GREELEY — Colorado residents opposed to oil and gas fracking packed a state meeting of elected officials Monday night and told state regulators they are failing.

Coloradans Against Fracking, a coalition of 40 groups, presented a two-page declaration to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission rejecting its authority, saying this is necessary because of decisions that hurt people and the environment.

That briefly interrupted the COGCC’s latest scheduled listening session meant to give residents a voice in how state regulators implement two recommendations put forth by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s 21-member oil and gas task force to quell land-use conflicts between industry and communities.

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One recommendation calls for companies to consult with local government before installing large oil and gas facilities near people.

The other calls for companies to provide estimates of how much oil they’ll extract and a five-year projection for where they’d drill to help municipal planners.

COGCC director Matt Lepore and staffers, developing rules for implementing these recommendations, have said they wanted to hear from industry and local officials before doing so. Meetings in Broomfield, Brighton, Rifle and Greeley have been open to the public.

Coloradans Against Fracking believes the recommendations, however they are implemented, will be insufficient to protect communities from industrial operations, spokeswoman Karen Dike said.

“The COGCC isn’t living up to its statutory requirement. We need to get them back on track,” Dike said.

Lawmakers set up the COGCC to foster responsible, balanced production of oil and gas consistent with protecting public health, the environment and wildlife. Lepore said the meetings have been valuable. Some themes and concerns are emerging, he said, such as “should we require the operator to consult with a neighboring jurisdiction?”

Lepore and state natural resources officials have been meeting with some community groups, including the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance and Weld Air and Water. The Colorado Court of Appeals still must decide whether communities have the power to prohibit fracking within their boundaries. That decision will help determine the extent of state versus local control.

After Monday’s session, Windsor Mayor John Vazquez said local land-use planning will be crucial. “We’d like the municipalities to have some say in the permitting process. I would call it local participation. I’m not asking the industry to answer to a different master. I want the support of the state commissioners that my local policy is not going to be thrown out.”