time readings and uses audible, visual, and vibration alarms to warn users of hazardous gas levels, allowing for immediate action to ensure safety. Hydrogen Sulfide gas. While these certainly protect the workers and visitors to the site, there isn’t any system to IMMEDIATELY alert nearby residents of any big emission, which recent studies prove are extremely threatening to public health (See attached study by Sofia Bisogno et.al, August 2025). There is also no way to quickly respond to a significant spill. The Civitas emergency plan states “in the event of a large incident requiring outside assistance, Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC has contracted with Wild Well Control who possesses a working knowledge of oil and gas operations, emergency response and Incident Command. Once notified Wild Well Control personal can be on location from 6 to 12 hours.” There can be enormous harm and even death to thousands of residents if anything remotely like the Galeton blowout occurs. There is no nearby air quality monitor that could sound an emergency siren within minutes of a toxic air release. Civitas would just alert local authorities and then let them alert the public – critical time wasted. And considering the spill/fire scenario, the cache of non-PFAS foam is housed more than 30 minutes away by the Bennett Fire District at the Crestone Peak Resources Hub facility at 1614 Manilla Rd, in Watkins. The Civitas plan shows a map of hazards with a 2500-foot buffer. The standard for evacuation protocols for chemical or industrial spills and fires should extend one mile. Mapping this radius around proposed well pads reveals direct overlap with homes, schools, reservoirs, and even the Lowry Landfill Superfund site. Sunlight-Long is within a mile of over 850 homes. No homeowners, schools, or public buildings of any kind within one mile of the proposed pad have been presented an evacuation plan should the worst occur. Over 10,000 households live within 3 miles, including an estimated 7,800 children and 4,000 seniors. It seems prudent that each resident within a 3-mile radius (the area shown by public health studies to be highly impacted by normal operations, and certainly in danger during a major exposure) should be provided with a map of how to evacuate in an emergency of this nature. The chaos that could occur without a pre-planned route of escape is unacceptable. In closing, the evidence is undeniable: the Sunlight-Long pad proposal represents an unacceptable threat to public safety. Emergency response times are insufficient to control a fast-moving grassfire that could reach homes and schools before the first fire truck even arrives. Hazardous air emissions from spills or blowouts could affect thousands of residents within minutes, yet there are no commitments to real-time public warnings, no local air monitors, and no evacuation plans for families within one or three miles. Aurora depends on the reservoir and surrounding open space as both a water supply and a community lifeline. To site high-risk industrial operations here is to gamble with lives and public trust. There are locations where oil and gas activity may be managed more safely—but this site is not one of them.

241200313 Sunlight-Long permit

9/9/2025 7:29:08 PM

Please deny the Sunlight-Long permit. This location of oil drilling and fracking operations is dangerously close to neighborhoods, schools and the Aurora reservoir. The risks to the health of surrounding populations is too great and should be enough to reject the permit. Oil and gas drilling and fracking operations release hazardous air pollutants, including particulate matter, carcinogenic benzene and ozone precursors that degrade public health across nine Front Range counties. A recent Colorado study found that children with acute lymphocytic leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development as those without. Another recent study also found childhood asthma and lymphoma associated with proximity to fracking operations. The State Sunlight-Long operation would especially threaten nearby communities. According to Save the Aurora Reservoir: 10,000 households are located nearby, including 7,800 children and 4,000 seniors. Two elementary schools within a mile. A middle and a high school within 2 miles. Drilling would reach beneath the Aurora Reservoir, potentially polluting the drinking water supply. The high risk of leaks, blowouts, fires and explosions poses unacceptable safety and health threats and could contaminate the reservoir. The current location of Sunlight-Long is unacceptable! Respectfully, I urge you to deny this permit. Thank you, Angie Gridley

Protect the Aurora reservoir

9/9/2025 6:01:30 PM

Do not jeopardize the Aurora reservoir or allow fracking! Protect Aurora families, our natural resources, and our access to clean water!

No fracking

9/9/2025 4:49:04 PM

Please put the health of Aurora’s families and our natural spaces ahead of profits! Invest in clean energy and the quality of our water and air instead. The Aurora reservoir should be protected as a wonderful resource for drinking water, recreation and wildlife. Say no to fracking!

PROTECT THE AURORA RESERVOIR

9/9/2025 4:47:45 PM

The reservoir is both a beautiful and functional part of our community. Clean water is our most inportant resource. Oil and water do not mix.

Say No to oil wells in Aurora

9/9/2025 4:08:32 PM

Half the reason I moved to Colorado from Texas was to get away from state governments that disregard public health & safety whenever an oil company waves money at them. Don’t be like Texas. Say NO to these wells that could threaten the water we drink, the air we breathe, and our basic human right to live free and safe in Colorado.

Stop the Sunlight-Long Megapad

9/9/2025 3:49:07 PM

It’s up to the local organizations to protect the safety, health, and wellbeing of the environment, surrounding communities, and wildlife that are in this state. With more and more lax regulations, hold your state up to the best standard you can. Take pride in the community around you. Do not sell the people, land and environment for what will inevitably become blood money. People, animals, the environment will pay for negligence. Oil spills, contamination, and environmental damage are never if, it is always when. Stop this from happening in its tracks. Invest in cleaner energy. Fossil fuels are not the way forward. Sincerely, A concerned resident of Aurora.

