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<p><span class="Normal">PROJECT RULISON - DAVE NESLIN TO APPROVE.</span></p>
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| Agency | Form: (02) 1710823 09/14/2009 | <style type="text/css">
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<p><span class="Normal">24-HOUR SPUD NOTICE REQUIRED. E-MAIL david.Andrews@state.co.us</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">GARFIELD COUNTY RULISON-FIELD NOTICE TO OPERATORS. NOTE: ALL NOTICES SHALL BE </span><span class="Normal">GIVEN VIA E-MAIL. SEE ATTACHED NOTICE.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">RESERVE PIT MUST BE LINED.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">COMPLY WITH ALL DOE OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT REQUESTS FOR SAMPLING AND </span><span class="Normal">ANALYSIS OF NATURAL GAS AND OTHER MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH DRILLING AND </span><span class="Normal">PRODUCTION.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">CEMENT-TOP VERIFICATION BY CBL REQUIRED.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">OPERATOR MUST ENSURE 110 PERCENT SECONDARY CONTAINMENT FOR ANY VOLUME OF </span><span class="Normal">FLUIDS CONTAINED AT WELL-SITE DURING DRILLING AND COMPLETION OPERATIONS. IF FLUIDS </span><span class="Normal">ARE CONVEYED VIA PIPELINE, OPERATOR MUST IMPLEMENT BEST-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES </span><span class="Normal">TO CONTAIN ANY UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF FLUIDS.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">FLOWBACK TO TANKS ONLY. SUBMIT A SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CONTAINMENT PLAN VIA </span><span class="Normal">SUNDRY NOTICE FORM 4 FOR THE TANKS. ATTN: CHRIS CANFIELD. OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE </span><span class="Normal">PLAN PRIOR TO FLOWBACK.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">SPUD NOTICE MUST IDENTIFY IF THE WELL IS LOCATED IN TIER I OR TIER II OF THE APPROVED </span><span class="Normal">RULISON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE COMPLETE WELL-SPECIFIC EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION </span><span class="Normal">TO THE COGCC AREA ENGINEER IN THE SPUD NOTICE PRIOR TO SPUDDING THE WELL.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">PRODUCED WATER FROM THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED TO OR RE-USED AT </span><span class="Normal">ANOTHER LOCATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM COGCC AND ONLY AFTER </span><span class="Normal">ANALYSIS CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULISON SAP.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">DRILL SOLIDS AND CUTTINGS FROM THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED TO, DISPOSED </span><span class="Normal">OF, OR RE-USED AT ANOTHER LOCATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM </span><span class="Normal">COGCC AND ONLY AFTER ANALYSIS CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULISON SAP.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">A CLOSED-LOOP MUD SYSTEM SHALL BE UTILIZED TO ENSURE CONTAINMENT OF ALL </span><span class="Normal">MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DOWNHOLE STRATA AND FLUIDS. ALL </span><span class="Normal">CUTTINGS AND FRESH MAKE-UP WATER STORAGE PITS SHALL BE LINED TO ENSURE </span><span class="Normal">CONTAINMENT. CONTOUR FEATURES, FRENCH DRAINS, AND OTHER STORMWATER BMPS AS </span><span class="Normal">NECESSARY SHALL BE EMPLOYED TO ENSURE SITE INTEGRITY.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">NO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SHALL UTILIZE MORE THAN ONE RIG WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE </span><span class="Normal">PROJECT RULISON BLAST SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND NO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SHALL </span><span class="Normal">UTILIZE MORE THAN TWO RIGS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. </span><span class="Normal">THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RIGS ALLOWED BY ALL OPERATORS WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE SITE </span><span class="Normal">SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">OPERATOR SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE MOST RECENT COGCC-APPROVED </span><span class="Normal">REVISION OF THE RULISON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCED-</span><span class="Normal">WATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OUTLINED IN SECTION 5.8 OF THE PLAN, THE OPERATOR </span><span class="Normal">SHALL ALSO OBTAIN AND ANALYZE PRODUCED-WATER SAMPLES ON WELLS DESCRIBED IN THE </span><span class="Normal">PLAN FOR CONSTITUENTS LISTED IN THE PLAN USING THE SPECIFIC METHOD WHERE </span><span class="Normal">APPLICABLE. </span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal"> THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF ANY DRILL CUTTINGS IN A CUTTINGS PIT, TRENCH, OR PILE SHALL </span><span class="Normal">BE AS LOW AS PRACTICABLE TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION OF LIQUIDS GREATER THAN DE-</span><span class="Normal">MINIMIS AMOUNTS. AT THE TIME OF CLOSURE, THE DRILL CUTTINGS MUST ALSO MEET THE </span><span class="Normal">APPLICABLE STANDARDS OF TABLE 910-1.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Normal">THE PROPOSED SURFACE CASING IS MORE THAN 50’ BELOW THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST </span><span class="Normal">WATER WELL WITHIN 1-MILE OF THE SURFACE LOCATION WHEN CORRECTED FOR ELEVATION </span><span class="Normal">DIFFERENCES. THE DEEPEST WATER WELL WITHIN 1-MILE IS 150 FEET DEEP.</span></p>
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| Engineer | Form: (02) 400853918 08/11/2015 | (1) Operator shall comply with the most current revision of the Northwest Notification Policy. See attached notice.
(2) Operator shall comply with the most current revision of the Garfield County Rulison Field Notice to Operators, with the following exception: All field notice requirements specified in that Notice to Operators are superseded by the requirements of the most current revision of the Northwest Colorado Notification Policy (see Condition of Approval #1). See attached notice.
(3) In lieu of the standard Form 42 spud notice required by the Northwest Notification Policy, submit Form 42 Rulison SAP / Rio Blanco SAP - Spud Notice, specifying the bottom hole location sector and tier.
(4) Operator shall provide complete well-specific emergency contact information to COGCC via email prior to spudding this well. Rulison.Submittal@state.co.us
(5) Operator shall comply with all provisions of the most recent COGCC-approved revision of the Rulison Sampling and Analysis Plan.
(6) Operator shall provide cement coverage from the production casing shoe to a minimum of 200' above all Mesa Verde Group (and Ohio Creek Formation, if present) oil, gas, and water-bearing sandstone and coalbed formations. Verify production casing cement coverage with a cement bond log. |
| Agency | Form: (02) 400853918 11/09/2015 | Within 14 days of receipt of this approved form, Operator shall contact COGCC Reclamation Specialist (Lou Colby) with a summary of the site reclamation status. |