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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2.0 BOCC Staff Report 11.01.2004A • • Exhibits for Special Use Plan Consideration for Williams Production RMT and American Soda LLC, Board of County Commissioners Public Hearing: November 1, 2004 A Mail Receipts B Proof of Publication C Garfield County Zoning Regulations of 1978, as amended D Garfield County Comprehensive Plan of 2000 E Application F Staff Memorandum G Review Memo: Town of Parachute H Review Memo: Grand Valley Fire Protection District I Review Memo: Garfield County Road & Bridge J Review Memo: Garfield County Vegetation (Steve Anthony) K L M N 0 P 1 BOCC 11/1/04 — JH PROJECT INFORMATION AND STAFF COMMENTS REQUEST: OWNER & APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: LOCATION: SITE SIZE: Special Use Permit for an Industrial Support Facilities — Processing and Pipeline Williams Production RMT American Soda LLC at 4289 County Road 215, 4 miles north of Parachute, also in Section 4, Township 7 South and in Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33 and 34 Township 6 South all in Range 96 west of the 6th Principle Meridian, Garfield County, Colorado. 0.89 acres on a total 1333.01 acres WATER & SEWER: NA EXISTING & SUROUNDING ZONING: R/L (Resource Lands) I. LOCATION OF THE PROPOSAL The Applicant is proposing a Special Use Permit for an Industrial Support Facility with processing facilities and a pipeline on a small portion of land, approximately 0.89 acres, on a larger 1333.01 acreage located northwest of the Town of Parachute. Williams Production RMT is the Owner of the property and Applicant; the proposed use will be managed and operated by American Soda LLC. The proposed use has access from County Road 215 to Mancamp Road then to a private road which circles around the south side of the gas plant (as seen Figure 2). The proposed use is approximately 0.5 miles from CR 215 as seen in the view below along this egress/ingress route. • Figure 2. tO FND 11012 G.O ac- N1/4SS3 -, N 8754'12' w 2659.23' 4.a AT 714E V.6511NG 6' `RCSM * wAIER PIPtJJ t W'14 4 �11K 1OGAL l,SIH CcR PARAh4.l1E CPEEK 6AS P1A111 441/4, /4049. II. SITE DESCRIPTION As seen in the picture below the use is on valley bottom land on a site that is less than 1 acre and is covered in native and seed grasses. The proposed use is labeled in the picture as the smaller 0.89 acre industrial use area on the left side (south) of the picture next to the existing Williams Production RMT Co. Parachute Creek gas plant production facility. View: From County Road looking west to the Proposed SUP to the south and Parachute Creek gas plant to the north III. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL The purpose of the application is to allow the construction and operation of an Industrial Support Facility to compress carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and a 6" pipeline to transport the compressed carbon dioxide gas to an industrial processing facility which was approved 2004 as the Parachute Industrial Processing Operation located less than 1 mile south on County Road 215. The end product will be used as feed stock in the production of Sodium Bicarbonate. The proposed facility as seen in the following pictures and diagram will be constructed, owned and operated by American Soda LLP on property leased to them by Williams Production RMT Co. The 6" pipeline is to transport the compressed carbon dioxide gas to the Parachute Industrial Processing Operation and will be located in a dedicated right-of- way of approximately 8,650' which is located on land owned by Williams Production RMT Co and American Soda. The new equipment installed at the proposed Industrial Support Facility, shown in the diagram on page 3, and their function includes dryer and carbon filter beds to remove liquid from the CO2 gas. The recovered liquids from the CO2 will be routed back the 2 • adjacent gas plant and introduced for recovery as product. One 600 horse power and one 700 horse power compressor to raise the pressure of the CO2 to allow transfer by pipeline from the Williams gas plant to the proposed use. A chiller to remove the heat compression from the CO2 and lower the dew point of the CO2 to a level that no moisture will remain in the gas that is being transferred. This equipment will be housed in a 60' X 90' pre - View: Central Stacks Building to be covered & CO2 Storage tank View: Control Room at west side of proposal Figure 2. Site Plan for the proposed expansion engineered metal building. The metal skeleton of the proposed building is shown in the picture below left with the green CO2 storage tank shown in the background and additional equipment shown at right to also be sheltered in the same building. Additionally, a bypass 3 valve will be installed around the recovery tie-in point of the system to allow CO2 from Williams Gas processing plant to vent to the existing CO2 vent stack when the recovery system is down. The 6" high-density polyethylene pipe will be buried as a depth of 4' in an existing pipeline corridor for a total distance of 12,000 between the Parachute Industrial Processing Operation and the proposed use. Approximately 3,350 of the pipeline is on property owned by American Soda and approved with the aforementioned application as approved in 2044 and the remaining 8,650' as referenced earlier is in associated with the proposed application presented at this time. Electrical transmission for the proposed use will originate from the Parachute Industrial Processing Operation and will be routed through the adjacent Williams Parachute Creek gas facility. IV. REFERRALS Staff referred the application out to the following review agencies and or County Departments: 1. Town of Parachute 2. Grand Valley Fire Protection District 3. Colorado Division of Wildlife (GJ office) 4. Bureau of Land Management 5. Garfield County Road & Bridge 6. Garfield County Vegetation (Steve Anthony) 7. Garfield County Contract Engineer (Michael Erion) V. REVIEW STANDARDS (Exhibit G) (Exhibit H) No Comment No Comment (Exhibit I) (Exhibit J) (Verbal Contact, review to follow) A. Zoning: The site lies in the R/L Resource Lands zone district. Section 3.10.04 states that processing and pipelines as a part of an Industrial Support Facility on the gentle slopes/lower valley floor zone requires a special use permit. All industrial operations must meet the standards set forth in Section 5.03., 5.03.07 and 5.03.08, as described below. As noted earlier, the proposal as presented meets the definition of an industrial operation classification as cited in Section 2.02.31 of the Zoning Resolution which would include processing. Additionally the proposed use is within the R/L (Resource Lands) zone district and is considered to be a type of Industrial Support Facility allowed by special use permit in the Gentle Slopes and Lower Valley Floor zone as noted in Section 3.10.04 of the same resolution. 9 • B. Conditional and Special Uses: Conditional Uses are subject to the standards set forth in Section 5.03 of the Zoning Resolution: (1) Utilities adequate to provide water and sanitation service based on accepted engineering standards and approved by the Environmental Health officer shall either be in place or shall be constructed in conjunction with the proposed use; Staff Comment: The Applicant contends that employees visiting the proposed use site, which is primarily computer monitored from a remote site, and which are not permanently stationed on the proposed use site will not require water and sanitation services. The provision for facilities in the form of a portable restroom will be available and maintained during and after construction. The County Consulting Engineer, Michael Erion, has indicated the Applicant has adequate water resources for the proposed use. (Verbal communication with review memo to follow.) (2) Street improvements adequate to accommodate traffic volume generated by the proposed use and to provide safe, convenient access to the use shall either be in place or shall be constructed in conjunction with the proposed use. Staff Comment: The Applicant has indicated that maintenance trips are expected to result as part of the standard visual monitoring that is required of the systems proposed and the existing infrastructure is adequate to safely accommodate access to the proposed use from CR 215 and Mancamp road and the described access easement. The Grand Valley Fire Protection District has indicated in their review memo that the application has not addressed fire protection for the facility. It is also not clear if the proposed access easement meets the standards of Section 902 - Fire Department Access of the 1997 Uniform Fire Code. Additionally, the Grand Valley Fire Protection District has commented that the Applicant has not fully addressed and identified the ingress/egress for the proposed use from Mancamp Road on the maps provided although the access easement is discussed in the narrative of the application. Identification of these easements needs to be made on the maps included in the application with the appropriate book and page recording information of the legal description of said easements. The easement granting documents as listed here shall be submitted to the Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. Finally, the Garfield County Road & Bridge Department has indicated in their review memo that the Applicant shall paint the deceleration (D - cell) and acceleration (X -cell) lanes on County Road 215. 10 1 (3) The County Consulting Engineer, Michael Erion, has indicated the Applicant has adequate primary access for the proposed use, however, he resonates the same concern as the fire district regarding safe access for emergency services along the dedicated easement. (Verbal communication with review memo to follow) Design of the proposed use is organized to minimize impact on and from adjacent uses of land through installation of screen fences or landscape materials on the periphery of the lot and by location of intensively utilized areas, access points, lighting and signs in such a manner as to protect established neighborhood character. Staff Comment: The Applicant has indicated the proposed use will be painted the same unobtrusive exterior color ("desert sand") as the existing industrial buildings in the area so that it will blend in the natural and man-made surroundings and reduce visual impacts. The site does not lie within an existing neighborhood. The Applicant has submitted an Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) produced for the proposed use site in June 2004. The study notes on Page 14 of the report that observations indicate stormwater from the adjacent Williams Creek gas plant "either evaporates, percolates into the site surface, or flows via sheetflow into the ditches." And the site "contains a drainage swale that appears to direct surface runoff from the Williams gas plant across the" proposed site "to an erosional ditch south" of the proposed use. Planning Staff feels that because of this assessment of a natural storm event found within the ESA, a plan should be produced for berming or containing and ultimately diverting storm wash from the Williams gas plant away from the proposed use. The County Consulting Engineer, Michael Erion, shall also review the ESA and return recommendations to be considered as conditions for approval to the Applicant and to the Building and Planning Department which shall then be satisfied prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. (Verbal communication with review memo to follow.) C. Industrial Operations: All industrial operations must