Crude oil site fire in Larimer prompts complaint vs. Prospect Energy

A fire broke out at Prospect Energy's Fort Collins Meyer tank battery site near the Hearthfire neighborhood north of Fort Collins on May 9.

Larimer County officials are asking state agencies to hold Prospect Energy accountable for a series of air pollution violations and a recent fire at the operator’s oil storage sites near Fort Collins.

The county filed a complaint against Prospect Energy with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and called on the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division to investigate the May 9 fire, which occurred less than 300 feet from homes in the Hearthfire neighborhood. County officials said in the COGCC complaint that they suspect Prospect Energy’s poor maintenance practices caused the fire.

In their letter to the state air pollution division, county staff accused Prospect of “recurring negligence” and encouraged the state to invoke serious penalties against the operator, potentially going as far as revoking its permit or assessing penalties of up to $47,357 a day for each law broken.

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/05/31/crude-oil-site-fire-larimer-prompts-complaint-vs-prospect-energy/9944907002/