did not investigate legitimate complaints from citizens in garfield county. if you lived in or in a rural residential area and you were in a low lying area your house was in a low lying area they could accumulate the gases when they come off the tank battery and so forth you may be breathing those for twelve hours a day one of the concerns of the agency with respect to the oil and gas industry is how much volatile organic carbon how much volatile gases come from the industry especially from storage of oil or storage of gas. last summer in an effort to track down how much volatile organic carbon was coming from the oil and gas industry a unique study was undertaken by e.p.a. and e.p.a. brought in some infrared cameras. and turned them towards these oil and gas facilities and under infrared light. the volatile organic commissions were visible . they looked like. a mirage. and so one could see in this in for a good read camera the amount of volatile organic carbon coming off these storage tanks. every well is drilled into a straight and it has organic chemicals.

got several citizens requests from garfield county and the citizens were saying. gosh my drinking water might be contaminated by this practice or the air we breathe might be affected e.p.a. can you look into it e.p.a. should of. myself and another staff person we had prepared the letters we were we were ready to write to the colorado oil and gas commission that we felt that this practice cause him in a substantial risk to public drinking water source and that e.p.a. was going to take over the investigation however soon as we got that through our political appointee supervisors they canceled that investigation so e.p.a. did not investigate the legitimate complaints from citizens and garfield county. if you live in or in a rural residential area and you were in a low lying area your house was in a low lying area they could accumulate the gases when they come off the tank battery and so forth you may be reading those for twelve hours a day one of the concerns of the agency with respect to the oil and gas industry is how much both organic carbon and how much volatile

i was excited for weigel when i saw garfield and summit county then i realized this is garfield and at the summit county in colorado, not utah three disappointment rained again. all right. if i could ask you -- am i missing somebody there? good for you. if i could ask you once again if you could address the first four witnesses all three bills and then the last two witnesses, the commissioner and mr. kashdan from the retirees if you would talk about 6089. once again, we are on a short time limit to make sure it everybody gets their available time. you have five minutes. you know the drill. most of you have been here before. we have your written testimony. it will appear as written in the record. this is an oral testimonies only hit the highlights. make sure it comes within the five minutes. when the green light is in front of you, that means you are free to go. when the yellow light hits you have less than a minute to sum up. i will apologize to you now when it hits five minutes i'm going to cut you off even if it is in midsentence. i want to get all the testimony so it can be heard an

commissioner, garfield county, colorado. i worked in the ski industry 40 years and general manager of the not resort, local ski area in colorado. i've been on the forest in colorado traveled here to speak in support of h.r. 6089. this bill is to the health of the colorado forest to improve safety and stewardship of the forest and provide benefit for local communities. first of all, the health of our forests is at risk and deteriorating pier colorado forest are extremely dense because of what i believe is misguided management practices. currently 30% -- currently our forests are easy to 100% canopy. also the bard will epidemic has deteriorated the evergreen forest and drought conditions have impacted our forests. the nation watched the recent tragedies in colorado in the wallow kinnan and hide park fires. as on the denver post yesterday at $450 million in private property laws as well as lots of lies. current federal regulations fail to recognize the importance of our forests regarding water conservation, water supply, recrea

last tuesday afternoon, victoria grover set out for a day hike to sand creek, a remote part of garfield countyayed overnight with no problem, but the next day she broke her leg. >> i was working my way back to where the trail head was, and i jumped about three or four feet, and there was a rock under the sand, and it hit my leg, and i had a broken leg. my leg went this way, so my knee was right here, but my foot went that way. >> reporter: using a walking stick, grover created a makeshift splint and crawled 30 yards to sand creek. she found water but had no food or shelter, and another big problem -- >> her main issue, i think, was hypothermia. >> well, i certainly could have died out there because the last night i know i was very hype thermic because i stopped shivering. >> reporter: the 59-year-old woman slept in the day and built fires at night. battling hallucinations, she prayed rescuers would find her. >> i prayed that i would be found, and i also was by that point, i was much more peaceful with i had faced that whatever happened would be okay. >> reporter: when grover didn't check out o

