Supreme Court of Colorado
City of Fort Collins v. Colorado Oil and Gas Association
May 2, 2016369 P.3d 586
Summary
The court held that Fort Collins's five-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and the storage of fracking waste was preempted by state law. Fracking is a matter of mixed state and local concern, and the moratorium operationally conflicted with the state's interest in the efficient and responsible development of oil and gas under the state regulatory scheme. The court affirmed the district court's invalidation of the moratorium and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.