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Home My WebLink About3.0 Permit1111 1'4 1r'G��'lir" IntiH� ®II!i Reception#: 756290 09/24/2008 03:43:27 PM Jean Alberico 1 of 3 Rec Fee:$0.00 Doc Fee:0.00 GARFIELD COUNTY CO ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT for Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. [The East Dry Hollow Loop Pipeline, Phase I] In accordance with and pursuant to Section 9.07 of the Garfield County Zoning Resolution of 1978, as amended, and Resolution No. 2005 - 53 of the Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County, State of Colorado, the Director of the Building and Planning Department hereby authorizes, by Administrative Permit, the following activity: The construction of approximately 4.84 miles of a 20 -inch low pressure natural gas pipeline which gathers gas from existing Encana pads in the Hunter Mesa / Mamm Creek area approximately 3 miles south of the Rifle Airport and ends at the Hunter Mesa Compressor Station (Replacing Reception No. 749478) The Administrative Permit is issued subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A (attached hereto), and shall be valid only during compliance with such conditions and other applicable provisions of the Garfield County Zoning Resolution, Subdivision Regulations, Building Code, and other regulations of the Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County, Colorado. BUILDING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO Building & Planning Departm • actor 111111 11'1.-111003i .-F11003��N�1��L��«'«��I �`I�'��I u �i 1111 Reception#: 756290 09/24/2008 03:43:27 PM Jean Rlberico 2 of 3 Rec Fee:$0.00 Doc Fee:0.00 GARFIELD COUNTY CO Exhibit A 1. Any equipment used in construction or operation of a pipeline must comply with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Rules and Regulations, Section 802, Noise Abatement. Additionally, all power sources used in pipeline operations shall have electric motors or muffled internal combustion engines. 2. Pipeline operations shall be located in a manner to minimize their visual impact and disturbance of the land surface. Facilities shall be painted in a uniform, non -contrasting, non -reflective color, to blend with the adjacent landscape. Right-of-way shall be located in existing disturbed areas unless safety or visual concerns or other adverse surface impacts clearly dictate otherwise. 3. All access and oversize or overweight vehicle permits shall be obtained from the County Road & Bridge Department prior to beginning operation. Any new roads or intensified driveway accesses created as a result of the pipeline construction, intended to be permanent for maintenance and repair operations shall be placed behind a locked gate or other barriers preventing use by recreational vehicles. Any gates or barriers need to be consistent with the surface owner's preferences. 4. All vehicles working within Garfield County Right of Ways will be licensed and registered in the State of Colorado. All vehicles hauling equipment and materials for the pipeline construction will abide by Garfield County Road & Bridge Departments oversize%overweight regulations. All vehicles requiring an oversize/overweight permit will send a letter showing proof that they can operate under a known bond holder on file with Garfield County Road & Bridge Department before a permit will be issued. 5. The Applicant shall provide the County with a digital alignment of the pipeline once constructed in a format readable to the County Geographic Information System (GIS) analyst. 6. In no case shall an operator engage in activities which impact Federal or State threatened and endangered species. 7. Air contaminant emissions shall be in compliance with the applicable permit and control provisions of the Colorado Air Quality Control Program, Title 25, Resolution 7, C.R.S. 1111 1111% 111 Reception#: 756290 09124/2008 03:43:27 P11 Jean Rlberico 3 of 3 Rec Fee $0.00 Doc Fee 0.00 GARFIELD COUNTY CO 8. All operations shall comply with all applicable Federal and State Public Health and Environment, Noise, and Air and Water Quality Control standards. 9. Any proposed waste disposal or treatment facilities shall comply with all requirements of the County individual Sewage Disposal System Regulations. 10. Should an abandoned pipeline be removed, it will be subject to the original revegetation and weed management requirements in the original application. 11. There will be no entrances to any County roads for the project and the only impact to the County road system will be during the construction of the pipeline project. 12. That the Applicant satisfy the comments from the County Vegetation Director as follows: 13. Staff requests that the applicant treat all inventoried noxious weeds in the project area prior to construction activities. Please forward a copy of the application records to: Garfield County Vegetation Management, PO Box 426, Rifle CO 81650 14. During construction, before leaving the site, all off road major construction equipment (graders, dozers, etc) working in areas of mapped noxious weeds should be power washed to remove seeds, soil, and vegetative matter. Again, this is only in areas of mapped county listed noxious weeds. Cheatgrass is not a county listed noxious weed. We are primarily concerned about spreading tamarisk, chicory, and Russian knapweed seeds. Washing stations located in areas of mapped noxious weeds will help prevent the spread of noxious weeds. The applicant alludes to the spread of noxious weeds via construction equipment on page two of attachment 5. 15. The applicant shall provide the Vegetation Management Department with the original tags from each seed bag. The seed mix in the Plan shall match the seed mix used in the field. Do not use a seed mix containing yellow sweet clover (Melilotus offcinalis) or annual yellow sweetclover (M. indicus). 16. The security shall be held by Garfield County until vegetation has been successfully reestablished according to the Reclamation Standards in the Garfield County Weed Management Plan. It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact the County, upon successful revegetation establishment, to request an inspection for security release consideration. 17. Any straw or hay bales used in erosion control shall be certified weed free.