§ 34-64-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 34-64-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 34: Mineral
• Art.: Underground Storage

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As used in this article 64, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Commission means the energy and carbon management commission
created in section 34-60-104.3 (1).

(1.3) Local government means a home rule or statutory county,
municipality, or city and county.

(1.5) Disproportionately impacted community has the meaning set forth in
section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).

(2) Natural gas means gas which has been produced from the earth in its
original state or such gas after the same has been processed or treated.

(3) Natural gas public utility means any person, partnership, corporation, or
association engaged in the business of transporting, distributing, or storing natural
gas within this state for ultimate public consumption and either authorized to do
business in this state as a public utility or authorized to do business in this state as
a natural gas company as defined in the federal Natural Gas Act, and subject to
regulations by the federal power commission.

(3.5) (a) Underground natural gas storage facility means a facility that
stores natural gas in an underground facility, including a depleted hydrocarbon
reservoir, an aquifer reservoir, or a solution-mined salt cavern reservoir.

(b) Underground natural gas storage facility includes any of the following
equipment associated with the storage of natural gas in an underground facility:

(I) Injection, withdrawal, monitoring, and observation wells;

(II) Wellbores and downhole components;

(III) Wellheads and associated wellhead piping;

(IV) Wing-valve assemblies that isolate the wellhead from connected piping
beyond the wing-valve assemblies; and

(V) Any other equipment, facility, right-of-way, or building used in the
storage of natural gas in an underground facility.

(c) Underground natural gas storage facility does not include any pipeline
facilities or equipment subject to regulation by the public utilities commission.

(3.7) Underground natural gas storage facility impacts means, for an
underground natural gas storage facility proposed to be sited in an area that would
affect a disproportionately impacted community, the effect on public health and
the environment, including air, water, soil, and the climate, caused by the
incremental impacts that a proposed new underground natural gas storage facility
would have when added to the impacts from development in the affected area.

(4) Underground reservoir means any subsurface sand, stratum, or
formation suitable for the injection and storage of natural gas therein and the
withdrawal of natural gas therefrom.

(5) Underground storage means the right to inject and store natural gas
within and to withdraw natural gas from an underground reservoir.

Legislative History

Source: L. 53: p. 439, � 1. CRS 53: � 100-9-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 100-9-1. L. 73: p. 1072, � 1. L. 2023: IP and (1) amended and (1.3), (1.5), (3.5), and (3.7) added, (SB 23-285), ch. 235, p. 1244, � 12, effective July 1.