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Ursa Operating Company LLC
Speakman A Injection Well
OA Project No. 013-3151
760 Horizon Drive, Suite 102 TEL 970.263.7800
Grand Junction, CO 81506 FAX 970.263.7456 www.olssonassociates.com
April 14, 2014
Glenn Hartmann
Garfield County Community Development
108 8th
Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
RE: Completeness Review Speakman- Ursa Injection Well
General Administrative Review - Land Use Change Permit (GAPA-7835)
Dear Glenn:
Thank you for your Completeness Review Letter dated March 24, 2014. Olsson is responding to
this letter on behalf of Ursa Operating Company.
1. Per Comments from the Assistant County Attorney, please provide documentation
establishing the name change between URSA Piceance LLC .to Ursa Operating Company
adequate to clarify any ownership/lease/permitting questions.
Ursa Response: Please see Contract Operating Agreement between Ursa Resources Group II
LLC and Ursa Operating Company LLC documenting the relationship between these two
companies.
2. Please provide clarification as to the status of the State Storm Water Management Permit.
Ursa Response: The CDPHE anticipates updating its rules regarding Stormwater permits. All
permits issued prior to 6/30/2013 were set to expire on 6/30/2013 and were administratively
continued indefinitely via a letter from CDPHE. Permits issued after 6/30/2013 show an expiration
date of 6/30/13 and the comment ADMINISTRATIVELY CONTINUED on the permit certificate
with no further expiration date. No additional documentation is required now.
3. Supplemental Information on the SPCC Plan is needed to clarify who prepared the plan and/or
clarify any additional information that may be provided as a condition of approval.
Ursa Response: Please see SPCC Plan signed and sealed by the professional engineer who
prepared the document.
4. Additional documentation regarding potential noise impacts including equipment, plans for
mitigation, and an estimate of noise generation reflecting consistency with COGCC noise
limitations is needed. The analysis needs to utilize the residential use category for the adjacent
properties and needs to be prepared by a professional with noise assessment credentials.
Ursa Response: Noise output from the facility will be negligible. The only possible source of
noise will be from an electric motor, housed in a structure. The sound impact will be well below
the Residential/Agricultural/Rural permitted sound output in COGCC Rule 802. The sound wall
that is in place now is intended to accommodate the current activities at the location and will not
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be a permanent fixture once the injection well is operational. See Sound Analysis included with
this response.
5. While not a completeness items, it is requested that the Applicant address the fact that the
lease included in the Application refers to the owner's future plan to operate an RV Park on
the property and any potential conflicts between the lease and the current Application.
Ursa Response: The owner had plans to build an RV Park on a separate area of his property,
over a quarter mile away from the Speakman A Pad. However, access to this RV Park area is on
Daybreak Road, we also access the Speakman A Pad from Daybreak Road. The intent of this
language was simply to ensure that, if the owner begins construction on this RV Park, we would
cooperate with them as to limit interference with construction traffic along Daybreak Road.
Sincerely,
Lorne Prescott
Senior Project Scientist
Cc: Rob Bleil, Regulatory lead, Ursa
Dave Hayes, Water Manager, Ursa