did not investigate legitimate complaints from citizens and garfield county. if you live in a rural residential area and you were in a low lying area your house was in a low lying area that could accumulate the gases when they come off the tank battery and so forth he may be reading those for twelve hours a day and one of the concerns of the agency with respect to the oil and gas industry is how much both organic carbon how much volatile gases come from the industry especially from storage for oil or storage of gas. last summer in an effort to track down how much wealth organic carbon was coming from oil and gas industry a unique study was undertaken by uva and e.p.a. infrared cameras. and turned them towards these oil and gas facilities and under infrared light. the volt are getting commissions were visible. they look like a. mirage. and so one could see in this interview red camera the amount of all the organic carbon coming off these storage tanks. every well is thrilled into a strange and it has organic chemicals. oil is a mixture of these very heavy organ

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

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