Application includes:

1) Vacate Order Nos. 467-8 and 407-87 only as they pertain to the Application Lands;

2) Establish one approximate 1,216-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Application Lands, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell and Niobrara Formations; and approve up to a total of 20 horizontal wells within the unit, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell and Niobrara Formations; and

3) Require the productive interval of the wellbore of any permitted wells in the unit to be located no closer than 100 feet from the unit boundaries; and no closer than 150 feet from the productive interval of any other wellbore located in the unit.

4) Applic ant states that the wells shall be drilled from no more than two surface location pads within the unit, or from a legal location on adjacent lands, subject to Rule 318A, unless an exception is granted by the Director.

At hearing, the Commission will consider the Application and enter an order pursuant to its authority under the statute. Any interested party desiring to protest or intervene should file with the Commission a written protest or intervention in accordance with Rule 509., no later than August 15, 2016. Such interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or intervention to the person filing the application. One electronic (cogcc.hearings_unit@state.co.us), one original and two copies shall be filed with the Commission. Anyone who files a protest or intervention must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of August 15, 2016. Pursuant to Rule 511., if the matter is uncontested, it may be approve d without a hearing.