meet the standards set forth in Section 5.03.07 and 5.03.08. Section 5.03.07 states the following: (1) The applicant for a permit for industrial operations shall prepare and submit to the Planning Director ten (10) copies of an impact statement on the proposed use describing its location, scope, design and construction schedule, including an explanation of its operational characteristics. One (1) copy of the impact statement shall be filed with the County 11 • Commissioners by the Planning Director. The impact statement shall address: (A) Existing lawful use of water through depletion or pollution of surface run-off, stream flow or ground water; Staff Comment: Narrative in the application cites there is no need for potable water on site of the proposed site because no permanent employees will be stationed on the site on a full-time basis. Additionally, the projected maximum processed water use for the cooling of CO2 processing machinery on the proposed use is well within the volume of rights owned by American Soda. The Application further states this water is proposed to be used during the warm summer months of May, June, July and August. The water is stated to be obtained from the following sources; Union Oils 1975 Augmentation Plan, American Soda Augmentation Plan 2004, and a water contract between American Soda and the Colorado River Water Conservation District. The Applicant also states that there are no concerns pertaining to pollution discharge; all water used on site will be contained for machinery cooling purposes only. The Application indicates there will be, as an ordinary part of its operations, waste streams produced consisting of spent desiccant, used oil, used lubricants, spent carbon and waste water as well as potentially, other waste materials yet to be determined. Subsequently, Staff resonates the condition of the agreement between Williams Production RMT and American Soda that the Applicant shall maintain and observe that all of the bi-products produced, as listed but not exclusively limited to those above or within the application, shall be properly removed from the site and stored, recycled or disposed of in a manner that is of a best management practice and considered an industry standard. Michael Erion of Resource Engineering has indicated that the Applicant shall provide a plan for spill containment which includes prevention measures for all facilities within the proposed use. (Verbal communication with review memo to follow.) (B) The impact statement shall address: Impacts on adjacent land from the generation of vapor, dust, smoke, noise, glare or vibration, or other emanations; Staff Comment: The Applicant has indicated the proposed use will use . electrically powered equipment and that no emissions of vapor, dust, smoke, glare or vibration, nor other emanations will occur. Also, any noise generated will occur inside the proposed new structures, which is relatively remote in terms of adjoining uses and will not extend to adjoining properties. 12 • • • Staff feels that the Applicant should be responsible for mitigating all valid complaints of vapor, dust, smoke, noise, glare or vibration, or other emanations resulting in nuisance from the proposed use onto adjoining uses. (C) Impacts on wildlife and domestic animals through the creation of hazardous attractions, alteration of existing native vegetation, blockade of migration routes, use patterns or other disruptions; Staff Comment: The Application materials state the proposed use will not cause any of the above disruptions and that fencing will prohibit the entry of wildlife, livestock, and other domestic animals. The Garfield County Vegetation Management Department has indicted the Applicant shall provide a weed management plan with a written commitment to inspect, monitor and be responsible for the management of any of "Garfield County's Noxious Weeds" that may emerge on private lands that are disturbed by the pipeline. This shall be in effect for the life of the pipeline. The Garfield County Vegetation Management Department also has required the Applicant to respond to any complaints regarding noxious weeds in a timely manner that result from the installation and management of the pipeline. (D) Affirmatively show the impacts of truck and automobile traffic to and from such uses and their impacts to areas in the County; Staff Comment: The Applicant cites that due to the remote operation of the facility minor vehicle traffic visits to the proposed use will result from truck and automobile use; approximately 3 vehicle trips to the proposed use will occur during a 24-hour period. The County Contract Engineer has indicated this will not pose an adverse impact on existing infrastructure. (Verbal communication with review memo to follow.) (E)That sufficient distances shall separate such use from abutting property which might otherwise be damaged by operations of the proposed use(s); Staff Comment: The Applicant states that no disturbance or damage to adjacent properties or land uses is foreseen as a result of the equipment installation (noise generating machines will placed primarily inside the proposed building) and reduction of operations. The use is being sited between similar existing industrial facilities which are separated by sufficient distances. The application states the proposed use will also be sufficiently separated from other dissimilar land uses. Additionally, Staff notes that the application has not identified the 13 location of a pipeline easement and a powerline easement (also showing appropriate recordation information) on the submitted maps. Pursuant to the requirements of this section, to provide sufficient distances shall separate the proposed use from abutting property which might otherwise be damaged by operations of the proposed use, the Applicant shall submit