Environment
Rick Roles: A Gas Lease Gone Wrong
Garfield County resident Rick Roles has been a thorn in the side of gas companies and regulators alike, ever since gas development began on his property almost two decades ago. As KDNK's Ed Williams reports, Roles says industry activity near his home has compromised his health and his livelihood.(CLICK ON THE STORY FOR PICTURES OF GAS DEVELOPMENT ON THE ROLES PROPERTY)
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Condensate and Produced Water Storage on Roles Property
Condensate Warning Label
Coded label reads: slight health hazard (blue), serious fire hazard (red). Note that "adverse nervous system effects or damage, including death" are listed under danger label. Roles feels this does not qualify as "slight health hazard."
Contaminated Soil at Spill Site
Roles says an operator spilled fracking fluid here in 2005, and to this day nothing will grow at the spill site even after attempts to reseed the soil. He has not gotten the results of soil samples taken by the COGCC several years ago.