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This summer, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) will begin its 700 Series Rulemaking to assess and update its financial assurance requirements for oil and gas companies. This will be an opportunity for Colorado taxpayers to demand that the COGCC enact stricter requirements for oil and gas companies, so that the public is not left with an 8 billion dollar tab – the estimated cost of plugging and remediating Colorado’s over 110,000 oil and gas wells.