updated maps with this information prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. (F)Mitigation measures proposed for all of the foregoing impacts identified and for the standards identified in Section 5.03.08 of this Resolution Staff Comment: The Applicant has indicated that no other mitigation is proposed other than painting the facility an unobtrusive color and no other impacts are expected to result from the proposed use. (2) Permits may be granted for those uses with provisions that provide adequate mitigation for the following: (A) A plan for site rehabilitation must be approved by the County Commissioners before a permit for conditional or special use will be issued; Staff Comment: The Applicant has not submitted any information with the application regarding site rehabilitation in the event the use is abandoned and not reused. Staff feels that a plan needs to be submitted which outlines and further discusses a plan for proposed abandonment. (B) The County Commissioners may require security before a permit for special or conditional use is issued, if required. The applicant shall furnish evidence of a bank commitment of credit, bond, certified check or other security deemed acceptable by the County Commissioners in the amount calculated by the County Commissioners to secure the execution of the site rehabilitation plan in workmanlike manner and in accordance with the specifications and construction schedule established or approved by the County Commissioners. Such commitments, bonds or check shall be payable to and held by the County Commissioners; Staff Comment: the Applicant shall submit a revegetation plan that includes a plant material list as per the requirements of the Garfield County Vegetation Management Department (GCVMD). Additionally, the Applicant shall quantify the surface area disturbed by the pipeline so that the GCVMD can determine a security amount for revegetation and the Applicant shall post a revegetation security for the pipeline. 14 • 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 bond release consideration. (C)Impacts set forth in the impact statement and compliance with the standards contained in Section 5.03.08 of this Resolution. (A. 93-061) Section 5.03.08 states the following: Industrial Performance Standards: All industrial operations in the County shall comply with applicable County, State, and Federal regulations regulating water, air and noise pollution and shall not be conducted in a manner constituting a public nuisance or hazard. Operations shall be conducted in such a manner as to minimize heat, dust, smoke, vibration, glare and odor and all other undesirable environmental effects beyond the boundaries of the property in which such uses are located, in accord with the following standards; (1) Volume of sound generated shall comply with the standards set forth in the Colorado Revised Statutes at the time any new application is made. (A. 93- 061) Staff Comment: Information in the application indicates that all equipment generating noise will be electric driven and located within a building, and that American Soda will comply with all relevant state and federal standards with respect to noise and emissions. (2) Vibration generated: every use shall be so operated that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point of any boundary line of the property on which the use is located; Staff Comment: The Applicant has stated the equipment to be used for the proposed use will not produce perceptible ground vibration at any point along the property boundary. (3) Emissions of smoke and particulate matter: every use shall be operated so as to comply with all Federal, State and County air quality laws, regulations and standards; Staff Comment: The Applicant has stated in the application there will be no emissions produced. (4) Emission of heat, glare, radiation and fumes: every use 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, 15 • • 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; Staff Comment: The Applicant indicates the proposed use will have night lighting which complies with occupational safety standards. Neither radiation nor fumes will be emitted. Heat emitted will not be measurable in off site air or water resources. Also, there will be no radiation or fume emissions from the proposed use. (5)(A)Storage of flammable or explosive solids or gasses shall be in accordance with accepted standards and laws and shall comply with the national, state, and local fire codes and written comments/recommendations from the appropriate local protection district regarding compliance with the appropriate codes. Staff Comment: the Applicant has indicated in the application that limited quantities of lubricating and other regulated materials are stored in a manner consistent with the National Fire Code requirements and other applicable state and federal regulations. As noted earlier, the Grand Valley Fire Protection District has indicated in their review memo that the application has not addressed fire protection for the facility D. General Staff Comments: (1) The Applicant has not produced a signed "Grants of Easement" found in exhibit A of the application, rather than a typical lease for the area of the proposed use. Prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit, the Applicant shall provide the Building and Planning Department with a copy of this properly executed document. (2) Staff finds that the proposed use will cause very little additional impacts and provides the benefit of being able to maintain a level of production that will keep the basic American Soda facility open. VI. SUGGESTED FINDINGS 1. That proper public notice was provided as required for the hearing before the Board of County Commissioners. 