The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission reported Tuesday that two environmental consulting companies submitted falsified laboratory data reports for three oil companies’ oil well remediation projects.
ECMC officials said that soil, groundwater, inorganic and organic contaminant data for about 350 oil and gas locations in Weld County was manipulated between 2021 and the summer of 2024.
“Site Investigation and Remediation Workplans cover both the closure of oil and gas facilities and the clean up or remediation of spills,” according to the ECMC release. “The closure phase of an oil and gas operation begins after production ends and is not considered complete until ECMC has received documentation from the operator that the site meets the state’s cleanup standards.”
ECMC said that it is confident that the falsified data poses no new risks to public health and has added protections to intercept falsified data in the future.
“ECMC is aware that …