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CLASS I AND CLASS III CULTURAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL
RESOURCES INVENTORY
FORA
SENSITIVE AREA STUDY FOR THE
PROPOSED HIGH MESA 16" DISCHARGE PIPELINE REROUTE (3600 FEET)
IN GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO FOR
ENCANA OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
GRI Project No. 20 I 0-65
24 September 20 I 0
Prepared by
Carl E. Cormer, Principal Investigator
and Barbara Davenport
Grand River lnstitnte
P.O. Box 3543
Grand Junction, Colorado 81502
BLM Antiquities Permit No. C-52775
Submitted to
The Board of County Commissioners
Garfield County, Colorado
Abstract
Grand River Institute conducted a Class I and Class III cultural and paleontological
resources inventory for a Sensitive Area Study for the proposed High Mesa 16" Discharge
Pipeline and its Reroute in Garfield County, Colorado for EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
The project was conducted by Carl Conner (Principal Investigator), Barbara Davenport, Jim
Conner, and Dana Archuleta of Grand River Institute under BLM Antiquities Permit No. C-
52775. The overall study included the intensive inspection of approximately 3.43 miles
(-85 acres) for the staked linear route on private lands. Field work for the original route was
performed during the 26'h and 27'h of July 2010 and inspection of the reroute was conducted
on the 14'h of September 2010.
Files searches for this project made through the offices of the Colorado Historical
Society and the Bureau of Land Management indicated that no cultural resources had been
previously recorded within the proposed project's linear corridor. As a result of the
fieldwork, one historic site, 5GF4467.1, a segment of a ditch was newly recorded. Since the
full alignment of the ditch has not been walked and individual features not fully
documented, the site is field evaluated as need data, or potentially eligible to the National
Register of Historic Places. However, because no significant features were recorded within
the segment studied during this inventory, no further work is deemed necessary for this
segment. Accordingly, archaeological clearance is recommended.
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Location of the Project Area ................................................ I
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Summary of Files Search and Literature Overview ............................. 2
Study Objectives .......................................................... 5
Field Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Study Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Site Significance .................................................... 6
Site Description ..................................................... 7
Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Management Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A: Cultural Resources Location Data/OAHP Site Form .............. A. I
List of Figures and Tables
Figure I. Project location map ............................................... v
Figure A-1. Cultural resource location map ................................... A.2
Table I. List of previously recorded cultural resources in the vicinity of the present study . 3
Table 2. List of previously conducted surveys in the vicinity of the present study area ..... 4
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Introduction
Grand River Institute conducted a Class I and Class Ill cultural and paleontological
resources inventory for a Sensitive Area Study for the proposed High Mesa 16" Discharge
Pipeline and its Reroute in Garfield County, Colorado for EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
The project was conducted by Carl Conner (Principal Investigator), Barbara Davenport, Jim
Conner, and Dana Archuleta of Grand River Institute under BLM Antiquities Permit No. C-
52775. The overall study included the intensive inspection of approximately 3.43 miles
( -85 acres) for the staked linear route on private lands. Field work for the original route was
performed during the 26'h and 27'h of July 20 I 0 and inspection of the reroute was conducted
on the 14'h of September 20 I 0.
The inventory was conducted to meet requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (U.S.C.
470aa et seq., as amended). These laws are concerned with the identification, evaluation,
and protection of fragile, non-renewable evidences of human activity, occupation and
endeavor reflected in districts, sites, structures, artifacts, objects, ruins, works of art,
architecture, and natural features that were of importance in human events. Such resources
tend to be localized and highly sensitive to disturbance.
Location of the Project Area
The project area is located approximately 4.5 miles southwest of the town of
Parachute, Colorado. The proposed pipeline lies in T.7 S., R.96 W., Sections 35 and 36; and
T. 8 S., R. 96 W., Sections 2 and 3; 6th P.M. (Figure 1).
Environment
The project area is within one of the major geologic subdivisions of Colorado, the
Piceance Creek Basin. The Basin is an elongate structural downwarp of the Colorado
Plateau province that apparently began its subsidence approximately 70 million years ago
during the Laramide Orogeny. Sediments from surrounding highlands were deposited in the
basin, accumulating to a thickness of as much as 9000 feet by the lower Eocene epoch, when
subsidence ceased. Regional uplift occurred in the Late Tertiary, and erosion of the area has
continued since (Young and Young 1977:43).
The Eocene-age Wasatch (Debeque) Formation forms the bedrock of the study area.
Basalt boulders and cobbles are found throughout the area and were deposited as drift during
the Pinedale and Bull Lake Glaciations when ice tongues extended down the north side of
Battlement Mesa. Widespread slumping occurred primarily in the Wasatch Formation
during the interval between these two glacial periods (Young and Young 1968:31-32).
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Composite Quadrangle Map
Housetop Mtn. (1962/1972) and Parachute ( 1962)
Oarfreld County -Colorado
U.S.O.S. 75' Series (topographic) ;
Scale I :24000 I Contour lnterval40 Feet
T. 7 S. and T. 8 S., R. 96 W., 6th P.M.
Zone 12 NAD 1983
Figure 1. Project location map for the Class III cultural resource invtmtory report fur the proposed
High Mesa. 16" Discharge Pipeline on private Jand in Garfield Cotmty, Colorad~ for EnCana.
Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Previous inventory area and rerouted . section indicated
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The terrain of the project area is comprised of a dendritic pattern of washes separated
by narrow ridges and wide benches that slope generally northwest of Battlement Mesa.
Elevation in the project area ranges from about 5320 to 5560 feet, which falls within the
Upper Sonoran zone. These contain several vegetation communities including pinyon/
juniper forest, and sagebrush/grasslands. Present day land use within the project boundaries
includes agricultural fields and energy development. Over much of the surveyed land,
vegetation limited the effectiveness of the surface inspection. This was due in part to the
occurrence of tilled agricultural fields now covered with grasses.
Present land uses are open range and energy development. Wildlife inhabitants
including mule deer, elk, coyote, and black bear are common in the surrounding area, as are
cottontail rabbits and various rodents. Mountain lion, bobcat, fox, skunk, badger, and
weasel are also likely inhabitants. Bird species observed in the area include the jay, raven,
red-shafted flicker, long-eared owl, golden and bald eagles and various other raptors.
There is little climate variation within the study area. The lower elevations are host
to a cool semiarid climate where temperatures can drop to -15 degrees F during the winters
and summer temperatures may reach 100 degrees F; there is a maximum of 120 frost-free
days and the annual precipitation is about 14 inches. The surrounding higher elevations are
characterized as cooler and moister. Annually, the high mountain temperatures could
average 5 degrees cooler and the precipitation as much as I 0 inches greater than the
surrounding low elevations (USDA SCS 1975:244).
Summary of Files Search and Literature Overview
Files searches for this project made through the offices of the Colorado Historical
Society and the Bureau of Land Management indicated that no cultural resources had been
previously recorded within the proposed project's linear corridor. Additionally, fifteen sites
have been previously recorded in the vicinity and these are listed below in Table I. Table 2
provides a list of previous projects completed in the general area.
Local and regional archaeological studies suggest nearly continuous human
occupation of west-central Colorado for the past 12,000 years. A general temporal outline
for the prehistory of the Northern Colorado River Basin includes manifestations of the
Paleoindian Era, big-game hunting peoples (ca. 11,500-6400 sc); the Archaic Era
hunter/gatherer groups (ca. 6500-400 sc); the Formative Era horticulturalist/forager
cultures (ca. 400 BC-AD 1300); the Protohistoric Era's pre-horse hunter/gatherers (ca. AD
1300-AD 1650) and historic horse-riding nomads (ca. AD 1650-AD 1881). An overview of
the prehistory of the region is provided in a document published by the Colorado Council of
Professional Archaeologists entitled Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Northern
Colorado Plateau (Reed and Metcalf 1999). Historic records suggest occupation or use by
EuroAmerican trappers, settlers, miners, and ranchers as well. Overviews of the historical
record are found in the Colorado Historical Society's Colorado Plateau Country Historic
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Context (Husband 1984), and in the Bureau of Land Management's publication Frontier in
Transition (O'Rourke 1980). Significantly, a relatively new historical context has been
published by the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists entitled Colorado
History: A Context for Historical Archaeology (Church et al. 2007).
Study Objectives
A Class 11I study provides an inventory to identify cultural resources within the
previously unsurveyed areas likely to be adversely affected by the proposed pipeline
construction, to evaluate these sites' eligibility for listing in the NRHP, and to make
management recommendations for those sites found to be eligible. The presence of
prehistoric resources was considered likely based on previously recorded sites within the
vicinity.
Field Methods
A 100 percent, intensive (Class lii) cultural resource survey of the proposed pipeline
reroute segrnent was made by a crew of two members walking transects parallel to the
staked line and spaced at 15 meter intervals. The route was inspected for a length of 3600
feet and a width of200 feet (-60 meters). Crew members worked from USGS 7.5' series
maps. A total of about 61.5 acres of private land (21.5 linear and 40 block) was inventoried.
The survey area has been previously impacted by agricultural fields leaving ground visibility
at roughly 20 percent.
Cultural resources were sought as surface exposures and were characterized as sites
or isolated finds. Sites were defined as discrete loci of patterned activity greater than 50
years of age and consisting of 5 or more prehistoric artifacts with or without features or over
50 historic artifacts with associated features. Also, a single isolated hearth with no other
associated artifacts or features was to be recorded as a site. Isolated finds were defined as
less than 5 artifacts without associated features; historic trash dumps without associated
features; single core reduction events with a single core and associated reduction debitage;
single pot drops where the sherds are from a single vessel; or prospector pits with/or without
artifacts and no associated historic structures or features. Environmental constraints which
might be expected included previous natural ground disturbance that has modified the
surface so extensively that the likelihood of finding cultural resources is negligible; human
activity within the past 50 years that has created a new land surface such that all traces of
cultural resources have been eradicated; natural environmental characteristics that are
unfavorable to the presence of historic properties; slopes greater than 30% where no
potential for rock shelter, rock art, or other cultural properties associated with rock faces or
ledges exist; and areas with I 00% vegetation coverage. All cultural resources that qualified
as sites, such as prehistoric open camps, lithic scatters, occupied overhangs, rockshelters,
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and evidence of historic occupation, were recorded as they were encountered to standards set
by the BLM and the OAHP.
