| Comment: | Pit Facility 428428 to be converted to a CE&P Facility. Form 28 not approved but pit is currently AC. $653,000 Financial Assurance, Surety ID 2016001 AFischer 2/29/2016
Form 28 APPROVED
FINANCIAL ASSURANCE COAs:
• Financial Assurance of $635,000 has been provided (Surety ID: 20160011). The COGCC is currently having a third party review the closure of the facility and prepare an independent closure estimate. Should the independent estimate be greater than $635,000.00, the Operator shall provide the additional financial assurance within 45-days of notification of the short fall.
• Financial assurance, based on re-evaluated cost of reclamation, closure and abandonment estimate, will be reviewed at five (5) year intervals over the life of the Facility; however, the COGCC reserves the right to review the financial assurance for adequacy on a more frequent basis.
GENERAL SITE COAs:
• Within 45-days of the Form 28 approval, submit to the COGCC clarification to items addressed in the May 25, 2015 letter to WPX (Document Number 2526287).
• Sampling of surface water features was conducted prior to introduction of fluids into the Impoundments Facility. Water was analyzed for the constituents provided in Rule 609.e. Sampling shall continue on an annual basis or more frequently if there is fluid accumulation in the leak detection system.
• Groundwater levels in monitoring wells, if installed, shall be measured monthly for at least one year to determine seasonal groundwater level variations.
• Provide pipeline testing results as part of the annual report submittal.
• Within 45-days of the Form 28 approval, submit to the COGCC Engineering Integrity Group a GIS map with information, (shape files) in a suitable format showing the location of flowlines, type of pipe used in each segment, monitor points, valve locations, booster pump locations (if any) from WPX’s well sites in the Piceance Basin that will transport fluids to and from the Mautz Ranch Water Recycling Facility. Provide and update as part of the annual report.
• A detail of all stormwater BPM maintenance shall be provided in the annual report.
• Comply with COAs that are outlined in the original Form 15 Pit Permit Facility ID: 428428, Document Number 400267136 and Form 2A Document Number 400132276.
• The Operator submitted a Rule 502.b.(1) variance request to the requirement set forth in Rule 908.b.(5).D. Centralized facilities shall have a fire lane of at least ten (10) feet in width around the active treatment areas and within the perimeter fence. In addition, a buffer zone of at least ten (10) feet shall be maintained within the perimeter fire lane. If the variance is not granted, the Facility shall immediately be closed per Rule 908.g.
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