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GRAND JUNCTION — An energy company that wanted to drill close to the site of an underground nuclear explosion has agreed to pay $138,000 in fines for alleged violations at its former operations in western Colorado.
The state cited Houston- based Presco Inc. last year for storm-water control and other violations. State records show the company didn’t admit the violations but agreed to pay the fines.
In January, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will consider the agreement reached by its staff.
The allegations about Presco’s operations drew attention because the company wanted to drill near the site of an underground nuclear explosion set off in 1969 to try to free natural gas.