Sites were to be recorded using the following methods of mapping and note taking.
The basic approach to the data collection was to be the continuous mapping of observed
artifacts and features by recording UTM coordinates (NAD 83 Datum) using Trimble Geo
XT units. Site maps were to be created using corrected GPS data and ARCMAP.
Photographs were to be taken at each site and include general views and specific artifacts or
features. Field notes and photo negatives for this project are on file at Grand River Institute,
while the photographs are submitted to the BLM. No artifacts were collected.
Study Findings
As expected, cultural resources were identified. As a result of the fieldwork, one
historic site, 5GF4467.1, a segment of a ditch was newly recorded. The site is described
below. Location data for this recorded resource is provided in Appendix A, Figure A-1,
which is a map that shows the cultural resource location in relation to the project area.
Detailed information for the resource is provided in the attached OAHP Form (only in BLM
and OAHP copies).
Site Significance
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) directs federal agencies to
ensure that authorized actions do not inadvertently disturb or destroy significant cultural
resource values. Significance is a quality of cultural resource properties that qualifies them
for inclusion in the NRHP. The statements of significance included in this report are field
assessments to support recommendations to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO).
The final determination of site significance is made by the controlling federal agency in
consultation with the SHPO and the Keeper of the Register.
The Code of Federal Regulations was used as a guide for the in-field site evaluations.
Titles 36 CFR 60, 36 CFR 800, and 36 CFR 64 are concerned with the concepts of
significance and (possible) historic value of cultural resources. Titles 36 CFR 65 and 36
CFR 66 provide standards for the conduct of scientific data recovery activities. Finally,
Title 36 CFR 60.4 establishes the measure of significance that is critical to the determination
of a site's NRHP eligibility, which is used to assess a site's research potential:
The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and
culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects of State and
local importance that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials,
workmanship, feeling, and association, and a) that are associated with events that
have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history; or b) that are
associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or c) that embody the
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distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that
represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a
significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual
distinction; or d) that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important
in the prehistory or history.
Site Description
Site 5GF4467.1 is a segment of an unnamed ditch located on a broad bench above
Spring Creek and about a mile southeast of the Colorado River. The elevation is 5480 feet
and the vegetation is pinyon trees with sagebrush, greasewood and grass. The soil is brown,
sandy loam.
The ditch segment recorded with the present project measures roughly 700 feet in
length by three feet in width and roughly one foot deep. The ditch was dry at the time of
recording and overgrown with grasses -it does not appear to presently be in use. No records
were on file with the Colorado Division of Water Rights for a ditch in this location. The
Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records indicated that the ditch is located
on lands which had been historically filed on by both Wade Hampton in 1911 (Accession/
Serial Nr.: 236594 and BLM Serial Nr.: COGS 0002599) and PatrtickJ. Kett in 1913
(Accession/Serial Nr.: 330509 and BLM Serial Nr.: COGS 0003032). No features such as
headgates or diversions were noted within this segment.
Evaluation and Recommendation
Since the full alignment of this ditch has not been walked and individual features not
fully documented, this site is field evaluated as need data, or potentially eligible to the
National Register of Historic Places. As no significant features were recorded during this
inventory, no further work is recommended for this segment.
Discussion
This project provided an opportunity to investigate the prehistoric and historic use of
the benches and ridges near the base of the north slopes of Battlement Mesa. Previous
cultural resource studies in the area have suggested regional occupation for as long as 8000
years. Even though only one historic site was recorded with this inventory, studies in the
surrounding areas indicate the presence of Archaic, Formative (Fremont), and Numic (Ute)
periods. Historic records also indicate a permanent Euro-American presence in the region
began as early as the late 1880's. Notably, Prehistoric/Protohistoric sites that may have been
in the area have likely been impacted by the 130 year occupation and use of the area by
EuroAmerican's agricultural and residential development.
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In general, although the study area was probably not continuously occupied
prehistorically, it seems to have offered an attractive environment for gathering, floral
processing, hunting, as well as lithic procurement and processing. Site density in the
surrounding mesa areas is high, probably due to two factors: good access to permanent
water, and strategic topographical positioning on the ridge tops and open benches. Such
camp placement provided a good view of the surrounding lower elevations for purposes of
hunting and protection. The heavily vegetated valley bottoms were accessed for reasons of
acquiring water and for the procurement of floral and faunal resources.
