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County of Garfield
At a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Garfield County, Colorado,
held in the Commissioners' Meeting Room, Garfield County Courthouse, in Glenwood Springs on,
Monday, the 8th day of December A.D. 2008, there were present:
John Martin — , Commissioner Chairman
Larry McCown , Commissioner
Tresi Houpt , Commissioner
Deborah Quinn , Assistant County Attorney
• Jean Alberico , Clerk of the Board
Ed Green (absent) , County Manager
when the following proceedings, among others were had and done, to -wit:
RESOLUTION NO. g6 02 - /37
A RESOLUTION CONCERNED WITH THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE
PERMIT REQUEST FOR "PROCESSING AND MATERIAL HANDLING OF A
NATURAL RESOURCE" FOR A COMPRESSOR STATION LOCATED IN THE
A/R/RD ZONE DISTRICT AND OWNED BY WILLIAMS PRODUCTION RMT
COMPANY, GARFIELD COUNTY
PARCEL NO# 2409-352-00-151
Recitals
A. The Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County, Colorado, received a Special
Use Permit request for a "Processing and Material Handling of a Natural Resource" to allow for a
Compressor Station, to contain a maximum of eight (8) compressor engines, located south of
Parachute at 1620 County Road 300 on a 40 -acre parcel owned by Williams Production RMT
Company, Garfield County.
B. The Compressor Station will be located in the SW %a of the NW %a of Section 35,
Township 7 South, Range 96 West within a 40 -acre property owned by Williams Produciton RMT
Company, and located on CR 300 south of Parachute, CO.
C. The subject property is zoned Agricultural Residential Rural Density (A/R/RD) where
such use is permitted as a Special Use.
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D. The Compressor Station may contain a maximum of eight (8) natural gas compressor
engines within the facility area which has been identified as being 2.755 -acres of a 40 -acre parcel.
E. The Board of County Commissioners considered the referral of this application to the
Planning Commission at a Public Meeting held on October 20, 2008. A decision to schedule the
application for Public Hearing before the Board of County Commissioners and to not refer the
application to the Planning Commission was reached by a unanimous vote.
F. The Board of County Commissioners opened a public hearing on the 8th day of December,
2008 upon the question of whether the above-described SUP should be granted or denied, during
which hearing the public and interested persons were given the opportunity to express their opinions
regarding the issuance of said SUP.
G. The Board of County Commissioners closed the public hearing on the 8th day of
December, 2008 to make a final decision.
H. The Board on the basis of substantial competent evidence produced at the aforementioned
hearing, has made the following determinations of fact:
1. Proper posting and public notice were provided as required for the meeting before the
Board of County Conunissioners.
2. The meeting before the Board of County Commissioners was extensive and complete,
that all pertinent facts, matters and issues were submitted and that all interested parties
were heard at that meeting.
3. The above stated and other reasons, the proposed special use permit has been determined
to be in the best interest of the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and
welfare of the citizens of Garfield County.
4. The application has met the requirements of Special Use (Sections 5:03 and 5.02.21) the
Garfield County Zoning Resolution of 1978, as amended.
RESOLUTION
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Garfield
County, Colorado, that:
A. The forgoing Recitals are incorporated by this reference as part of the resolution.
B. A Special Use Permit for a "Processing and Material Handling of a Natural Resource" for a
Compressor Station facility located at 1620 CR 300, south of the Town of Parachute,
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Garfield County is hereby approved subject to compliance with the following conditions:
1. That all representations of the Applicant, either within the application or stated at the
hearing before the Board of County Commissioners, shall be considered conditions of
approval unless explicitly altered by the Board.
2. That the operation of the facility be done in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and
local regulations governing the operation of this type of facility.
3. The Applicant shall be permitted to operate four (4) Compressor Units on this site pursuant
to the CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division Construction Permit for the portable
compressor units. Full operation of the facility shall be permitted upon submittal of the
CDPHE facility -wide permit to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department.
4. That the Applicant shall comply with the fire protection provisions included in the rules and
regulations of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) and the
International Fire Code as the Code pertains to the operation of this facility.