Stop Sunlight-long Mega Pad

9/9/2025 3:15:09 PM

Dear affiliates of The Colorado ECMC (Energy and Carbon Management Commission) & Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, I am writing to ask you all to decline the approval of the Sunlight-long Mega Pad. The Colorado ECMC has a legal obligation to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife. This Sunlight-Long project poses major health risks for public safety due to the scale of possible impacts to water quality, air quality, and scale/proximity to the Aurora communities. The oil and gas industry is notorious for being water-guzzling. Especially when it comes to fracking. The close proximity of the operation, being one mile away from the Aurora reservoir, risks potential contamination. The EPA has laxened its water monitoring under the Clean Water Act after a recent regressive Supreme Court ruling, meaning Colorado agencies, like yourself, will have to pick up the slack when ensuring proper monitoring of the Aurora reservoir's precious water. The CO does not have the resources to properly monitor the 3 billion gallons of fresh water often associated with a fracking project of this size. The COGCC has been struggling with fracking operations up in Weld County in tracking the safety of the sheer volume of fracking projects that have been in operation since 2001. How can citizens of Aurora, CO expect quality surveillance of their water resources when the COGCC has consistently failed residents across Weld County regarding ground and surface water monitoring? Air quality is a major concern regarding this project. Colorado already receives an “F” from the American Lung Association for ozone pollution. The Lowry Comprehensive Area Plan is projected to release 73,000 tons of air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which drive ozone formation. Additional emissions include particulate matter (PM2.5), capable of traveling more than 100 miles and linked to severe health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory illness, and premature death. Hazardous chemicals—including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes—further compound these risks. This data is matched by EPA findings and in fact, the EPA gives Denver’s air the worst rating that is possible. This project will only contribute to the dire air quality the Denver Metro Area faces, which perpetuates negative public health outcomes. The Colorado Constitution directs state and local governments to assign the highest priority to the protection of a healthy environment—defined as “safe and sustainable conditions for human life, including healthy air, water, land, and ecological systems.” Yet regulators continue to rely on 7 year-old studies that explicitly acknowledge their limitations, including small sample sizes and unrepresentative emission measurements. These outdated sources fail to account for emerging research, most notably the 2025 CU Anschutz School of Public Health study, which found a direct correlation between oil and gas proximity and increased childhood (0-18 years of age) leukemia risk. The study concluded: Oil and gas development within a 3 mile radius may double the risk of childhood leukemia. This study analyzed a population-based case study of children born in Colorado between 1992-2019 between the ages of 2-9 years old. The population sample was of 2,706 children. From that sample, 451 children were identified as having been diagnosed with leukemia, showing statistical significance of the relationship of Oil and Gas industry's impact of children living in proximity to the industry. Policymakers should reevaluate existing standards in light of new evidence. By ignoring this data, decision-makers are willfully neglecting modern science in favor of outdated, inadequate assessments. In conclusion, the Sunlight-long Mega Pad project will ultimately perpetuate negative environmental exposure, which will contribute to poor health outcomes for Aurora, CO, citizens. There are other projects and means of creating and contributing to the Aurora economy that are less environmentally destructive and risk less taxpayer dollars due to negative health outcomes. Please stop the Sunlight-long Mega Pad, and similar projects, not only for Aurora but many other communities already dealing with negative health outcomes resulting from oil and gas activity projects alike. Thank you for your time <3 Gabriella L., B.A. Environmental Sociology and Policy Colorado State University

Oppose Fracking

9/9/2025 3:04:18 PM

Keep the public lands safe from fracking.

No Fracking!

9/9/2025 1:31:39 PM

As a resident of Colorado who has not only enjoyed the beauty of the Aurora reservoir but also as someone concerned for the health and safety of all residents in the area, I say no to the proposition. The risks to irreparably harm the natural land, animals, and nearby residences is way too high. Do not abandon your care for the earth and all it's inhabitants who depend on places like the reservoir for clean drinking water and beautiful recreational space.

Protect the Aurora Reservoir

9/9/2025 1:28:38 PM

I have used the Aurora Reservoir for recreation and I would like it to be preserved for this use without having to worry about contamination from oil development so closeby. Safe drinking water is a human right for all people and should not be jeopardized so that a small group of people can make money. The Aurora Reservoir is to precious of a resource to allow it to be put at risk for short term profits.

No Fracking Way!

9/9/2025 1:15:46 PM

Please do not do this!!!! Aurora Reservoir should NOT have ANY drilling of ANY kind!!!

PROTECT SACRED LAND

9/9/2025 12:11:44 PM

I and many others strongly oppose any more destruction of the little we have left of wildlife habitats and nature. It is disgusting to watch as politicians and greedy billionaires work tirelessly to destroy our planet. We need nature to survive. It’s incredibly disrespectful to the local community, to families, and to our planet to destroy resources that support us and help maintain a functioning ecosystem for all. It is absolutely shameful to attempt to cut everything down to feed your own financial agendas and we won’t stand for that.

No oil near Auroras reservoir

9/9/2025 11:51:53 AM

Keep our water clean and safe from oil leaks. Do not allow big oil to build near our reservoir. We must protect our ecosystems from further risks.

Keep our water and land clean

9/9/2025 11:28:33 AM

Allowing this large fracking project to take land and water that is used by our community for temporary financial gain is shameful. There is no reason that in a state where water is already a very valuable resource, to waste it for profit. Our clean drinking water should remain for the community. The community has already spoken out against this. Why are our leaders allowing this operation to go through? Save our land, save the water, save the community that relies on both for our future generations. Do not sell for temporary profit. This is not good for the community or wanted by the community.

Opposed

9/9/2025 11:20:46 AM

As someone who relies on this reservoir for drinking was and public recreation, I am opposed to this project. Positioning such a facility so close to the reservoir is myopic, dangerous, and irresponsible. Please vote no.

Save the Aurora Reservoir!!

9/9/2025 10:56:08 AM

Fracking so close to a water source that 400,000 people rely on is a public health risk. Corporations will capitalize on the degradation of local communities, and will be considered a human rights violation.

Stop the cancerous corporations.

9/9/2025 10:17:06 AM

Prioritize our one and only earth over the profite of the oil and gas companies that seek to destroy it. Seeking continuous growth in a finite system is called CANCER.

Keep our water clean!

9/9/2025 10:03:24 AM

Please prevent the contamination of our water sources and ecosystem by not allowing access to companies who prioritize profit over human and environmental safety!

SAY NO TO FRACKING

9/9/2025 9:54:17 AM

Please prioritize the health and safety of our communities over the interests of oil and gas development. We must stop the expansion of fracking and instead invest in renewables in order to protect the health of Coloradans and the health of our climate.