Management Summary
The eligibility determination and consultation process is guided by Section I 06 of
the NHPA (36 CFR 60, 63, and 800). Inventory to identify, evaluate, and mitigate potential
effects to cultural resources affected by an undertaking is the first step in the Section I 06
process. Federal actions cannot be authorized until the Section 106 process is completed (36
CFR 800.3). Final determinations of National Register eligibility and effect should be
sought from the controlling federal agencies in consultation with the State Historic
Preservation Officer (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Files searches for this project made through the offices of the Colorado Historical
Society and the Bureau of Land Management indicated no cultural resources had been
previously recorded within the proposed project's linear corridor. As a result of the
fieldwork, one historic site, 5GF4467.1, a segment of a ditch was newly recorded. Since the
full alignment of the ditch has not been walked and individual features not fully
documented, the site is field evaluated as need data, or potentially eligible to the National
Register of Historic Places. However, because no significant features were recorded within
the segment studied during this inventory, no further work is deemed necessary for this
segment. Accordingly, archaeological clearance is recommended.
References
Church, Minette C. and Steven G. Baker, Bonnie J. Clark, Richard F. Carrillo, Jonathon C.
Horn, Carl D. Spath, David R. Guilfoyle, and E. Steve Cassells
2007 Colorado History: A Context for Historical Archaeology. Colorado Council
of Professional Archaeologists, Denver.
Husband, Michael B.
1984 Colorado Plateau Country Historic Context. Colorado Historical Society,
Denver.
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O'Rourke, Paul M.
1980 Frontier in Transition. Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources
Series Number Ten. Colorado State Office, Denver.
Reed, Alan D. and Michael D. Metcalf
1999 Prehistory: A Context for the Northern Colorado River. Colorado Council of
Professional Archaeologists, Denver.
U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, Colorado
1975 Technical Guide liE: Range Site Descriptions.
Young, Robert G. and Joann W. Young
1968 Geology and Wildflowers of Grand Mesa. Wheelwright Press, Ltd.
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FoR OFFICIAL UsE ONLY: DISCLOSURE oF SITE LocATIONS IS PROHIBITED (43 CFR 7.18)
Appendix A: Lists of Previously Recorded Cultural Resources and
Previously Conducted Inventories
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Files Search Data for: T. 7S., R. 96W., 6'h P.M., Sections: 34, 35, 36
T. 8S., R. 96W., 6'h P.M., Sections: I, 2, 3
Table 1. List of previously recorded resources within approximately one mile of the
present study areas.
Site ID Site Type Assessment
5GF.l09 Prehistoric Open Camp Eligible -Officially
5GF.364 Historic, Bridge Eligible-Officially
5GF.389 Historic, Not Eligible-Field
Structure/Foundation/ Alignment
5GF.392 Historic, Trail/Road Needs Data-Officially
5GF.447 Historic, Farming/Ranching Needs Data-Officially
5GF.l234 Prehistoric Open Camp Not Eligible-Officially
5GF.l235 Historic, Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.l246 Prehistoric, Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.l247 Prehistoric, Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.l248 Prehistoric, Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.l294 Historic, Farming/Ranching Not Eligible-Officially
5GF.l296 Historic, Farming/Ranching Not Eligible-Officially
5GF.l324 Historic, Trash Dump Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.1350 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.l539 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2648 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.2649 Prehistoric Open Camp, Historic Isolated Needs Data-Field
Find
5GF.2650 Historic Habitation Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.2651 Open Lithic Not Eligible-Field
5GF.2652 Historic Habitation Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.2653 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2654 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
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Site ID Site Type Assessment
5GF.2655 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.2656 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.2657 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2658 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.2659 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2660 Prehistoric Open Camp Needs Data-Officially
5GF.2662 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2664 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2665 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2666 Historic Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2667 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible-Field
5GF.2668 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.2669 Prehistoric Open Camp Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3182 Historic Trash Dump Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.3597 Prehistoric Open Camp Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.3598 Prehistoric Open Architectural Eligible -Officially
5GF.3599 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3600 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3601 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3636 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3709 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3710 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3741 Prehistoric Open Camp Eligible -Officially
5GF.3742 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3743 Historic Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3744 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3745 Historic Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
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Site ID Site Type Assessment
5GF.3746 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.3749 Prehistoric Isolated Find Not Eligible -Field
5GF.4080 Historic Habitation Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.408l Historic Habitation Not Eligible -Officially
5GF.414l Prehistoric Open Lithic Needs Data-Officially
5GF.4149.l Water Control Feature, Segment Not Eligible-Officially
Table 2. List of previously conducted cultural resources projects within approximately
one mile of the present study.
I Survel: ID I Project/ Authorffiate I
GF.LM.R218 Title: Parachute De Beque Loop Line
MC.LM.R371 Author: Conner CarlE; Crum, Sally M.
