DH: It seems like most complaints about the gas industry come from the Western Slope, and not the area you're from. Have you had much experience with that?

Buck: I had not heard complaints about the gas industry. What kind of complaints are you talking about?

DH: Complaints from landowners about wells being put in places they don't want, complaints about toxic releases from wells, water pollution, things like that.

Buck: I haven't heard those complaints. I haven't heard any complaints about contaminated drinking water from wells. If it happens, it certainly should be closely examined, because it is a danger to human health, but I think it's very rare. When you think of the thousands of oil and gas wells we have in Colorado, I don't know what the prevalence is of that issue.