Please keep our drinking water safe!

9/9/2025 9:51:09 AM

Please do no allow these to be constructed! Our drinking water supply is already limited, there aren’t other sources we can turn to if anything goes wrong and the Aurora reservoir is contaminated. The risk is just too great. There are other ways to bring money into the city and county without risking our water supply! What is the plan for protecting the reservoir if this goes forward? How will you prevent accidents from occurring? The track record is bad, and examples of spills in the last few years show how great the risk is for a spill to happen here. Please don’t put the health and safety of Aurora residents in jeopardy. Not to mention the risk to wildlife and the ecosystem. Listen to water experts and the community- it is unsafe to pursue this operation in the middle of Aurora, in a community that is rapidly growing and doesn’t have other water sources! If something goes wrong and there is a spill or leak, the entire city’s water supply would be contaminated! That is unacceptable, and we have to demand better for our community! We deserve clean drinking water and access to responsibly managed open spaces!

Keep our water clean!

9/9/2025 9:50:01 AM

Be so for real. The actual people that live here and community do NOT want fracking near our public land and drinking water. This could harm us people, the ecosystem, environment, and wildlife. The fact that we have to fight against this is insane. Do not allow this to happen.

No Fracking Near, By, or Around the Aurora Reservoir

9/9/2025 9:46:43 AM

I've gone to Aurora reservoir since I was kid. We must keep the land and water free of all pollutants. And protect the wildlife from the negative impacts to their habitat if this is allowed to happen. I am strongly opposed to this.

No fracking near public water

9/9/2025 9:43:06 AM

Please think about people for once. Don’t allow fracking near public drinking water. That’s insane. Do your research Thank you for NOT allowing this to happen and protect the people, not your wallet.

No Fracking Near Our Water

9/9/2025 9:15:53 AM

The Aurora reservoir is a touchstone for nature for so many Colorado citizens, as well as a source of drinking water for the area. I strongly oppose all efforts to jeopardize this, including the proposed fracking site.

Strongly oppose fracking site near Aurora Reservoir

9/9/2025 8:55:35 AM

Please keep the drinking water safe and oppose the fracking site. Safe drinking water in Colorado seems to be diminishing and our priorities need to be in line with the health and safety of citizens, not oil and gas companies. Do not allow this fracking site to happen.

Care about our future

9/9/2025 8:40:06 AM

I strongly oppose the mega fracking pad because of the irreversible damage it will do to the Earth and the instant devastating effect it will have on the communities near it especially the children. We must care about our future generations for that it’s who will inherit the Earth. No money in the world is worth destroying our home! Please have compassion and empathy for humanity as we have enough fracking wells in our state. And please consider the damage you are doing to all the people and nature you are affecting in beautiful Colorado. I have lived here my whole life and i will continue to protect my home for as long as I live, for those who can’t speak and for the future generations who won’t be able to speak if we continue to frack! Thank you for NOT FRACKING THE AURORA RESERVOIR!

NO fracking at Aurora Reservoir

9/9/2025 8:08:12 AM

I cannot understand why this is even on the table. Who in their right mind would approve this? Who in their right mind would thing exposing thousands of people - thousands of children - to the effects this would certainly bring about is a good idea? This water is an ESSENTIAL part of animal and human life in Aurora and beyond. It is abhorrent that anyone could imagine destroying it.

Keep our drinking water safe

9/9/2025 6:52:29 AM

Letting companies drill near the reservoir that provides drinking water to Aurora residents is negligent. We cannot afford the risk of this water source becoming contaminated.

Keep auroras water clean

9/9/2025 6:34:49 AM

Do not drill near the aurora reservoir please. This action can and most likely will negatively affect the community in a lot of ways. Clean water is extremely important to the health of this community, please keep the water clean. Thank you

No Fracking near Aurora water sources

9/8/2025 10:48:47 PM

It goes without saying, it's not logical to frack near a water source. It's 3,200 feet from homes, 3,000 feet from Aurora Reservoir, which is drinking water for 400,000 people.

Fracking in Aurora Reservoir

9/8/2025 10:12:26 PM

Please do not use our beautiful land for oil fracking. Not only will this destroy ecosystems, it will also pollute our air, harm our lungs and contaminate our water and lead to increased health risks. Colorado is a state full of rich and historic ecosystems and animals. It’s what makes our state what it is. Do not destroy our beautiful lands for the sake of profit.

Absolutely no fracking

9/8/2025 10:11:53 PM

This is proven dangerous and a public health disaster. Keep this out of Colorado and keep our citizens healthy.

NO FRACKING

9/8/2025 9:45:39 PM

I firmly oppose the Sunlight-Long Mega Pad project due to its unacceptable risks to public health, water resources, and safety. The project’s proximity to residential areas, schools, and the Aurora Reservoir poses significant concerns. I urge the ECMC to take the following actions: 1) Deny the permit, 2) Conduct a comprehensive and transparent alternative site analysis, and 3) Reevaluate the health risks based on the most recent peer-reviewed scientific research. The Commission must prioritize protecting the well-being of the public and the environment, rather than prioritizing industry profits.

Opposed.

9/8/2025 9:06:22 PM

I am unable to attend the meeting. Please hear the people. As a lifelong resident of aurora, co I am strongly opposed to this. This is too close to our drinking water, schools, and community. Please do not let this happen.

Save Aurora Reservoir

9/8/2025 8:02:24 PM

Aurora does not have many places that allow for its citizens to enjoy nature and the outdoors. And most importantly, you cannot put the drinking water at risk.

This is a bad idea

9/8/2025 6:26:08 PM

How can you possibly promote more drilling when you are parents and have children who you are leaving this planet to? Without conservation your children and grandchildren won't care which side you were on because they won't have a planet to live on. This is science.

No Fracking near our families!