Date: 03/0111982
Contractor: Grand River Institute
MC.LM.R247 Title: Preliminary Report on Cultural Resources Inventory Fourteen
MC.LM.R355 Locations on the Rifle to Grand Junction Segment Colorado Ute Electrical
Association Rifle to San Juan 345 KV Transmission Line Project
Author: Collins Susan M
Date: 06/0111985
Contractor: Nickens and Associates
MC.LM.R68 Title: Grant Norpac Cultural Resource Inventory of a 39 Mile Seismic
Line, Mesa and Garfield Counties, Colorado
Author: Scott, John M
Date: 04/0 111991
Contractor: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants
GF.LM.Rl07 Title: Tom Brown, Inc., High Mesa Access Roads Class III Cultural
(BLM S#5498-6) Resource Inventory Garfield County, Colorado (BLM S#5498-6)
Author: McDonald, Kae
Date: 1110111997
Contractor: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants
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I Surve;r ID I Project/ Authormate I
GF.LM.R277 Title: Tom Brown Inc., Parachute Federal3l-22 Well Pad and Access Road
Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Garfield County, Colorado
Author: McDonald, Kae
Date: 08/0l/1998
Contractor: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants
GF.LM.Rl78 Title: Cultural Resource Inventory for the High Mesa Wildlife Habitat
Improvement Project Garfield County, Colorado (BLM-GSRA S# 1098-20)
Author: Seacat, Todd B.
Date: 12/0l/1998
Contractor: Bureau of Land Management
GF.LM.R213 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Report for the Proposed
Canyon Gas Resources Bentley Phase II Gas Pipeline in Garfield County,
Colorado
Proposed Reroute in Garfield County, Colorado: Addendum 1
Author: Pennefather-O'Brien, Elizabeth and John M. Brogan {Addendum)
Date: 08/0 l/2002
Contractor: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
MC.LM.R520 Title: Trace Energy Services, Inc. Piceance Basin Development West Side
2D Seismic Lines Class III Cultural Resources Inventory Garfield and Mesa
Counties, Colorado (Project 1635-01)
Author: Bambrey, Lucy Hackett
Date: 12/0 l/2003
Contractor: Greystone Environmental Consultants
GF.LM.R255 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Report for the Proposed
Canyon Gas Resources South Parachute Gas Pipeline in Garfield County,
Colorado
Author: Pennefather-O'Brien, Elizabeth
Date: 08/0 l/2003
Contractor: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants
GF.LM.R339 Title: Class III Cultural Resources Inventory Report for Four Well
Locations and Related Access/Pipeline Routes in Garfield County,
Colorado for Noble Energy, Inc. (GRI No. 2481)
Author: Conner, Carl E. and Barbara J. Davenport
Date: 12/20/2004
Contractor: Grand River Institute
GF.LM.R325 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for the Proposed South
Parachute #22-8 Well Location and Related Access (0.75 Mile) in Garfield
County, Colorado for Williams Production RMT (GRI #2521)
Author: Davenport, Barbara
Date: 05/13/2005
Contractor: Grand River Institute
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Survey ID Project/AuthoriDate
GF.LM.R301 Title: Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of a Proposed Access Road
Re-route (2700 Feet) in Garfield County, Colorado for Noble Energy, Inc.
(GRI No. 2556)
Author: Conner, Carl E.
Date: 07/20/2005
Contractor: Grand River Institute
GF.LM.R338 Title: Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline to
PH-I Well Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Garfield County, Colorado
Author: Bambrey, Lucy Hackett
Date: 1110112005
Contractor: Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc.
GF.LM.R310 Title: Encana Oil and Gas (USA), Inc. PH-I Well Pad and Access/Pipeline
(BLMGSFO# Corridor: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory, Garfield County, Colorado
5406-5) (BLM GSFO# 5406-5)
Author: Bedingfield, Krista
Date: 1110112005
Contractor: Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
GF.LM.R449 Title: Class III Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Proposed and
Alternate Routes of the South Parachute Pipeline Extension in Garfield
County, Colorado for Encana Oil and Gas (USA), Inc. (GRI 2638)
Author: Conner, Carl E.
Date: 05/15/2006
Contractor: Grand River Institute
GF.LM.R450 Title: Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. South Parachute Geographic Area, 20
(BLMGSFO# Well Locations Class III Cultural Resources Inventory, Garfield County,
14606-3) Colorado (BLM GSFO# 14606-3)
Author: Spath, Carl
Date: 06/01/2006
Contractor: Arcadis-greystone
GF.LM.R368 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of Noble Energy 7L and 7K
(BLM#GSFO Wells and Access Road, Garfield County, Colorado (BLM # GSFO
14506-3) 14506-3)
Author: Piontkowski, Michael
Date: 06/06/2006
Contractor: Uncompahgre Archaeological Consultants
GF.LM.R408 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Report for the Proposed Access
Road (2400 Feet) to the 7L Pad Location in Garfield County, Colorado for
Noble Energy, Inc. (GRI No. 2771)(BLM GSFO# 1107-32; NEPA #
CC-140-2007-115EA)
Author: Conner, Carl E. and Barbara Davenport
Date: 07117/2007
Contractor: Grand River Institute
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I Survex ID I Project/Author/Date I
GF.LM.R403 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Report for Four Proposed
(BLMGSFO Parachute Ranch Federal Well Pad Location (35B,35C,35G,35I) and
1108-2) Related Linear Routes in Garfield County, Colorado for Noble Energy, Inc.