2. That the hearing before the Board of County Commissioners was extensive and complete and that all interested parties were heard at that meeting; and all pertinent facts, matters and were submitted prior at the meeting. 3. That for the above stated and other reasons, the proposed conditional use permit is in the best interest of the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and 16 1 welfare of the citizens of Garfield County. 4. That the application is in conformance with the Garfield County Zoning Resolution of 1978, as amended. VII. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends APPROVAL, with the following conditions: 1. All representations of the Applicant, either within the application or stated at the meeting before the Board of County Commissioners, shall be considered conditions of approval, unless specifically altered by the Board. 2. The Applicant shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Garfield County Zoning Resolution of 1978, as amended. 3. The Applicant shall comply with all State and Federal regulations and standards, such as Noise Abatement, Water and Air Quality. 4. Vibration, emission of smoke and particulate matter, and the emission of heat or radiation shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and County laws, regulations and standards. • 5. Any signage installed on-site shall comply with the County's sign regulations. • 6. Any changes to the Special Use Permit for all uses as listed in the application as amended and the exhibits as attached shall require a new Special Use Permit. 7. The applicant shall submit a Watershed Permit to the Town of Parachute and obtain an approval, which shall be submitted to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department, prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit 8. The Applicant shall produce a signed "Grants of Easement" found in exhibit A of the application to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 9. The Applicant shall prepare and submit a Fire Protection Plan for the proposed facility and submit said plan to the Grand Valley Fire Protection District for approval which shall also be submitted to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. The Applicant shall also submit information indicating whether all access points meet the standards of Section 902 - Fire Department Access of the 1997 Uniform Fire Code for the proposed facility and submit said information to the Grand Valley Fire Protection District for approval and to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 17 • 10. The Applicant shall identify all ingress/egress easements to the proposed use on the maps included in the application with the appropriate book and page recording information of the legal description of said easement(s), and the recorded easement(s) granting documents(s) shall be submitted to the Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 11. The Applicant shall paint the deceleration (D -cell) and acceleration (X -cell) lanes on County Road 215 and shall notify the Garfield County Road and Bridge Department for inspection when said painting is complete prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 12. The Applicant shall provide a plan for berming or containing and ultimately diverting storm wash from the Williams gas plant away from the proposed use. This shall be submitted, reviewed and approved by the Garfield County Building and Planning Department and their Contract Engineer, Michael Erion, P.E. prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 13. The County Contract Engineer, Michael Erion, P.E., shall also review the ESA and return recommendations which shall be considered conditions for approval. These recommendations shall be satisfied by the Applicant prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 14. The Applicant shall maintain and observe that all bi-products produced, waste streams consisting of spent desiccant, used oil, used lubricants, spent carbon and waste water as well as potentially, other waste materials yet to be determined, but not exclusively limited to those listed or within the application, shall be properly removed from the site and stored, recycled or disposed of in a manner that is a best management practice and considered an industry standard. 15. The Applicant shall provide a plan for industrial spill containment which includes prevention measures for all facilities within the proposed use and submit said plan to The Garfield County Building and Planning Department for review by the County Contract Engineer, Michael Erion, P.E., and Garfield County Emergency Services prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 16. The Applicant shall provide a weed management plan with a written commitment to inspect, monitor and be responsible for the management of any of "Garfield County's Noxious Weeds" that may emerge on private lands that are disturbed by the pipeline which shall be in effect for the life of the pipeline. Said plan shall be submitted to the Garfield County Vegetation Management Department for approval and the Garfield County Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 17. The Applicant shall also respond to any complaints regarding noxious weeds within the same growing season that result from the installation and management of the pipeline. 18 • 18. The Applicant shall amend the application to include the location of a pipeline easement and a powerline easement (also showing appropriate recordation information) on the submitted maps. Applicant shall submit updated maps with this information to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 19. The Applicant shall submit information regarding plans for site rehabilitation upon abandonment of the proposed use to the Garfield County Building and Planning Department prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 20. The Applicant shall submit a revegetation plan that includes a plant material list as per the requirements of the Garfield County Vegetation Management Department for approval prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 21 Additionally, the Applicant shall quantify the surface area disturbed by the pipeline so that the Garfield County Vegetation Management Department can determine a security amount for revegetation and the Applicant shall post said revegetation security amount with the County for the pipeline prior to issuance of the Special Use Permit. 