9/8/2025 5:37:37 PM

Please do your due diligence and look at the facts surrounding fracking near schools, homes, and drinking water supplies. Please do not allow this dangerous practice to occur in the close vicinity to so many southeast Aurora families. No money brought in by these practices is worth the long-term adverse effects. No Fracking anywhere near the Aurora Reservoir!

no drilling, no fracking

9/8/2025 3:58:17 PM

Keep it in the ground! Please protect the planet. We don't need fossil fuels.

Oppose major fracking and drilling sore

9/8/2025 2:58:26 PM

Yes, we are somewhat dependent on oil, but to put a major fracking site near a reservoir and homes is a dangerous idea! Peoples lives and well-being are at stake. This must stop immediately!

Don’t Frack the Aurora Reservoir

9/8/2025 11:02:20 AM

Don't Approve Fracking in the Aurora Reservoir Neighborhood. Stop taking advantage of people. Use common sense. Consider if you lived in the area.

Dangerous drilling plan

9/8/2025 8:57:02 AM

Please don't approve the drilling plan under the precious drinking water for several hundred thousand people in Aurora and SE suburbs. People's Health comes first!

Dangerous Neighborhood Fracking for the Sake of Profits

9/8/2025 8:46:50 AM

I strongly oppose the Sunlight-Long Mega Pad due to its unacceptable risks to public health, water, and safety. This massive industrial project is too close to homes, schools, and the Aurora Reservoir. I urge the ECMC to: 1) Deny the permit, 2) Require a full, transparent alternative site analysis, and 3) Reevaluate health risks using the latest peer-reviewed science. The Commission must uphold its mandate to protect people and the environment—not industry profits.

Save Our Children

9/8/2025 8:12:00 AM

Please Save Our Children!!!! The research is clear that some of Aurora's children will die needlessly if this goes through. As a mother of four I will pray every night that it will not be mine. These are preventable deaths and family devastations. Aurora will not longer be able to call itself a great American city if this passes. It will forever be a city that sold it's children out for extra cash. If passed I will not be quiet about making sure people know that Aurora is not a place to move to make a home but a place that does not care about it's residents as it choose devastations, illness and death for it's residents. Didn't we learn from places like the Love Canal in the past. The lawsuits that will follow from every family that has a child who develops cancer while living in Aurora moving forward will bankrupt the city. It will not be the oil companies that will be responsible for this but the city itself as it made the choice to let this site move forward just feet from our schools and homes. The committee members who vote are the ones that will ultimately hold the responsibility for the loss of life that will occur. Please hear us and stop this insanity. Years of illnesses, losses and lawsuits are not how any of us want to live. Save our children.

Neighborhood Fracking is Dangerous

9/7/2025 10:30:02 PM

I’ve only just recently moved to the Wheatlands neighborhood. After researching this project, I am strongly opposed to it. The health risks to families and especially children are far too high. The environmental impacts are also concerning. I respectfully ask that you not approve this project and instead protect our families and beautiful reservoir.

PLEASE!!! Don't Approve Fracking in the Aurora Reservoir Neighborhood

9/7/2025 9:37:12 PM

It would be a travesty to approve drilling in an area surrounded by so many houses and people and too close to schools and Aurora's drinking water!! We have seen what can happen when there are "accidents" at fracking sites--and even "routine" operations can lead to emissions of dangerous chemicals like benzene and increase health threats. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE--Deny this permit and fulfill your obligation to protect the health and safety of Colorado residents. THANK YOU!!

No tracking anywhere!

9/7/2025 7:52:43 PM

What part of this is a good idea? None. What part is a bad idea? All of it. I can only agree with other comments of all the concerning affects that comes from this. I have never personally seen an operation so close to housing, schools and and a major water source. Clean water is hard enough to come by and we have to with more people continually. There is also noise, bright lights and the possibility of earthquakes as we've heard about in the past. Airborne contaminates are my personal concern as I have a condition called sarcoidosis in my lungs, I only have a 54 percent lung function making breathing hard while exerting yourself. This is caused by many airborne things, no one item can be pinpointed, I cannot take any more damaging things in the air. Do they not care about humans, wildlife, plants? It sounds like no real environmental studies have been done, if they have, I would be quick to believe that they have been falsified especially so close to homes and water. It all sounds like greed by an organization and they dont care about the little guy, just run them over. Somewhere in there I'm sure there is probably some crooked dealings that will profit some politicians like other deals made in this state. If it's all about $$$$ then let's shut it down now!!!!

Protect Our Kids, Our Homes, and Our Water — Stop the Sunlight-Long Well Pad

9/7/2025 12:02:32 PM

I moved to this neighborhood in 2020 with my husband and our two children because it felt like the safest, most supportive community we had ever lived in. We invested our life savings into our home here, believing this would be a place where our kids could grow up healthy, safe, and surrounded by a community that feels like family. That trust — in our community, in our state, and in the laws that are supposed to protect us — is why this proposed drilling feels like such a betrayal. We trust our government to make decisions that are in the best interest of its citizens. In no world is fracking, especially in the middle of neighborhoods and schools, in the best interest of citizens. Everyday life would be transformed into constant worry. Every time I fill my children’s water bottles, I’ll wonder if the water is safe. Every time they walk outside for recess or step onto the baseball field, I’ll wonder what they’re breathing in. That is not a normal way to raise a family. That is a burden no parent should have to carry. The risks aren’t abstract. The proposed site is just miles from elementary, middle, and high schools. It threatens the Aurora Reservoir, our city’s primary water source. It exposes thousands of families and children to dangerous air pollution. And it doesn’t just threaten our health — it threatens our financial security. Families like mine invested everything into living here, and placing a massive fracking site in our backyard will drive down property values and drive families away from a community that is otherwise thriving. Yes, life carries risks. If I drive a car, I accept the risk of an accident. If my kids play sports, I accept the risk of injuries. But those are choices we knowingly make. We did not choose to have a 32-well industrial site imposed on us. This is an unavoidable risk, forced upon families who moved here with the reasonable expectation of safety. We are asking you not only to hear us but to protect us. Protect our water. Protect our children. Protect our homes. The decisions you make now will echo for generations. Please do not let our community become the cautionary tale our children have to live with.