(GRI No. 27105)(BLM GSFO 1108-2)
Author: Conner, Carl E. and Barbara Davenport
Date: 09/28/2007
Contractor: Grand River Institute
GF.LM.R405 Title: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory Report for Four Proposed
(BLMGSFO Parachute Ranch Federal Well Pad Locations (35B,35C,35G,35I) and
ll08-2A) Related Linear Routes Addendum: Cultural Reso)lrce Inventory Report
From a Proposed Parachute Ranch Federal Well Location and Related
Linear Routes in Garfield County, Colorado for Noble Energy, Inc. (GRI
27108)(BLM GSFO ll08-2A)
Author: Conner, Carl E. and Barbara Davenport
Date: I 0/22/2007
Contractor: Grand River Institute
MC.LM.R515 Title: Class III Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Proposed
(BLM GJFO No. Collbran Pipeline Project in Garfield and Mesa Counties Colorado, for
1107-12) Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. (BLM GJFO No. 1107-12)(GRI No. 2781)
Author: Conner, Carl E.
Date: 12/19/2007
Contractor: Grand River Institute
GF.LM.R45l Title: Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of the ETC Canyon South
Parachute Loop Pipeline, Garfield County, Colorado
Author: Piontkowski, Michael
Date: 06/0 l/2008
Contractor: Uncompahgre Archaeological Consultants
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• Land Development GP03 General Permit Approval
• United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACoE)
Information Packet
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STATE OF COLORI\00
Bll Ri!Sef, J'r~ Gc:MIIl!Oe'
Marlha E. RIJdolph. £xeoutive Director
Decicafed to pratedfng allld imp!tnring the health antd enman~ of lite ,eop/e of CoOorado
'*300 c~ Cfeek o.r. s. ilaltl<lf'III!Oiy ~ a,.;~
Cenver, Cdo!ado 80246-1530 8~00 lCW'IY Bl~.
Pf!Moe (300) fi92-2000 IDM!r, Cdor.!oo ~
TOO lln.e (303) 691-7700 (300) 692-31)90
located Hrl Gli!lndale, eo.1orrado
http:h"-w.cdptle.saate.co.us
DAWN DeVRIES
ENCANA OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
370 17TH ST.
SUITE 1700
DENVER, CO 80202
OC'IOBF..R 19. 2010
RE: Land Development GP03 General Permit Approval for Application Package 1:247095
Dear Ms. DeVries:
The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division approves land development general permit
registration for the sites listed in the table below. Please refer to general permit: GP03 for all
applicable requirements. limitations. terms and conditions. A copy of the general permit may
be obtained via the Internet at_ the foKowing web address:
http ://www.cdphe.state .co .u s/ap/landdevelopdocuments.html.
Sites approvsd tor General Permit GP03 Coverage ,. ...
AIRS ID Site Name Actual Location City County Approval
Expiration
046 -0051 -001 HIGH MESA SEC233536 GARFIELD 0912412015
DISCHARGE T7&8S R96W -12:00:CO AM
()46.0052-001 EAST DRY SEC 4-9 T1S R92W GARFIELD 0912-412015
I I{OLLOW LOOP -12:00:00AM
HUNTER ME SA SEC 11 ~310 12 34 0012412015 046-0053-001 TOPUMBA 35T6&7S -GARFIELD 12 :00:00AM R92&93W ----
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me directly at {303) 692-3160.
s;ne~iAA , /
AI!Jftv.Joznra r/
Environmental Engineer
Stationary Sources Program
Air Pollution Control DMsion
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COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBUC HEALTH AND EIMROMIIIENT
AIR POUUTION CONTROL DIVISION
TELEPHONE: (303) &92·3150
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
Land Development Projects
PERMIT NO: GP03 FINAL APPROVAL
Modification 1
November 10. 2009
R K Hancock Ill. P.E.
Pennitmg Section Supervisor
Note: See the Land Development Genernl Permit Guidance document avai~ through t h e Division's Small
Business Assistance Program for fur1.her intumat!On on demonstrating compliance with the requiMments of this
permit.
L General Permit Applfcabi!itr
lA The ownef' or operator of any land development activity that can comply with all of the operating
coodilions fhsaihed in Sedfon II of this pennit and meet all requi rements of this Section I may
regis~« for this general permit
I. B. Land development refers to a1• land dearing actMties., including but not limited to land preparation
sudt as excavating Of" grading. for~. commercial. or industlial development, or oil ond gas
exploration and production. Land development does not include mining operations or the disturbance
of contaminated soils.
I. C . land development activitie• that are Illes than 25 contiguoun a<:re$ and less than 6 months in
dllration are exempt from pennilfing and do not need to report air emissions to the Division. For
these projectn, operators m u:st use appropriate oonfTol measures fo minimize the release of fugitive
dust from the site.
II. Operating Tenns and Condrtfon!
li .A. Emission Umilations
IIA 1 . Proiect will not exceed 1850 acres in size. Any prqect over 1850 acres will be subfect to a
Construction Permit and Pubic Notioo proceedings.
