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February 28 , 2008
Cathi Edinger
Garfield County Bu ild ing and Planning Department
108 Eighth Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
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EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. tel:(970)285-2656
2717 County Road 215
Suite 100 fax:(970)285-2691
Parachute, CO 81635
www .encana.com
Re : Administrative Pipeline Development Plan Permit for the "Phase II of the CoP Pipeline Project" for
EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc.
Dear Cathi ,
This letter is in response to your request for additional information to make our application for the
referenced project technically complete.
A specific requirement set forth in Section 9 .07.04(10) of the Garfield County Zoning Resolution o f 1978,
as amended, "List the types and areas of concern along the pipeline right-of-way, such as: sensitive plant
populations, cultural, archaeological or paleontological resources and wetlands identified during pre-
construction environmental surveys, if applicable." No information was included related to archaeological
or Paleontological resources and the regulations require this to be addressed.
A Class Ill Cultural Resource Survey (Archaeological) and Paleontological Survey was conducted on
BLM lands. No cultural or paleontological resources were identified during the surveys. Section 4.4 on
pg . 19 discusses procedures to be im plemented should cultural or pa leontological resou rces are
encountered during construction .
A specific requirement is set forth in Section 9. 07. 04 (11) of the Garfield County Zoning R esolutions of
1978, as amended, states "Attach a copy of any land grant, permits and authorizations including
stipulations." No approved 299 Permit is enclosed from the Bureau of Land Management to cross their
land.
The BLM 299 permit application was submitted on February 5 , 2008. We have not received the R ight-of-
Way grant from the BLM . The approved Right-of-Way grant will be provided to Garfield County as soon
as EnCana receives it. No construction will occur on BLM property until approval has been granted.
A copy of the Army Corps of En gineers Nationwide General Permit #12 will be a condition of approval.
The ACoE preconstruction packet compiled by Cordilleron Compliance Services , Inc. will be prov ided to
Garfield County. This packet was submitted to the ACoE .
MAR 0 n 2008
Section 9.07.04(16) Staging Areas, the County Staff would suggest placement of the
construction/contractor's yard down by the current plant location which includes the evaporation pond and
compressor station to avoid disturbing additional ground.
An area near the Middle Fork Compressor Station was considered. However, EnCana is planning on
restoring the area west of the station known as "the meadow" for wildlife habitat improvement. The area
proposed is surrounded by three existing well pads and would be closer to the project area via the Exxon
Colony road which EnCana has permission to use. Additionally, the added volume of semi-truck and
vehicle traffic near the Middle Fork Compressor Station site would cause problems.
A question arose concerning Section 9. 07. 06(3)(b) during our review. This section states "Pipeline
operations shall be located in a manner to minimize their visual impact and disturbance of the land
surface. Right-of-way shall be located to avoid crossing hills and ridges, and wherever possible, shall be
located at the base of slopes." We// Connect Pipeline shown in Sections 3, 34 & 27 (H04 596 up to K22
496) appears to be straight up the ridge line. Please explain why this location was chosen.
This route was chosen because it will be following the access road that ConocoPhillips is planning on
building to access their well pads. The route south of the H04 596 was chosen because a much wider
right-of-way would be needed to construct along the slopes and keeping soil out of the intermittent
drainage would be very difficult.
Another question we have is approximately how many acres that are currently undisturbed will be
disturbed through this process?
It is estimated that approximately 128.4 acres of previously undisturbed area will be disturbed by the
proposed project.
If you have any additional questions or need any additional information please let me know.
Sincerely,
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Vason Eckman
Permit and Right-of-Way Coordinator