on the course of the government garfield county located high in the colorado rockies was always a quiet lure area for its residents. but in the one nine hundred ninety s. things started to change. gas unoiled really began to boom and development has expanded dramatically each year when i first came to colorado twenty seven years ago the energy production was for oil and the whole time that there was the synthetic fuels corporation and it was all about oil sales natural gas they didn't have pipelines for it and so they were trying to figure out what to do with all the natural gas you know there was a lot of there was no use for a little time now natural gas is the biggest thing that's going on and last in colorado. is go and canada leases in here crossroads bilberry corp and over there they are on caretaker spacing for me are really what you were looking for and you knew how many wells were on pared it i bet you could see three four hundred wells. you're standing right over a pipeline right here by the way. right where we wish to be in and we had a spill. e.u.c. all the way here here we'

human rights also here once you're on the forests or bialy arm and of course it's a government garfield county located high in the colorado rockies was always a quiet rural area for its residents. but in the one nine hundred ninety s. things started to change. gas and oil drilling began to boom and development has expanded dramatically each year when i first came to colorado twenty seven years ago the energy production was for oil the time that there was this and that it fuels corporation and it was all about oil shale natural gas they didn't have high points for it and so they were trying to figure out what to do with all the natural gas and you know there was a lot of there was no use for a little time now natural gas was the biggest thing that's going on in less than colorado. israel and canada leases in here cross roads build their corporation and over there on ten acre spacing for mayor i mean you want your eleven four and you knew how many wells were impaired it i bet you could see three four hundred wells. you're standing right over abide by in right here by the way. brewers fan and we

with a broken leg, and no food. 59-year-old victoria grover planned to take a short day hike in garfield countyt didn't make it back to her car before dark. she got lost, spent the night in the wilderness and broke her ankle after jumping on her leg. she used a walking strick to make a makeshift splint. and crawled to water. >> i jumped about 3 to 4 feet. and there was a rock under the sand and it hit my leg and i had a broken leg. my leg went this way. so my knee was right here. but my foot went that way. >> grover said she survived by laying in the sun during the day and staying awake at night. she battled hypothermia and hallucinations, but luckily, a search team managed to save her. she seems like she's in good spirits. but what a story. >> incredible. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >>> the controversial robocall case, heads back to court. i'm derek valcourt at the mitchell courthouse. where attorneys for the man on trial, say the whole thing ought to be thrown out. ought to be thrown out. i'll explain why coming up on ,, i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ cla

i was excited for a while when i saw garfield in summit county, and then i saw it was garfield in colorado, not utah. if i could ask you -- am i missing somebody there? oh, good for you. if i could ask you if you would address the first four witnesses, all three bills, and in the last two witnesses, mr. -- the commissioner and mr. kashdan from the retirees, if you would talk about 6089. i will try to make sure everybody gets their available time. you have five minutes. we have your written testimony. it will appear as written in the record. this is an oral testimony, some make sure you hit the highlights. when the green light is in front of you, you are free to go. i will apologize to you now when it hits five minutes i will cut you off even if it is in it sends. of what to get all the testimony in. i want to get people to meet their deadlines. i appreciate that. i take everyone is now situated. we realize you are right to be happy to be here and you will thank us. don't bother with that. >> mr. chairman, i will offer a few remarks and note that more detail is in the written testimony. dro

i was excited when i saw garfield in summit county. then i realized this was in colorado, not in utah. disappointment reigned again. all right. if i could ask you -- am i missing somebody there? good for you. if i could ask you once again if you would address the first for witnesses, all three bills. in the last two minutes says, mr. -- the commissioner and mr. cached and from the retirees come if you would then talk about 6089. once again, we are in a short time limit. try and make sure everything gets available time. you have five minutes. you know the drill. most of you have been here before. you have written testimony that will appear as written in the record. this is an oral testimony come is only at the highlights and make sure comes up the five minutes. when the green knight is in front of you, that means you are free to go. when the yellow light has to have less than a minute to sum up. i apologize to you now than when i had five minutes i'm going to cut you off, even if it's in midsentence. i want all the testimony and though