II.B. ~neral Operating COC'Idiions
11 .8 .1. Palticulate emissions Control P1an
II.B .1 .a . THE FOLLOWING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS CONTROL MEASURES SHALL BE USED
FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES ON THE SOURCES COVERED BY THIS PERMIT. AS
REQUIRED BY THE AJR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION REGULATION NO 1. THIS
SOURCE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOUOWNG EMISSION GUIDELINES:
LAND DEVELOPMENT GENERAL PERMIT Page 1 o l 4
Petmrt Number GP03
Final Approval
Colorado DepartmentofPubic Heallh and Environment
Air Poll'ution Control Division
ll.B.1 .a.(i) All ktivf6es-VIsible emissions not to exceed 20%, no ofJ.pnlperly ftansport of visible
emissions.
II.B.1 .a {i) HaU Roads-No off-property transport of visible emissions shall apply to on-site haul
roads, the nuisance guidelines shall apply to off-site llaul roads.
II.B.1..a(iii) Haul Trucl<s-There shall be no off-property transport ofWibl'e emissions from haul
trucks when operating on the property of the owner oc oper.tor. T hefe shall be no
off..whicfe transport of visible emissions from the material in tbe haul flucks when
operating off of the property of the ownf'!r or operatc:r.
11.8 .1.b. ConlrcJC Measures
II.B.1.b .. (i) All u~ roads and other disturbed surface areas on site must be watP.Md as
ne.::essary ro prevent off-property transport of visible fugitive particulate emissions.
11.8 .1 b .(ii} Vehide speed on all unpaved roads and disturbed areas shall not exceed a maximum of
30 mph. Speed limit signs shall be POsted .
11.8.1 .b.(iii) No ealthwork activities shall be performed when the wind speed exa!eds 30 miles per
hour.
II.B.1 .b .(iv) All (hturbed surface areas shall be revegetated within one yeer and acaxding to the
information submitted by the appliCant with the pP.m1ilapJI(jt.:afian.
ll.B.1 .b..(v) Gravel enftyways shal be utilized to prevent mud and dirtcarryoutowm pawd surfaces.
Ally mud and dirt carryout onto paved sutfaces shall be deaned up daily.
11 .8 .1.c.. Other control measures recommended by the Division, but not mquiled for general pemlifting
II.B .1.c.(i) Foundation soil shaH be oompaded on a daily basis to withnSO% of maximum
compaction.
11.8.1 . .c..(ii) Silt fencing sha ll be installed prior to overfotling along all p«operty bnrdefs that are
adjaoent to developed ateas.
II.B.1 .c.(iii) S(Jrface area disturbed shall be minimized as desaibed in the inbmalion submitted by
the applicant with the permit appication.
Ill Genentl Recordk8eoina
Ill .A. The reoords in this sedion shall be maiOOlined on site.
I II.B. The current -version of this general oonslruction permrt.
III.C. The most recently submitted Air Pollutant Emission Notice (APEN).
111 .0 . The genefCII permit rf!!jstration approval letter.
IV. General Permit Terms and Administration
IV .A. GeneraA Terms
IV .A.1. Land developmert owner/operator agreement to Particulate Emissions Control Pfan {11 .8 .1) wm result
In Issuance ot generat permit approval letter.
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Pennlt N'lmber GP03
Flll.al Apptoval
COrora.do DEpatmentofPublic Health and Environment
Air Pollution Control Division
iV.A2. A land develOpment general pennit wiJI be vaid for five (5) J8WS kom lt1e initial date of the approval
IaUer issuanc.e. Any project exceedfng fiw years d be req~~ired toRe an APEN update after five
years .
IV.A.3. One APEN will be submilf.ed per prqed. Mullipfe pttases may be covered under a single APEN
pmvidedthatthe enti're project is less Utan tl1e 1850 aaes.
IV.A.4. APEN and General Penn it Fees
IV A4.a. Total fees for a land development APEN aiTd Genefal Pemtil w ill be $202.90. These fees will
arise from two som;es:
lV.A.5.
IVA4.a.(i)
IVA4.a .(ii)
An APEN filing fee in the amomt of $152.90 per APEN filed {Please note lhat the
APEN filing fee is subiect to ciTange by l1e Colorado State legislature) and
A general pennit fee of $50.00 kJr eadt APEN filed.
A revised Air Poll ... ant Emission Notice (APEN) shall be filed: (Refefence: Regulation No. 3,
Part A. Section II.C .)
rv A5..a. Whenever there is a change in the owner or operator of any facility. process. or activity; or
IV A5.b . No Fater than 30 days before the five-year tenn of lte exisfing APEN expires.
IV.A.6.
IV.A.7.
This permit is granted subJect to all rufes and regufalions of lte Colorado AJr Quality Control
Commission and tie Colorado Air Polution Prevenmn And Control Ad C .R.S . (25-7-101 el seq).
to those general and specific lemls and conditions included in this document
Unless specifically silted otherwise, the general and specific conditions conta ined in thi$ pennit
have been detennined by the Division to be rleC.eS$lJY fO assure compliance wiUt the provisions
of Section 25-7-114.5(7)(a), C .R.S.