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. VIII. RECOMMENDED MOTION "I move to APPROVE the request with the above noted conditions for a Special Use for an Industrial Support Facility specifically with Processing and a Pipeline, owned by Williams Production RMT at 4289 County Road 215, 4 miles north of Parachute, also in Section 4, Township 7 South and in Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33 and 34 Township 6 South all in Range 96 west of the 6th Principle Meridian, Garfield County, Colorado. 19 10/15/2004 12:07 FAX 970 285 9146 TOWN OF PARACHUTE • • TOWN OF PARACHUTE ADMINISTRATION PO Box 100 222 Grand Valley Way Parachute, CO 81635 OCT X 5 2004 1dLAit1 EXHIBIT LG Telephone: (970) 285-7630 FAX: (970) 285-9146 email: parata@parachutecolorado.com October 15, 2004 FAX MEMO: (970)384-3470 Garfield County Building & Planning Department 108 8'" Street, Suite 201 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Town Administrator Town Clerk/Treasurer Juanita Satterfield, CMC RE: Williams Production RMT Co. Special Use Permit Thank you for referring the Special Use Permit Application to the Town of Parachute. The Board of Trustees met October 14, 2004. The only concern expressed by the board, was that the Applicant needed to submit a completed Watershed Permit Application to the Town of Parachute for approval prior to construction_ Sincerely Juanita Satterfield xc: file GRAND VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 1777 S. BATTLEMENT PARKWAY PO BOX 295 PARACHUTE, CO 81635 (970) 285-9119, FAX (970) 285-9748 October 27, 2004 Jim Hardcastle, Staff Planner Garfield County Building & Planning 108 8th Street, Suite 201 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Subject: Williams Production RMT Company Special Use Permit for the construction of an Industrial Support Facility for the recovery of carbon dioxide gas. Mr. Hardcastle: I have reviewed the material sent to this office and offer the following comments. • The Grand Valley Fire Protection District has no particular concerns with this project, its location or its intended use. • • The application does not address fire protection for the facility. It is assumed that the applicant will have portable fire extinguishers located at the facility. These should prove adequate. The applicant has stated that they will be storing "lubricating oils and other regulated materials" in a manner consistent with the National Fire Code. This is acceptable to the District. • The applicant has not addressed access / egress into the property. The applicant has shown on two of the maps provided, what appears to be an access / egress road, but it is not identified as such. On the map provided in section "1", there is a set of parallel lines drawn with a dimension of 30'-0" shown. On the map provided in section "3", there is three dashed lines running parallel to the proposed gas line route. There are existing dashed lines indicating other un -improved roads in the area. It assumed that this is to access / egress into the site. On page 2 of the actual application for special use permit, the applicant has stated, "Access to project facilities within the Site is provided by existing paved and gravel roads." The only requirement of the District is that when completed, the access / egress road meet the requirements of the of Section 902 — Fire Department Access of the 1997 Uniform Fire Code, and includes enough room to turn equipment around. If I can be of any further assistance to either the Garfield County Building & Planning Department or Williams Production RMT Company, I can be reached at: Office - (970) 285-9119 or Cell — (970) 250-9851. David A. Blair District Fire Chief, GVFPD Cc: David R Cesark, Environmental Specialist, Williams Production RMT Company File • Original Message From: Mike Vander Pol Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:31 AM To: Jim Hardcastle Subject: 4289 CR 215 Jim; Kraig Kuberry has reviewed the above address and stated that the entrance looks good but the D -cell and X -cell lanes need to be painted. If you have any further questions, please give me a call. Mike 1 • • 1 s EXHIBIT MEMORANDUM To: Jim Hardcastle From: Steve Anthony Re: Comments on the Williams SUP Pipeline/Support Facility Date: October 27, 2004 Thanks for the opportunity to comment on this permit. My comments are as follows: 1. Noxious Weeds A. Weed Management -The applicant shall provide a weed management plan with a written commitment to inspect, monitor, and be responsible for the management of any of Garfield County's Noxious Weeds that may emerge on private lands that are disturbed by the pipeline. This shall be in effect for the life of the pipeline. It is requested that the applicant respond to any complaints regarding pipeline noxious weeds in a timely m anner. 2. Revegetation A. Revegetation Plan -The applicant needs to submit a revegetation plan that includes a plant material list. B. Revegetation Security -It is the recommendation of this department that the applicant post a revegetation security for the parts of the pipeline that is on private property. Please quantify the surface area disturbed on private land so that we may determine a security amount. 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 bond release consideration.