Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 ) 400450179 9/19/2013 | Prior to drilling operations, Operator will perform an anti-collision scan of existing offset wells that have the potential of being within close proximity of the proposed well. This anti-collision scan will include definitive MWD or gyro surveys of the offset wells with included error of uncertainty per survey instrument, and compared against the proposed well path with its respective error of uncertainty. If current surveys do not exist for the offset wells, Operator may have gyro surveys conducted to verify bottomhole location. The proposed well will only be drilled if the anti-collision scan results indicate that there is not a risk for collision, or harm to people or the environment. For the proposed well, upon conclusion of drilling operations, an as-constructed gyro survey will be submitted to COGCC with the Form 5.
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Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 ) 400450179 9/19/2013 | Encana will comply with the “COGCC Policy for Bradenhead Monitoring During Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in the Greater Wattenberg Area”, dated May 29, 2012. |
Planning | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Maximize equipment and wellhead setbacks from occupied buildings and residences
to the extent feasible and practicable, as determined by Encana. |
Planning | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Distance to Erie Building Units. For theVessels Minerals Well Pad, the minimum
distance between a well or surface equipment, and the nearest exterior wall of an
existing Erie Building Unit (as of the Effective Date) shall not be less than the following
1,050 feet. Compliance with this requirement shall be determined from the actual asbuilt
locations of the well or surface equipment. Nothing herein shall be construed to
grant Encana any surface rights on property owned by the Town or another person. No
Pad Site will be located on Town property without authorization by the Town Board of
Trustees.
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Planning | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana shall conduct all operations in accordance with the plans discussed during the
Conceptual Review Process as updated from time to time. |
Community Outreach and Notification | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Prior to commencement of any new drilling or completion operations, provide
notification to landowners within one-half (1/2) mile of the well-site. |
Community Outreach and Notification | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Prior to commencement of any new drilling or completion operations, provide to an
Erie designated staff member the following for the well-site for informational purposes
only, which Encana may revise from time to time during operations:
a) A summary of planned operations, including identified access points and operational
timeline, for posting to a local community information web-page
b) A site plan for site preparation, mobilization and demobilization
c) A plan for interim reclamation and vegetation of the site and final reclamation of the
site
d) A plan for noise, light and dust mitigation, to the extent feasible
e) A traffic management plan
f) Updates of this information if any change during operations |
Community Outreach and Notification | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana shall include its contact information on both the mailed notice required by
Article III, Section 8 and the posted notice required by Article III, Section 9. This
information shall include both a telephone number for Encana and the address and
hours of Encana’s Erie community office. Members of the public with concerns or
complaints regarding the oil and gas development covered by this Agreement may use
this information to speak with Encana. |
Traffic control | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana will implement the Traffic Management Plan required by Article III, Section 3,
Subpart 10.
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Traffic control | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | To reduce truck traffic, Erie and Encana will encourage the use of nearby water
resources for the drilling and hydraulic fracturing of wells at the pad sites, including the
use of Erie municipal water when determined technically feasible and economically
practicable by Encana.
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General Housekeeping | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana will install down cast lighting or some other form of lighting that mitigates light
pollution and spill-over onto adjacent properties; provided, however, that Encana may
still use lighting that is necessary for public and occupational safety.
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General Housekeeping | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Access roads to well and production facilities that connect to a street within Erie shall
be improved from the point of connection to a street within Erie a minimum distance of
two hundred (200) feet on the access road as specified by the then current
requirements of the Code. |
General Housekeeping | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Upon the request of either party, the Parties may revise one or more of these BMPs if
they mutually agree such revision would better avoid or mitigate impacts the BMP(s) is
intended to address. |
General Housekeeping | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana will recycle and reuse water at the pad sites and otherwise minimize waste
water production to the extent that it determines such recycling, reuse, and waste
water minimization is technically and economically feasible.
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General Housekeeping | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Oil and gas well facilities (above ground) within the Erie Town Limits shall be fenced
as specified by the then current requirements of the Code. |
General Housekeeping | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Road repairs.
(a) Erie and Encana recognize that truck traffic accessing the Identified Well Pads may
cause damage to Erie roads and that road repairs may be needed to mitigate such
damage. To this end, Encana will arrange for a qualified outside consultant to perform
a road impact study for all Erie roads that are used to access an Identified Well Pad
during the Term of this Agreement. The consultant will conduct the first part of the
study prior to Encana’s operations at such Well Pad and the second part of the study
after Encana completes all drilling and hydraulic fracturing at such Well Pad. Encana
and Erie will use these studies to determine the extent of any damage accruing to the
road during the study period. Encana will then promptly pay Erie to repair such
damage or else arrange and pay the cost of such repairs itself whichever Erie prefers.