fairfax county school officials announced that classes will resume wednesday, but they are not sure what to do about schools that don't have power appeared nearby garfield elementary has lights, but as of tuesday night, about a dozen other schools throughout the county still don't have power. >> that would be a big problem. i have not checked my e-mail or heard anything yet. >> one of the downed trees in this community dressed exactly where the school bus is supposed to pick of children in the morning. >> if you can get to the bus stop, that is the other thing. they just put the high-voltage lines back up. they don't put -- they don't pick up the trees. >> hitting schools back on line is a top party. in the event that some schools do not have power in the morning, school officials will make that determination in the morning. we couldn't get a straight answer from fairfax county school officials on exactly what will happen tomorrow in those schools that do not have power. they are also urging parents to be very patient about bus routes because some may be slowed because of things like trees in the road and dominion is also saying they hope to have all cu

county, one of our big games. john champ is a new school. he'll be at garfield. go to u.s.a.todayhighschoolsports.com d.c. to vote. and andy looking to stave off his aarp card in retirement. the first set, he took the first set, but he has fought back to take the next two and he won in four sets. so andy roddick's career is over. he loses today at the u.s. open. >>> still much more to come at 11:00 from redskins park. we're going to dive into the new orleans saints. they are going to be quite a challenge coming up on sunday. for now, we're live at redskins park. back to you in the studio. >> wait until they get to new orleans. >> we can handle it. that is it for us, the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back with our area's only local newscast at 7:00. starting at 4:25 a.m. tomorrow. >> and of course, wusa9.com is always on. >> we leave you tonight with more from our concert in the circle. let's listen to some jazz. there's j.c. ♪ [ music ]

county jail. on activities, we met with the asian heritage month at city hall. advancing these direct kinds at garfield park, wi wth captain -- with captain mosier. continuing to work with occ on the lepdb for training. mlu is kind of the cit thing that's really starting to come home. i was on my way to the gym on sunday morning as president mazzucco was on his way to a nicer gym on sunday morning and a gentleman walked out of saint francis crisis care and the laid down on the middle of bush street and covered himself with a blanket. i pulled over and an officer from northern station pulled over. we escorted the and the men back -- and gentlemean back in again. we met with moe magic and the president came in and out without incident. there was a lot of work done by everybody to make sure that that happened. finally, today, we deputized another member of the san francisco police department. a 3-year-old springer spaniel that is operated by an officer. he has been responsible for the seizure of a 3.7 $5 million in narcotics related -- $3.75 million in ncnarcotics related funds. he wears his star proudly

county jail. on activities, we met with the asian heritage month at city hall. advancing these direct kinds at garfield park, wi wth captain -- with captain mosier. continuing to work with occ on the lepdb for training. mlu is kind of the cit thing that's really starting to come home. i was on my way to the gym on sunday morning as president mazzucco was on his way to a nicer gym on sunday morning and a gentleman walked out of saint francis crisis care and the laid down on the middle of bush street and covered himself with a blanket. i pulled over and an officer from northern station pulled over. we escorted the and the men back -- and gentlemean back in again. we met with moe magic and the president came in

garfield 6:02. boxville 6:05. we have severe thunderstorm warnings in effect till 6:15 for washington and frederick counties in maryland. we'll widen the radar back out. after this storm there's not much in the immediate metro area. we have time to put the umbrellas down and get ready for another batch of storms that will roll in here later on tonight. the frontal system itself is still way back to the west. it's just off this map right now. until that rolls through, we run the risk of showers and storms. we're going to keep the chance in at least till midnight and maybe extend it past that and we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you, topper. >>> this evening we are about to get our first do or die test on whether maryland will go for vegas style gambling and also allow a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. the state senate is poised to vote on this issue in the next few hours. our scott broom is live in annapolis monitoring it all. scotty? >> reporter: well, in fact the senators are streaming in right now for a 6:00 session. they are widely expected to push this gambling bill through. so that's

county buses. there will be a hearing sometime next month. >>> now to a school district near cleveland that's taken a big hit in garfield heights.ecause voters rejected school levies, the schools are running out of money. starting this week no more art classes, no music classes, no gym, no library and not even lunch. what's more, the class day has been shortened. kids are now being sent home at just past 1:00. >> what are they going to do with that big window of time when their parents are still working and all that idle time that they have to do god knows what? >> as for the kids who qualify for the free school lunches, they did get one today. they were sent home with a baloney sandwich, appear and a pickle. school -- apple and a pickle. >>> school systems across our country are hurting for money, but is cutting lunch the best way to meet the bottom line? school officials say they're doing the best they can when parents have decided they don't want to pay anymore. feed your thoughts into mcginty's mailbag at wusa9.com. >> all right, top. >> 58 yesterday, my friend. >> i like it. >> i know you did. >> 55 now. >> and the weekend?

