"201. EFFECTIVE SCOPE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS: All rules and regulations of a general nature herein promulgated to prevent waste and to conserve oil and gas in the State of Colorado while protecting public health, safety, and welfare, including the environment and wildlife resources, shall be effective throughout the State of Colorado and be in force in all pools and fields except as may be amended, modified, altered or enlarged generally or in specific individual pools or fields by orders heretofore or hereafter issued by the Commission, and except where special field rules apply, in which case the special field rules shall govern to the extent of any conflict.
Nothing in these rules shall establish, alter, impair, or negate the authority of local and county governments to regulate land use related to oil and gas operations, so long as such local regulation is not in operational conflict with the Act or regulations promulgated thereunder.
These rules shall not apply to: (i) Indian trust lands and minerals; or (ii) the Southern Ute Indian Tribe within the exterior boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. These rules shall apply to non-Indians conducting oil and gas operations on lands within the exterior boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation where both the surface and oil and gas estates are owned in fee by persons or entities other than the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, regardless of whether such lands are communitized or pooled. Additionally, the State of Colorado shall exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within the Town of Ignacio, Colorado or within any other municipality within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation incorporated under the laws of Colorado, as provided by Sec. 5, Public Law No. 98-290 (1984). If any portion of these Rules is found to be invalid, the remaining portion of the Rules shall remain in force and effect."
