STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – — The Routt County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to table a new oil well permit for Quicksilver Resources until June 26. In the meantime, the county will create two task forces to study the air quality and water quality measures the commissioners think are necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare.
Quicksilver is applying for a special-use permit to drill the Camilletti oil well on private land just north of Milner, about 11 miles west of Steamboat Springs. The Routt County Planning Commission recommended approval of the permit April 5.
However, the sticking point between the county commissioners and Quicksilver Resources official Stephen Lindsey comes down to differing stances on the county’s ability to require the energy company to provide water quality monitoring wells as well as to take steps to mitigate air emissions, including volatile organic compounds.
“I believe these are the two big issues” standing in the way of approval of the Camilletti permit, Commissioner Nancy Stahoviak said during Tuesday night’s hearing. “I don’t see anything else.”
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