(b) Encana shall maintain Financial Assurance to secure its road repair obligations
under this Agreement. The amount of such Financial Assurance shall equal Erie’s
annual road maintenance budget as of the Effective Date multiplied by the percentage
yielded by dividing the total number of Erie road miles as of the Effective Date into the
number of such road miles that Encana will use to access the Identified Well Pads.
Encana shall select the form of such Financial Assurance and shall maintain such
Assurance until Encana fulfills its obligation to repair road damage under Subsection
(a).
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Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Utilize steel-rim berms around tanks and separators instead of sand or soil berms |
Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana shall use steel rim berms or some other state of the art technology that will
contain fluids and other material instead of sand or soil berms.
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Noise mitigation | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Encana will comply with the following noise mitigation requirements at all pad sites:
(a) For db(A) scale noise, Encana will insure that the noise level from operations
subject to the light industrial zone noise standard under COGCC Regulations 802.b
and 604.c.(2)(A) does not exceed sixty (60) db(A) and that the noise level from
operations subject to the industrial zone noise standard under COGCC Regulations
802.b and 604.c.(2)(A) is reduced at least five (5) db(A) below the maximum level
permitted by those Regulations. For this purpose, the noise level shall be measured
as set forth in COGCC Regulations 802.b & c, except no measurements shall be taken
when traffic is passing the sound level meter, Encana shall be present during all
measurements, and building units shall be limited to those units existing as of the
Effective Date. As set forth in COGCC Regulation 802.b, the noise levels shall be
subject to increase for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes in any one (1) hour
period and reduction for periodic, impulsive or shrill noises.
(b) For db(C) scale noise, Encana shall comply with the requirements of COGCC
Regulation 802, as such requirements may be amended during the term of this
Agreement.
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Emissions mitigation | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Well leak detection and repair
(a) To identify leaks, Encana will perform audio, visual and olfactory inspections on a
monthly basis at all of its new and existing wells and related facilities and equipment
within Erie’s Town Limits, provided that such related facilities and equipment are
located on the pads for such wells, are part of adjacent tanks used for such pad sites,
or are part of storage tanks for such pad sites authorized under Article IV, Section 4 of
the Operator Agreement. Encana will also inspect each such well with an infra-red
camera on a monthly basis. The initial baseline inspections will occur within sixty (60)
calendar days after the Effective Date. After a well has produced for twelve (12)
months, the frequency of such inspections shall decrease from monthly to quarterly. If
Encana determines that any repairs are required based on these inspections, Encana
will promptly initiate these repairs.
(b) Encana will report to Erie on the inspection results and any associated repairs the
month after the inspection or repair occurs. This information will be collectively
reported on a monthly basis in the same format that Encana uses for reporting to the
Air Pollution Control Division under Regulation 7, but that is specific to wells located
within the Erie Town Limits. Erie will make this information publicly available.
(c) This BMP will terminate five (5) years after the Effective Date, after which Encana
will continue to comply with the leak detection, repair, and reporting requirements of
Regulation 7, as such requirements may be amended.
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Emissions mitigation | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | In an effort to reduce air emissions, Encana intends to construct a central gathering
and storage facility at a location in 1N-68W-Section 21 (the “Hub”) to receive liquids
from the wells which are the subject of this Agreement. As a result, Encana will not
install hydrocarbon storage tanks at these pad sites, which will eliminate potential
sources of hydrocarbons from the sites. However, Encana will still install at the pad
sites all other equipment and facilities necessary for the production of hydrocarbons,
including wellhead equipment, separation equipment, electrical equipment, and
temporary flowback equipment (including temporary storage tanks). In addition, this
BMP is subject to Article IV, Sections 3 and 4 of the Agreement.
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Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Utilize a high-low pressure vessel (HLP) and vapor recovery unit (VRU) for new wells
drilled. Encana may remove the VRU system at such time Encana determines that the
VRU system is no longer necessary due to reduced emission recoveries and/or
efficiencies, but no earlier than one (1) year after the new well is drilled |
Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Utilize closed-loop systems for drilling and completion operations to minimize the need
for earthen pits |
Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Upon initial rig-up and at least once every thirty (30) days during drilling operations thereafter, pressure testing of the casing string and each component of the blowout prevention equipment including flange connections will be performed to seventy percent (70%) of working pressure or seventy percent (70%) of the internal yield of casing, whichever is less. Pressure testing shall be conducted and the documented results will be retained by the operator for inspection by the Director for a period of one (1) year. Activation of the pipe rams for function testing shall be conducted on a daily basis when practicable. |
Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 ) 400868376 11/5/2015 | Adequate blowout prevention equipment will be used on all well servicing operations. |