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Home My WebLink About1.0 Permit• ■!1 Pl'i PPIL� ii ,MLi 111,LIW1r, I90111:L4'I6'it Reception#: 763940 02/27/2009 03:30:47 PM Jean Rlberico 1 of 5 Rec Fee:$0.00 Doc Fee:0.00 GRRFIELD COUNTY CO THIRD AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT for Marathon Oil Company. Marathon Fresh & Produced Water Pipeline System In accordance with and pursuant to Article IX of the Garfield County Unified Land Use Resolution of 2008, 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 Third Amended Administrative Permit (Amending Reception #759812, #762013, and #763530) 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 Fred A: 3 Building & Planning Department, Director 2i Reception#: 763940 02127/2009 03:30:47 PIM Jean Alberico 2 of 5 Rec Fee:$0.00 Doc Fee:0.00 GARFIELD COUNT' CO Exhibit 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 concems 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. Reception#: 763940 02/27/2009 03:30:47 PM Jean Alberico 3 of 5 Rec Fee:$0.00 Doc Fee 0.00 GARFIELD COUN V 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 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, April 15th to July 15th within 1/3 mile of nests of Red Tailed Hawks; April 15th to August 15th within % mile of nests of Cooper Hawks; and April 1st to May 31st within 6/10 miles for Greater Sage Grouse. Those identified areas include: Sections 19, 29, 32 and 33 of T5S, R96W and Section 13 of T6S, R97W. Nesting period stipulations 11111'1111.6 P51111i'ii iVi aVt .14i'.1141,11%.1%111/2:11,14111(4 i 1 Reception#: 763940 02/27/2009 03:30:47 PM Jean Alberico 4 of 5 Rec Fee:$0,00 Doc Fee:0.00 GARFIELD COUNTY CO have been determined by a qualified wildlife biologist and approved by the Division of Wildlife (DOW). 17. Any changes to the distribution or connection of this pipeline system or its contents shall require a new Administrative Permit. 18. An amendment to the route for the pipeline in Section 29, T5S, R96 W of the P.M. has been permitted by the Planning Director, depicted below. The restrictions for installation and construction in #16 (above) shall be adhered to for this amended route. /44, / �� ♦./ S • • erk f f \ • SII! 11'! i 111011,11ithfi lliVr iPil?l.10,^:1r'! i' IT hH"111 !!! Recept ion#? : 763940 02/2712009 03:30:47 PM Jean Alberico 5 of 5 Rec Fee:$0.00 Doc Fee:0.00 GARFIELD COUNTY CO 19. An amendment to the pipe size from one (1) 8 -inch diameter steel and one (1) 4 -inch Flexpipe pipes to two (2) 4 -inch Flexpipe pipes for the pipeline in portions of Section 19 and 29, T5S, R96W of the P.M. (depicted below in red) has been permitted by the Planning Director. The restrictions for installation and construction in #16 (above) shall be adhered to for this amended route. 20. An amendment has been permitted by the Planning Director to locate the two (2) 4 -inch Flexpipe for the pipeline into a ROW owned by EPCO, Inc. through an agreement between Marathon Oil Company and EPCO, Inc. and permitted for use by Marathon Oil Company in the portions of the pipeline (depicted in red). This permitting is based upon Marathon Oil Company's representation that EPCO, Inc.'s right-of-way is the same right-of-way Marathon Oil Company was granted by the surface owners. r CHEVRON USA INC 21352910 S1A J�! •- r BERRYPE1RI% UM MARATHON O0_ 213332.00009 CI-IEYRON USA INC 213533400010 BERRY PETROLEUM MARATHON ¢ 2101MIMMINT 1