| Operator Information |  Related  Single Doc Docs under NOAV | | DocNum: | 404289898 | Date Rec'd: | 7/22/2025 | | Operator: | BONANZA CREEK ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY LLC | Oper. No. | 8960 | | Address: | 555 17TH STREET SUITE 3700 DENVER CO 80202 | | Company Rep. | NATHAN S BENNETT | | Well Name/No. | | | Location | | | Fac.ID: | | Fac.Type: | | | API number: | 05-- | County | | | CECMC Rep: | Trent Lindley | Phone: | 720(765-0031 ) |
| Alleged Violation(s): | | Alleged Violation Issue: | | Date Of Alleged Violation: 12/4/2024 | Date Of Initial Discovery: 12/4/2024 | | Pursuant to Rule 207, any report required under the Commission’s Rules or requested by the Director or the Commission will be timely filed, accurate, complete, and comply with the requirements set forth in the Commission’s Rules or any requirement set by the Director or the Commission.
On December 4, 2024, ECMC Staff was notified that Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC (“Operator”) had submitted falsified data in previously submitted records. The falsified data were submitted in multiple Forms 27 and pertained to analytical results which affected soil, groundwater, and inorganic and organic contaminant data.
Operator failed to file accurate and complete reports, violating Rule 207. |
| | Act, Order, Regulation, Permit Conditions Cited: | | Rule: 207. | Description: Reports |
| | Abatement Or Corrective Action Required To be Performed by Operator | | Action Due Date: ; 8/19/2025 | | Within 28 days, deliver a prioritized plan to comply with direction provided by Staff on May 20, 2025 to reassess and remediate all remediation projects affected by falsified data. The plan will achieve reassessment and delineation of all falsified data locations within 6 months under approved Forms 27 workplans. Operator will fully remediate all soil only contamination locations within 1 year. |
| | This section To be completed by Operator when alleged violation Is corrected | | Action Complete Date: N/A | | | | | Date Of Alleged Violation: 12/4/2024 | Date Of Initial Discovery: 12/4/2024 | | Pursuant Rule 602.a, Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC (“Operator”) will familiarize their employees, contractors, and subcontractors with the Commission’s Rules as they relate to the person’s job functions. Pursuant to Rule 602.c., Operator is responsible for ensuring that operations are conducted with due regard for the safety of employees, for the preservation and conservation of property, and for protecting and minimizing adverse impacts to public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources.
Operator notified ECMC Staff on December 4, 2024, to report the manipulation of data in previously submitted records. The falsified analytical results, submitted by Operator’s contractor, were used in multiple Form 27 reports, affecting soil, groundwater, and inorganic and organic contaminant data.
The contaminated soil, groundwater, and inorganic and organic contaminants remained in-situ as a result of the submission of falsified data, because Operator failed to ensure its contractor understood the requirements of the Commission’s Rules and failed to ensure that timely and accurate records were submitted with due regard for protecting and minimizing adverse impacts to public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources.
Operator failed to train and supervise its contractor to ensure its contractor understood the requirements of the Commission’s Rules, and failed to ensure that records were submitted with due regard for protecting and minimizing adverse impacts to public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and wildlife resources, violating Rule 602.a. and c. |
| | Act, Order, Regulation, Permit Conditions Cited: | | Rule: 602 | Description: General Safety Requirements |
| | Abatement Or Corrective Action Required To be Performed by Operator | | Action Due Date: ; 8/19/2025 | | Within 28 days, deliver a prioritized plan to comply with direction previously provided by Staff on May 20, 2025 (document no. 2193454) to reassess and remediate all remediation projects affected by falsified data. The plan will achieve reassessment and delineation of all falsified data locations within 6 months under approved Forms 27 workplans. Operator will fully remediate all soil only contamination locations within 1 year. |
| | This section To be completed by Operator when alleged violation Is corrected | | Action Complete Date: N/A | | |
| | Company Rep: | Trent Lindley | Title: | NOAV Specialist | | Signature? | | Date: | 7/22/2025 | | CECMC Signature? | Date: 7/22/2025 |
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