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ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT
for
Marathon Oil Company.
Marathon Fresh & Produced Water Pipeline System
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 13.72 miles of both
8 -inch diameter steel pipe for fresh water and
4 -inch diameter Flexpipe for produced water in a
system which distributes and collects, respectively,
those fluids to and from related drilling operations
in the area northwest of Parachute. The pipeline
system is interred in a 100' right-of-way.
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
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Fred A. Jarman"AICP \`
Building & Planning Departme , Director
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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.
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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
re -vegetation 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. The Applicant shall initiate weed management activities prior to the start of
construction and shall treat all inventoried noxious weeds in the project area
prior to construction activities and shall forward a copy of the application
records to: Garfield County Vegetation Management, PO Box 426, Rifle CO
81650.
13. 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.
14. The applicant shall provide the Vegetation Management Department with
the original tags from each seed bag.
15. The security of $415,000 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 re -vegetation
establishment, to request an inspection for security release consideration.
16. Installation of the portions of the pipeline system and general construction
activity in the areas where sensitive species activities are identified (Sage
Grouse leks and active raptor nests) shall be performed outside of those
times and seasons that are seasons for breeding and nesting, in specific, the
months of February through June. Those identified areas include: Sections
19, 29, 32 and 33 of T5S, R96W and Section 13 of T6S, R9 7 W.
17. Any changes to the distribution or connection of this pipeline system or its
contents shall require a new Administrative Permit.