No fracking -- dangerous for children

9/7/2025 10:34:49 AM

A peer-reviewed study titled Exposures from Oil and Gas Development and Childhood Leukemia Risk in Colorado: A Population-Based Case–Control Study [1] concluded the following: Colorado’s children living within 13 km of O&G well sites are at increased risk for ALL, with children within 5 km bearing the greatest risk. Current setbacks between O&G well sites and residences may not be sufficient to protect the health of these children. There is a middle school and high school within 4km of the proposed site. We cannot subject our children to these risks. [1] https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-1583

No fracking where we live!

9/7/2025 8:01:53 AM

This DESTROYS property values! As a local Real Estate agent, I already have a wide variety of clients avoiding certain areas due to the fracking activity in the area - buyers set value - if they wont buy a home, and you cant sell it because of fracking, then what!? You lose your investment or much of what it should be! No to fracking in these areas!

Opposing fracking

9/6/2025 9:28:00 PM

Fossil fuel must be left in the ground if my grandchildren are to survive. Even if refusing to transition away from fossil fuel was not as crazy as it is, Colorado just doesn't have the water to waste on this insane practice.

Phase out fracking, don't allow it near the Aurora Reservoir

9/6/2025 4:37:37 PM

Fossil fuel production by Suncor in Commerce City clearly shows the damage this industry is wreaking on our families and children. We don't need more fracking in Colorado, especially when it will clearly hurt the water quality and threaten the health of the many homes and businesses nearby. I strongly urge the COGCC to deny approval of this new fracking well complex. Enough is is enough!

Keep Arapahoe County residents safe

9/6/2025 2:09:19 PM

My family and I strongly oppose the proposed State Sunlight Long well pad project and ask that you deny this proposal. The project would place 32 fracking wells on a 35-acre site just 3,000 feet from the nearest homes, and too close to the Aurora Reservoir by the County’s own measure. This proposal presents unacceptable risks to our health, safety, environment, and water supply, and it is not in the best interest of our community. My foremost concern is for our drinking water. The well pad location does not meet county setback regulations that require oil and gas operations to be at least a mile away from reservoirs, and the well pad's service road comes within 500 feet of the Aurora Reservoir. Even with the most careful precautions, accidents will happen and it is unacceptable to allow our drinking water to bear any risk of contamination. Further, the proposed location of this well pad and wellbores are terrifyingly close to the Lowry Landfill Superfund site. The activity from the proposed site could easily breach the buffer zone protecting our local aquifers from contamination from the landfill, thereby poisoning the groundwater for residents and farmers. Finally, the proposed site is far too close to existing homes and schools, given the high incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children living within 8 miles of oil and gas activity. Knowing the potential harm to the children in our community from the hazardous carcinogens involved in the proposed fracking site, it is an unacceptable risk. Given these concerns (among many others), I urge you to prioritize the health, safety, and well-being of Arapahoe County residents and DENY the approval of the State Sunlight Long well pad proposal. We rely on you to make the responsible decision to protect our community and environment.

Just Say No to Fracking!

9/6/2025 2:07:47 PM

To the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission: I strongly urge you to deny the permit for the proposed Sunlight-Long Mega Pad near Aurora Reservoir. Any fracking has risks to the health and well-being of our families and residents of Aurora. It is also harmful to our water and environment.

Deny the permit for fracking near the Aurora Reservoir

9/6/2025 12:08:13 PM

Civitas Resources’ Sunlight-Long mega well pad isn’t just another oil & gas project—it’s a dangerous industrial site proposed right next to homes, schools, places of worship, and water supply. Children living within 5 km (3.1 miles) of oil & gas wells have nearly double the risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), especially in high-activity areas. With the Sunlight-Long well pad, 32 new wells are planned near homes. Fugitive emissions (toxic, unmonitored vapors) from well pads will travel undetected into our homes, posing serious health risks. These local health risks, along with the generalized air and climate pollution, require that you deny this permit. Thank-you!

No fracking

9/6/2025 11:25:57 AM

We do not want fracking near our homes or schools!

No fracking in Aurora

9/6/2025 11:24:43 AM

I am a resident of Aurora and I don't want the Sunlight-Long mega well pad anywhere near the Aurora Reservoir, or in Aurora. This proposal is a dangerous industrial site too close to a precious water resource, one that we as a community should be safeguarding at all costs, not poisoning with this well pad. Furthermore, homes, places of worship, schools, and areas for children to play all within a five kilometer radius will be impacted. Fugitive emissions such as toxic, unmonitored vapors will hurt the residents surrounding the proposed well pad site, as well as all the new home developments in that area. Children living within this radius have nearly double the risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and that alone should counsel us as a community to say no to this oil and gas project. Act with conscious, in the best interest of all community members, not just the monied interests of the few who will financially gain from the Sunlight-Long mega well pad.

NO FRACKING NEAR OUR HOMES AND SCHOOLS

9/5/2025 9:58:32 PM

I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to this site and fracking. This is especially close to homes, schools, and the reservoir which will impact water, air quality, and our health and the health of our children. The county continues to talk about the measures in place for safety but that will only tell us something failed AFTER it fails. And it will fail. I moved away from Suncor in Denver purposely to avoid the ongoing failures and air quality for myself, my daughter, and my family. And now, oil companies seem to have bought our county officials so they will refuse to listen to the overwhelming voice of the community that is against this project. This is not safe, it is not wanted. Do right by the community and do not approve this project.

