Region leaders gear up to protest new rules

RANGELY — A special report outlining planned regulations and legislation from state and federal government that would cripple or almost destroy the area’s economy was presented at Rangely’s monthly community networking meeting by Sandy Been of EIS Solutions in Grand Junction.
According to Been, foremost is a plan that would require all drilling rigs and related equipment to be removed from the Piceance Basin from Jan. 1 to March 31 every year. Since it would…