5. Volume of sound generated shall comply with the standards set forth in the Series 800 rules
of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) pursuant to the following
noise mitigation measures recommended by Noise Solutions, Inc.:
a. Install NSI, or comparable, "T" Style Cooler Inlet (high specification model)
silencers on all of the Caterpillar 3516 units with Air -X -Changers Model 156EH
coolers.
b. Install NSI, or comparable, "L" Style Cooler Outlet (high specification, low
frequency model) silencers on all of the Caterpillar 3516 units with Air -X -Changers
Model 156EH coolers.
c. Install an NSI, or comparable, acoustically treated "L" style building ventilation
system on all the Caterpillar 3516 Compressor Units. The installed system must
permit operation of all the units within the building with the compressor building
doors and untreated openings closed.
d. Install an NSI, or comparable, acoustically treated engine air intake silencer on all of
the Caterpillar 3516 Compressor Units.
e. Install an NSI, or comparable, acoustically treated building (high specification, low
frequency model) on all of the Caterpillar 3516 Compressor Units.
6. Vibration generated: the Compressor shall be so operated that the ground vibration
inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point of
any boundary line oldie property on which the use is located.
7. Emissions of smoke and particulate matter: the Compressor shall be so operated so as to
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comply with all Federal, State and County air quality laws, regulations and standards. Dust
mitigation measures are required via a water or chemical suppressant to comply with opacity
standards.
8. Emission of heat, glare, radiation and fumes: the Compressor shall be so operated that it
does not emit heat, glare, radiation or fumes which substantially interfere with the existing
use of adjoining property or which constitutes a public nuisance or hazard. Flaring of gases,
aircraft warning signals, reflective painting of storage tanks, or other such operations which
may be required by law as safety or air pollution control measures shall be exempted from
this provision.
9. Any storage area for uses not associated with natural resources shall not exceed ten (10)
acres in size.
10. Any lighting on the site shall be pointed downward and inward to the property center and
shaded to prevent direct reflection on adjacent property.
11. Water pollution: in a case in which potential hazards exist, it shall be necessary to install
safeguards designed to comply with the Regulations of the Environmental Protection
Agency before operation of the facilities may begin. All percolation tests or ground water
resource tests as may be required by local or State Health Officers must be met before
operation of the facilities may begin.
12. An annual review shall be completed one year from the issuance of the Special Use Permit.
Such review shall include the site compliance with Industrial Performance Standards and
the applicant shall be required to submit a noise study which analyzes the noise levels of the
proposal once the site becomes operational.
13. A re -vegetation bond of $4000 per acre shall be submitted for the 2.755 -acre site
disturbance, as per the Garfield County Vegetation Manager. If the use as a compressor
plant is ended, reclamation shall be initiated within 60 days and meet the requirements set
forth in the reclamation plan in place on the date the Special Use Permit issued, or the site
reclamation standards in place at the time of use cessation, whichever is more stringent. The
reclamation standards at the date of permit issuance are cited in Section 4.06, 4.07 and 4.08
of the Garfield County Weed Management Plan (Resolution #2002-94).
14. All proper building permits are obtained for the structures associated with the operation of
the Compressor.
15. The facility must provide a solid steel dumpster be used as a trash receptacle at the facility
per the recommendation of the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Dated this IS e.day of L l Q en L r , A.D. 200e- .
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GARFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIO GARFIELD COUNTY,
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Upon motion duly made and seconded the foreg ing Resolu was adop d by the
following vote:
COMMISSIONER CHAIR JOHN F. MARTIN
COMMISSIONER LARRY L. MCCOWN
COMMISSIONER TRESI HOUPT
STATE OF COLORADO
County of Garfield
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, Aye
, Aye
, Nay
I, , County Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the annexed
and foregoing Resolution is truly copied from the Records of the Proceeding of the Board of County
Commissioners for said Garfield County, now in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County,
at Glenwood Springs, this day of , A.D. 20
County Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners
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