Public Comment Opposing the Sunlight-Long Mega Pad

9/4/2025 6:14:04 PM

To the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission: I strongly urge you to deny the permit for the proposed Sunlight-Long Mega Pad near Aurora Reservoir. This project poses unacceptable risks to public health, water, air quality, and local ecosystems, and violates both state law and local setback ordinances. The pad is just 0.6 miles from Aurora’s primary drinking water source, and directly beneath it. A single accident could contaminate the Denver Basin Aquifer—an irreversible threat to over 400,000 people. Over 10,000 households, 7,800 children, and 4,000 seniors live within 2 miles. Two elementary schools are just 1 mile away. A 2025 CU Anschutz study shows kids living near oil & gas development are twice as likely to develop childhood leukemia. This massive industrial site (32 wells on 35+ acres) will emit tens of thousands of tons of ozone-forming pollutants and hazardous chemicals, worsening Denver’s already failing air quality. Local laws require a 1-mile buffer from water sources and a 3,000-ft setback from homes and schools—yet this pad was granted an unjustified exception. That sets a dangerous precedent. Fracking here will permanently destroy 3 billion gallons of freshwater, increase wildfire and seismic risk, and threaten wildlife in one of Colorado’s most populated and ecologically sensitive regions. The oil and gas industry contributes less than 1% of Colorado jobs and exports most of its product out of state. Meanwhile, communities bear the burden of pollution, health costs, and environmental degradation. The Commission has a legal and moral duty to protect people and the planet. Do not trade our health and water for private profit. Deny the Sunlight-Long permit.

Not under MY home!

9/4/2025 5:00:06 PM

A BIG NO to this plan!! The proposed fracking map clearly excludes the most affluent neighborhoods in our region but don't be fooled, every neighborhood will be impacted if fracking is allowed to proceed. Our community members health, drinking water safety and protection of fragile ecosystems near the Aurora Reservoir should be our priority.

The benefit isn't worth the cost

9/4/2025 8:51:00 AM

We can't plead ignorance anymore and pretend that fracking has no effect on the surrounding community. The risks and impacts to *thousands* of people are real. Our kids, our elders, and the whole community deserve safety. There are plenty of places to drill that aren't right next to homes and schools. Those real lives matter more than a little incremental profit for the drillers.

Fracking is for the....oh nevermind...it's not.

9/4/2025 8:47:18 AM

Fracking is beyond harmful for so many reasons. Why are we still trying to do things that like?

No concern for the well-being of children, residents of Southeast Aurora

9/3/2025 2:53:03 PM

It’s essential that the ECMC take the best interest of its citizens to mind and REJECT State Sunlight-Long. We need to prevent irreversible harm to the community, especially to vulnerable populations like children, the elderly and the wildlife in the area. The proposed fracking site near schools and homes is a direct threat that we cannot afford to ignore. ECMC has an opportunity to protect the health and well-being of its residents and prevent further environmental damage. The risks posed by the fracking wells are too great to ignore, and it is crucial that local officials prioritize the safety of the community. STATE SUNLIGHT-LONG wells should not move forward as is is egregiously too close to Altitude Elementary, Woodland Elementary, Fox Ridge MS, Infinity MS, and Cherokee Trail High School.

Stop Sunlight-Long Mega Pad

9/3/2025 12:47:21 PM

32 wells placed on one 35+ acre pad is proposed just over a half a mile from the closest homes. Over 10,000 households are within a 2-mile radius, with an estimated 7,800 children and 4,000 seniors, and the drill site is 1 mile from two elementary schools and less than 2 miles from a middle school and high school. Aurora Reservoir, the city’s primary drinking water source, is just 0.6 miles from the proposed Sunlight-Long mega well pad. Sunlight-Long drilling is proposed next to, and also below, this vital Aurora water supply, which exposes the water source to high-risk. Sunlight-Long represents high health risks. Children living within 3 miles of oil & gas wells have nearly double the risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The Denver metro area ranks as the 6th most ozone-polluted city in the U.S., for the third year in a row (American Lung Association report). Since June 1, this neighborhood has had 50 ozone alert days, when children and seniors are advised to stay indoors. Oil and gas operations contribute 60% of Colorado’s ozone pollution!

Sunlight-Long Mega Fracking Pad

9/3/2025 8:50:57 AM

It seems to me the only reason to have a State Energy and Carbon Management Commission is to protect the air and water quality for its citizens. It is common knowledge that the ozone levels in the Denver area are already too high to the health of the people. And oil and gas operations contribute 60% of ozone problem. I'm also deeply concerned about protecting the fresh water that we have left here. Putting 3 billion gallons of fresh water at risk of contamination seems foolhardy. Please reconsider subjecting the people to more fracking pollution.

No fracking

9/3/2025 8:07:11 AM

No fracking, please

Not worth the risk

9/3/2025 7:28:31 AM

Just one unfortunate or unknown issue during the process that damages or compromises Aurora Reservoir Water will cost all Colorado tax payers billions.

Fracking Near Aurora Reservoir Threatens Public Health and Safety

9/2/2025 9:50:58 PM

I strongly oppose the approval of the 32 new wells planned for the State Sunlight-Long site near the Aurora Reservoir. This project threatens the health, safety, and quality of life of nearby residents, including children, seniors, and unborn babies. Air emissions from fracking are well-documented to release toxic chemicals and carcinogens such as benzene, which can cause serious health impacts. Locating industrial fracking operations just 0.6 miles from neighborhoods and within one mile of the Aurora Reservoir is reckless and unacceptable. Our reservoir is a critical water source, recreation site, and community resource, putting it at risk endangers us all. Furthermore, Civitas has a troubling record of falsifying data on multiple projects, yet continues to receive permits. This demonstrates a lack of accountability and undermines public trust in both the operator and the permitting process. We cannot ignore past disasters such as the well blowout in Galeton, which spewed toxic chemicals and required years of cleanup. If something similar occurred near Aurora’s dense neighborhoods and vital water supply, the damage would be catastrophic and irreversible. The ECMC has a responsibility to protect public health and safety, not to rubber-stamp oil and gas projects. I urge the Commission to reject this application and put the well-being of Colorado families, our environment, and our future ahead of short-term corporate profit

ECMC is legally obliged to protect public health, stop this massive project located near SO many people