police in prince william county, virginia say 19-year-old johnny kamaro was part of a large fight at garfieldschool in woodbridge. that was broken up and members of the fighting groups eventually ended up in dumfries. police say he fired several shots at one location there and nobody was hit. they say minutes later he shot at two other people walking down the street grazing one in the head. the victim was not involved in any of the fights. she is expected to be okay. >>> prosecutors say a man wanted revenge when he allegedly shot and killed an off-duty maryland state trooper. opening statements got under way today for the trial of ceril williams charged with murder in the 2010 shooting death of trooper wesley brown who had been working security at the apple bea's restaurant in forestville. prosecutors say williams shot him after brown asked him to leave the restaurant for disorderly conduct. >>> a call about a possible gas leak at a d.c. condominium complex turned into something quite more serious. it happened this afternoon in the 2600 block of wade road in southeast. many residents were tre

county last month. we will let you know what they find. >>> a decade after the first spiderman movie the fourth flick in the series the amazing spiderman open at midnight. the version's stars andrew garfieldthe super hero and emma stone as his love interest. >>> consumer news, a new study revealed at midnight says technology appears to be protecting you and your family on the road. according to the insurance institute for highway safety, technology that automatically stops your car to avoid a rear end collision and headlights that shine around the corners are reducing crashes. researchers found forward collision warning systems on acura and mercedes models reduced crashes by 14% and the advance headlights they reduced crashes by up to 10%. >>> a new test will soon be given to children beginning in kindergarten. the a.c.t. test is usually take neb high -- taken high school but developers of the taste will -- test will all it in the fall of 2014 tracking stoodents career interest and progress towards goals from kindergarten through 12th grade. schools will not be forced to use the test but developers say schools will likely end up using it. >>> occasionally we snap and lose our cool, but a

. >> reporter: prince william county police say the shooting capped off a wild night that began with a brawl after a basketball game at garfieldh school. officers broke up that fight only to have the teens regroup across the road at potomac mills mall. the police responded again to the crowd and then the two groups of teens headed to the old triangle road area where police say this man, 19-year- old johnny kamara, also known as blaze, opened fire. no one was hit initially but apparently he was not done yet. >> and the vehicle containing the initial shooter drove to another location where he opened fire on to innocent bystanders walking in the area. one of those bystanders was struck in the head by a bullet. >> not cool to be doing stuff like this when people have kids and that is a lot of kids around here. >> and i have a 9-month-old myself. not able to bring him outside and go to the store bothers me. i'm afraid that something is going to happen. >> and they need to take that wherever and -- they don't need to bring it here. >> reporter: there is late word that police arrested the suspected gunman without incident and they al

william county arrested a man accused of a drive by shooting, 19-year- old johnny camera was taken into custody last night it started after a fight broke out after a basketball game at garfieldhool friday night the teens regrouped in two other locations gunshots rang out triangle road but no one was hit moments litter suspected gunman took off in a car, laned out the -- leaned out the window and fired on two women walking down the road the victim is extexted to be -- expected to be okay. >> our guest who worked with whitney houston, on her last film project. >> plus a special project to help people who can't helm themselves. >> boy scouts all over the nation come together to lend a hand to homeless people in the district  >>> hundreds of people in our area hopped on exercise bikes for a good cause the national indoor cycling event cycle for survival kicked off equinox in bethesda it is an effort to raise money to fight rare cancerone of six cycle for survival events taking place across the country this weekend. >>> a lot of friends that i know personally, have had cancer, and when you get so many people together, that try to fight for something have a