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ADMIN/STRA TIVE PERMIT
for
Bargath Inc.
In accordance with and pursuant to §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 natural gas gathering pipeline
of which is 30" in diameter and 7. 9 miles in length
and a portion that is 12" in diameter and . 6 miles in
length, which falls inside Garfield County. This
pipeline is intended to convey natural gas from the
Cottonwood Compressor Station (east of
Parachute, HWY 6) to the Parachute Creek Gas
Plant (CR 215).
This 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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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 obtain a driveway permit from the County Road and
Bridge Department for any new or additional access to County Road 215.
6. A utility permit will be issued for the pipeline crossing on CR 215. The
crossing will be bored under CR 215. This permit will be issued by Garfield
County Road and Bridge Department.
7. The Applicant shall give the Garfield County Road and Bridge Department
24 hour notification prior to working within the County ROW.
8. The Applicant shall provide the County with a revegetation security for fee
lands in the amount of $245,000.00 for 98 acres disturbed. Additionally,
the Applicant shall submit the original tags from each seed bag. The seed
mix in the Plan shall match the seed mix used in the field. Seed mix
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containing yellow sweet clover (Melilotus offcinalis) or annual yellow
sweetclover (M. indicus) shall not be used. The amount of seed specified
to be planted in the Plan shall match the quantity of seed used in the field.
The security 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 revegetation
establishment, to request an inspection for security release consideration.
Steve Anthony, Garfield County Vegetation Manager, has recommended
the following, which the Applicant may utilize :
1. Sideouts Grama deleted from the seed mixture.
2. Add Indian ricegrass (Achantheum hymenoides) 4.0 PLS.
3. Add Galleta (Pleuraphis jamessii) 2.0 PLS.
9. Revegetation will be approved by Garfield County Vegetation Manager
and the ROW restoration will be approved by Garfield County Road &
Bridge Department representative.
10. The temporary inhabited structures (office trailers, etc.) required for the
project shall require building permits from the County Planning and
Building Department.
11. In no case shall an operator engage in activities which impact Federal or
State threatened and endangered species.
12.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.
13.All operations shall comply with all applicable Federal and State Public
Health and Environment, Noise, and Air and Water Quality Control
standards.
14.Any proposed waste disposal or treatment facilities shall comply with all
requirements of the County Individual Sewage Disposal System
Regulations.
15. Should an abandoned pipeline be removed, it will be subject to the original
revegetation and weed management requirements in the original
application.