The Department of Natural Resources plans to pick a director for the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission by the end of the month to implement controversial new rules that will go into effect Wednesday.
The Department of Natural Resources said finalists for the position are David Neslin, current acting director of the commission; Anthony Knepp, described as an administrator with “25 years of progressively responsible professional engineering experience related to environmental protection and regulatory compliance”; and Dwayne Rymer, who the department said has “seven years of progressively responsible engineering experience in oil and gas exploration.”
The department is expected to finalize the selection process during an executive session Monday.