9/2/2025 9:17:57 PM

The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) has a legal obligation to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife. I am calling on you to fulfill this obligation by not approving this dangerous oil & gas (O&G) fracking mega well pad next to the Aurora Reservoir, schools, homes, parks, and critical wildlife habitat. O&G operations in CO have a sorry record of safety violations and, we are learning, dishonesty in reporting about such events as well. There are explosions, leaks and accidents regularly. They are predictable. They will continue. On average CO has more than 1000 O&G spills annually. The 2024 Galeton Geyser spewed toxic air and water into the surrounding communities for five days! 20,000 barrels of water and 5,000 barrels of hydrocarbons. State air monitoring recorded dangerous carcinogens such as benzene, methane, and toluene up to one mile away. A 2025 CU Anschutz School of Public Health study, found a direct correlation between O&G proximity and increased childhood leukemia risk. But when it’s not your family falling sick… or your home suddenly losing it’s value… well…? So the question is, who will you support? The O&G industry standing to make huge profits from these wells? Or the people who never asked for this, never anticipated this risk to their safety, and who are here tonight speaking out against it? Please locate these operations much farther from people and water supplies.

No to Fracking

9/2/2025 3:33:03 PM

Clear NO to Fracking in SE Aurora and so close to schools and homes!!!!

Aurora Fracking Public Hearing

9/2/2025 2:37:55 PM

NO FRACKING FOR HUMANITY’s SAKE

9/2/2025 2:32:31 PM

Tell the State of Colorado NOT to approve a massive and dangerous oil & gas fracking mega well pad next to the Aurora Reservoir, schools, homes, parks, and critical wildlife habitat. Our friends at Save The Aurora Reservoir have been organizing against proposed fracking in SE Aurora for nearly 3 years and are sounding the alarm now: this is the big one, folks! NO FRACKING AT ANY COST! Don’t sacrifice peoples health, schools and parks/open area environment- FOR BIG OIL, GAS, $$$$$! Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, LD

No fracking

9/1/2025 8:47:49 PM

Please don’t allow this to happen right next to our homes 9/1/2025 4:08:19 PM I’m begging now as I am starting to feel hopeless and it seems you will approve anything the big oil companies decide to do. We live in Southshore and we don’t want this in our backyard. We have children and we know the dangers of fracking so close to our homes. Why do they need to frack next to our houses? The answer is they don’t, but money and greed are what this is about. Please do your jobs and protect our families from this company that has proven time and again that they will break the rules and lie cheat and steal in order to make money. They don’t need to drill in our backyards. Please stop this!

Stop this project noe

9/1/2025 6:16:15 PM

This is just insane. All for a easy buck.

Please don’t allow this to happen right next to our homes

9/1/2025 4:08:19 PM

I’m begging now as I am starting to feel hopeless and it seems you will approve anything the big oil companies decide to do. We live in Southshore and we don’t want this in our backyard. We have children and we know the dangers of fracking so close to our homes. Why do they need to frack next to our houses? The answer is they don’t, but money and greed are what this is about. Please do your jobs and protect our families from this company that has proven time and again that they will break the rules and lie cheat and steal in order to make money. They don’t need to drill in our backyards. Please stop this!

Against fracking

9/1/2025 3:38:03 PM

Why is this still even a consideration when there are homes filled with families only 3,000 feet away from the drill sites and under a water supply source for approximately 366,000 people? Fracking negatively impacts health, environment and property

NO to Fracking

9/1/2025 12:26:57 PM

The list of downsides is so great, common sense dictates a resounding NO to fracking. It's time to stop going after the almighty dollar and make decisions based on a healthier, safer and cleaner future for all.

Please keep industrial drilling OUT of Aurora!

9/1/2025 11:04:58 AM

The Sunlight-Long Mega Well Pad proposal would put over 10,000 households at risk of health defects from oil/gas site pollution AND put Aurora's primary drinking water source (only a half mile away!) at risk of pollution. Please keep industrial drilling OUT of Aurora!

Please Deny the State Sunlight/Long OGDP

8/31/2025 9:35:23 PM

The ECMC's mission is to regulate the oil and gas industry in a manner protective of public health, safety, welfare, wildlife and the environment. I understand that the ECMC's job isn't to fight against the oil and gas industry. I understand that at the OGDP phase that the concerns are more about how to proceed with development rather than debate whether development should exist or not. It is not a matter of whether you should or shouldn't develop this oil and gas project. As citizens, we should be able to demand that you properly regulate the oil and gas industry, and properly regulating it would mean continuing with development. Properly regulating would also mean upholding your mission. As citizens of Aurora, our health, safety, welfare, and environment, and likely our wildlife are at serious risk because this OGDP places the wells are all within 3 miles of well over 10,000 housholds, 7,800 children, and 4,000 seniors. It proposes to frack underneath and within 0.6 miles of Aurora's primary source of drinking water. One leak, one blowout, one accident and that water that is OUR water is undrinkable. Please uphold your mission that you are required to uphold by law. Please deny this OGDP and don't accept it until you can assure that our health, safety, welfare, wildlife, and environment can all be protected while it's constructed and operating.

No Fracking

8/29/2025 2:25:05 PM

Fracking should not be allowed so close to schools and community. This is a reckless plan that endangers children’s health - they have an extremely acute risk of developing lymphoma if they live close to wells. This new project is unacceptable and poses extreme risks to the lives and well-being of those living close to the proposed site.

Say No Fracking, listen to the communities

8/29/2025 4:18:14 AM

Fracking should not be allowed near growing communities. If you lived in near the Aurora Reservoir you would not want any fracking site within miles. Think of the children and all the research proving how reckless and dangerous this is. This fracking site plan should have never happened! We all oppose this fracking site and we will not stop no matter what happens. It will not be tolerated! Go frack way out East hundreds of miles away from growing communities!

Fracking near the Aurora Reservoir

8/28/2025 4:22:12 PM

The single biggest threat to the existence of life on earth is the extraction and consumption of fossil fuels. We have been fed lies from the industry in order to maintain their source of massive profits, but many studies have shown levels of air pollution and other forms of pollution resulting from fossil fuels. Expanding this activity near a residential community and reservoir would only add to the disease, death and destruction already cause by the industry. This is IMMORAL in every sense of the word.