IVA8. Each and every coocilion of this penn it is a matenat part hereof and is not severable. Any
challenge to or aP~Jeal of. a condition he.reof shall c:onslilute a rej ection of lhe entire permit and
l4)0I'I such ocwtrence, this petmit shall be deemed deni.ed ab initio .
IV .A.9. VIOlation of the terms of a permit or of the prcMsions of 1te Colofado Air Pollution Prevention and
Conlrol h:J. or the reguations of the AQCC may result in administrative. civil or criminat
enfon::ement actions under Sections 25--7-115 (enfon:ement), -121 (ir1unctions). -122 (civil
penalties). -122.1 (climinal penalties). C . .R.S.
IV.A .1 0 . Registration under this pennit is approved in reliance upoo tile ctCX111ClC.y and completeness of
information supplied by the applicant and is conditioned upon Opefation of the source, in
accordance with ltlis infunnation and with reprHenlafions made by the applicant or applicant's
agents. It 1$ valid only fOf the equipment and opefations «activity specifically ident ified on the
general pennit reg,tration.
IV.B. Registration CMificatioo
IV.B.1 . Concfdional certification ol a registration under this general permit is effective from the date the
complete registration request is received by the Div\slon.. A complete regisftation request
coo.sists of all General Permit application matetial s required by 110 Division induding, but not
limited to. an in pad analysis that demonstrates, tflat the APEN requested emissions from the
proposed source or modification wm not cause or contribute-to concentrations of air pollutants in
ambient a i r in viofalion of any applicable state or national amblent air quality slandard. The
owner or operator may commence eonstrud:ion and oper-ation or Ute land deveklpment project as
represented in the regisfration upon submission of the completed regfstration request. In the
LAND OE.'VELOPMENT GENERAL PERMrf Page3of4
Permit Number" GP03
Final Approval
Colorado Oeparlment of Pubic Health and Environment
Air Pollution Conlrof OMsion
event the land dew!topment project does not qualify kJr regisb'ation under the general permit or is
demonslrated to Yiolale an ..,.,rrcable ambient air quality standard. thf! ownar or open*v accepts
the liabrlity ~ conmencilllg these activities.
N.C. Registration Mocfificafion
IV.C .1. In order to mocffy operations mderthe gen«al pennit, the owner or operator must submit a new
general penn it appfc:aOOn and APEN to the Division. This appljcalinn will deta.iJ the changes
being made to fee ptqed. Reasons for submiUing a modifica tion include, but are oot limited lo:
IV .C.1.a fncrease in project siZe resulting in greater emissf.on.
IV.C .1.b . lnaease m ttte duratfm of the project resuHing in fuijtive particulates bei1f9 released !anger
than initial~ reported.
IV. C .1.c . An increase in lfte amOtrt of paving being performed on the site.
IV.C .1.d . A decrease in dust amlrol measu.-es being implemented from those inilially reporlEd.
IV. D. Registration Revision /Termination
IV.D.1. The DMsionrnay deny or revoke r1!9stration underthegeneral pemit under the circtmstances
specified rn ReguFation No. 3. Part B, Section IIU.3.c.
IV.D .2 . A re9slration mderthis general penn it may be reissued to a new owner by the Divisi'co as
provided in R.eg14ation No. 3, Part B, Section II.B . upon a request for transfer of ownership and
the submittll of a revised A.PEN and the reqt~ired fees.
IV.D.3 . Registration under this ge«teral permit is voluntary. The penniltee may withdraw or cancel a
regisfnrtion under ths gen«al permit at any lime by notifying the Division in writing.
IV.E. General Permit Revision / Tem~ination
IV.E .1 . This general permit remains in effect l.l'ltil revised ortemtinaled by the Division in a<:IOOfdance
with the p«Msions d Regulation No . 3.
IV. E.2 . After pl4llic notice and comment as provided by Regulation No . 3, Part B. Section III.L 7 .• the
Division may raise this general permit in order to add or delete requ iremenls or limiati'nn5 tn thP-
pennit. This pt.lb«c notice shall be conducted in a manner consistent wiUt the provisions of
Regulation No.3. Part B. Section III .C .4 .
iV.E.3 . ff a revised general peanil is issued by the Division. any existing regislrafioo to use the general
permit will be attomaticaly converted to a registration to use the revised general permit. provided
that the permittee oomw~ ro meet all requirements of lhe revised general permit P•sons not
wishing to continue c:overa.ge under the revised general permit shall have the option of appCying
fOf" an ind~ pe~mit as required by Regufation No. 3, Patf B.
IV .E .4 . H the DMsion fermi~ this oooeral permit. it wm provide written notice to affected regjs(rantn
prior to the temtfnafion oflhe general permit. The ndice will advise registrants 1hat they must
apply for an individual permit as required by Regufaion No. 3, Part B.
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Final Approllal iissb-ed Odloll« 17. 2008.
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