After hundreds of noise and health complaints per month, Broomfield city council filed noise ordinance rules to prohibit oil and gas operations noise from 10p-7a and issued multiple citations.  After counter-suing, Extraction denied that the violations occurred but agreed to pay $273k and take additional noise mitigation actions including installation of additional sound walls, adding

Broomfield’s hard-fought oil and gas regulations have proved insufficient to protect residents from dangerous fracking impacts.  As detailed in this recent article from the Colorado Sun, Broomfield’s regulations are significantly more stringent that what the state requires, but they are still not enough to keep residents safe.  Broomfield citizens have suffered from serious health problems,