No!!! Save the Aurora Reservoir and communities

8/27/2025 3:40:21 PM

I’m a parent of two kids that go to Fox Ridge Middle School and Cherokee Trail high school, we live in the Tallyns reach Neighbourhood and just should not even be up for debate! Do not approve this awful proposal. If you care about your Aurora residents and their health and wellbeing as well as the environment , do not go ahead. Do not approve this!

No to fracking

8/27/2025 12:30:43 PM

I’m a firm NO to the proposed fracking near our community. It’s dangerous, short-sighted, and puts our children’s health at risk. We need clean air, safe water, and a future—not toxic wells in our backyard. Multiple Colorado-based studies have found troubling links between proximity to oil and gas operations (including fracking) and serious negative health outcomes—especially for children and vulnerable populations. Please re-consider and STOP the proposed fracking sites!

fracking

8/25/2025 10:05:37 PM

please do not do this

Fracking

8/25/2025 9:58:53 PM

This absolutely cannot pass! Too much people in this growing community. Please stand up to this.

Nooo

8/25/2025 9:56:22 PM

We are family of 4, 3 of us have asthma Please do not allowed this to go through, its increased risk of childhood leukemia if you live within 3 miles, we just moved here, want to love our community, school, business, lake everything around here. For all our health, please dont let it go through

Move State Sunlight Long as far to the east as possbile

8/25/2025 9:33:51 AM

Please do not allow the application for the State Sunlight-Long project, in the Lowry CAP to move forward. I live directly west of the proposed site in the Southshore neighborhood. I am elderly, and cannot breathe the dust and polluted air generated by the drilling and transport without serious effects on my health. The light and noise pollution will also shorten and negatively impact the quality of my daily life by forcing me to remain indoors during the final years of my life. Please do not approve this project, not only for my well-being, but for the mental, physical, and emotional health of my neighbors. Please also be aware that there are no insurance policies available to cover my home when an accident in the Lowry CAP occurs. All language (cited below) in my current policy specifically excludes any type of coverage caused by fracking and it's related activities. SECTION I – LOSSES NOT INSURED pollutants include but are not limited to any: (b) contaminants or pollutants resulting from any natural resource extraction activities; or (2) We also will not pay for: (b) the cost to extract contaminants or pollutants from land, water, or air, or the cost to remove, restore, or replace contaminated or polluted land, water, or air and shifting, expanding, or contracting of earth, all regardless of whether combined with water, sewage, or any material carried by, or otherwise moved by the earth. Earth movement includes but is not limited to: (1) earthquake; (2) landslide, mudslide, or mudflow; (3) sinkhole or subsidence; (4) movement resulting from: (a) improper compaction; (b) site selection; (c) natural resource extraction activities; or (d) excavation; (5) erosion; (6) pressure by surface or subsurface earth or fill; In light of all of the date available please consider: 1) halting the entire fracking project 2) moving the well-pads at least three miles away from residential neighborhoods 3) setting up a substantial Crestone/Civitas reserve fund to cover potential damage to the residents, businesses, schools, churches, and neighborhoods surrounding the CAP. Thank you for your consideration.

This Cannot Go Through

8/24/2025 12:28:11 AM

For the sake of our current and future children, along with those already living within the proposed fracking site, and our planet; the proposition to frack the Sunlight-Long area must be struck down. Industries and Colorado’s local and state governments have long prioritized commodification of natural resources over human and planetary health. In a time where so much information on the negative effects of living close to fracking is available, choosing to put an area full of people at risk of carcinogenic exposure is evil. Not only this, but in a state where water is becoming evermore scarce, tainting a large reserve of water used for household activities and drinking water would be wasteful and harmful. I do not speak on behalf of SUNY ESF, but as a graduate student attending their school, I learn and see first-hand the negative effects of environmental degradation to communities and the planet on a daily basis. There are too many examples of negative local environmental crises to look past the detrimental effects this will have on the Aurora community. I was born and raised in Colorado and I want nothing more than to see our communities thrive. Let’s not wait until another inevitable study about the negative effects to our earth and our community members comes out to start making positive change. Instead, let’s come together and reflect on our relationship with our planet and find ways to divert the money for projects like this one into our communities. Academic resource links: CSU study on negative effects of fracking and how to mitigate them: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/5/472/6553278?login=false Pennsylvania town seeing harmful effects of fracking (Colorado Department of Health study referenced): https://www.ehn.org/fractured-harmful-chemicals-fracking

Sunlight Long

8/23/2025 12:47:10 PM

I'm not against fracking. But in light of the LOCAL study, from the University of COLORADO that says there is an increased risk of childhood leukemia if you live within 3 miles, WHY are we ok with 3000ft from thousands of homes? It makes 0 sense. We love our community, schools, churches, businesses. Please don't endanger all of it. You are allowed to vote no. Please do it. Signed a registered nurse, mother and resident of SE Aurora for over 10 years....

STATE SUNLIGHT/LONG PAD

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NO FRACKING

No Fracking in Arapahoe County

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No Fracking in Arapahoe County! PLEASE!

fracking bad

No fracking in our communities

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Fracking destroys neighborhoods

NO FRACKING!!!!

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Worth the Risk?

Way to close to homes and schools

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Fracking

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Fracking so close to our homes

DENY the Sunlight Long well pad

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Save the Aurora Reservoir

Drill responsibly

No Fracking!

Fracking near Aurora Reservoir

No Fracking!!!!

NOOOO FRACKING!!! Please!!!

Say No to Fracking

Don’t Frack the Aurora Reservoir!

No to Residential Fracking

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Protect the forest

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Unsafe and unacceptable

NO FRACKING

Vote against fracking in Southeast Aurora

Put a stop to this

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No Fracking near Aurora Reservoir!

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Fracking

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DO NOT APPROVE THESE WELLS

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Approve these sites

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NO FRACKING

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