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RE: Special Use Permit under
Major Impact Review Process
GV 82-5 Pad Location
The GV 82-5 pad location is on a remote edge of the PUD, many steps have been taken by
Williams in effort to mitigate any impact to the character of the neighborhood. These steps
include our utilization of the natural topography to conceal our operations from the residents of
the community, routing our traffic away from the neighborhood to said location, and finally our
use of modern drilling technology.
The GV 82-5 sits below the le and 15th hole of the Battlement Mesa Golf Course. Our
placement of this pad is optimized to keep the visual and noise impact to an absolute minimum.
No rig noise is noticeable from these locations and only the upper portion of the rig derrick is
visible. This visual and audible mitigation is largely attributed to the 180+ft elevation drop
between the mesa, where the neighborhood sits and the pad location. When this elevation
difference is combined with the 1200+ linear foot distance between the pad and the closest
neighbor, it leaves little chance for any sound or visual impact to be felt by the surface owners
and the golfers.
Williams has required all traffic for the GV 82-5 to use County Road 309 from the Rulison area
and to follow County Road 309 to the private road to access the pad. This greatly reduces traffic
within the PUD.
Finally, our use of modern oil and gas technology has allowed us to become more efficient while
disturbing a smaller surface area and reducing overall traffic thus further keeping the character of
the neighborhood intact. Our high efficiency rigs utilize electric top drive motors in combination
with diesel electric generators for a much faster, quieter and efficient drilling operation. Due to
their innovative designs, these E -Rigs allow us to drill more wells from one surface location with
a smaller footprint in the area. These latest generation rigs combined with our remote
completions operations allow for greater flexibility, overall less impact to the community. Once
the wells are producing gas, there will only be light duty truck traffic to the location with the
occasional need for a service rig to perform more in depth maintenance. These service rigs are
only required on average of every 2-3 years. At that time, all work needed to a well would take
only 1-5 days and with rigs that are much smaller and quieter than a standard drilling rig Thanks
to Williams advances in well automation and communication, there is less need for traffic or
service of these wells.
Between our very careful planning in all stages of development combined with efficient drilling
technology and traffic routing, we are confident we have mitigated any potential impact to the
highest level possible.