| Planning | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | When feasible develop multiple well sites by using directional drilling to reduce cumulative impacts and adverse impacts on wildlife resources. |
| General Housekeeping | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Fence the well site after drilling to restrict public and wildlife access.
Keep well site location, the road, and the pipeline easement free of noxious weeds, litter and debris.
Spray for noxious weeds, and implement dust control, as needed.
Operator will not permit the release or discharge of any toxic or hazardous chemicals or wastes on Owner’s Land.
Construct and maintain gates where any roads used by operator, its employees, or contractors cross through fences on the leased premises. |
| Storm Water/Erosion Control | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Use water bars, and other measures to prevent erosion and non-source pollution.
Implement and maintain BMPs to control stormwater runoff in a manner that minimizes erosion, transport of sediment offsite, and site degradation.
Co-locate gas and water gathering lines whenever feasible, and mitigate any erosion problems that arise due to the construction of any pipeline(s). |
| Dust control | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Traffic dust control will be done utilizing water on all County Roads leading up to the pad site. |
| Construction | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Remove only the minimum amount of vegetation necessary for the construction of roads and facilities.
Conserve topsoil during excavation and reuse as cover on disturbed areas to facilitate regrowth of vegetation.
No construction or routine maintenance activities will be performed during periods when the soil is too wet to adequately support construction equipment. |
| Noise mitigation | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Sound walls and/or hay bales will be used to surround the well site during drilling operations to mitigate noise. |
| Drilling/Completion Operations | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Prior to drilling operations, Operator may perform an anti-collision review of existing offset wells that have the potential of being within close proximity of the proposed well. This anti-collision review may include MWD or gyro surveys and surface locations 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 bottom hole location. The proposed well may only be drilled if the anti-collision review results indicate that the risk of collision is sufficiently low as defined by the anticollision plan, with separation factors greater than 1.5, or if the risk of collision has been mitigated through other means including shutting in wells, plugging wells, increased drilling fluid in the event of lost returns or as is appropriate for the specific situation. In the event of an increased risk of collision, that risk will be mitigated to prevent harm to people, the environment or property. For the proposed well, upon conclusion of drilling operations, an as-constructed directional survey will be submitted to the COGCC with the Form 5.
Pursuant to COGCC 207.a. (“Policy”), Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC, acknowledges and will comply with said policy for Bradenhead Monitoring during hydraulic fracturing treatments in the Greater Wattenberg Area (GWA), dated May 29, 2012.
A closed-loop drilling mud system will be used to preclude the use of an earthen reserve pit. Light Sources will likewise be directed downwards and away from occupied structures where possible. Once the drilling and completion rigs leave the site, there will be no permanently installed lighting on site. |
| Interim Reclamation | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | Utilize only such area around each producing well as is reasonably necessary. Restore the remainder of the well site location to its original condition within a reasonable time after the completion of operations. All reseeding shall be done with grasses consistent with the Rocky Mountain native mix or other grasses reasonably requested by surface owner and during planting
period suggested by Owner. |
| Final Reclamation | Form: (02 )
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7/6/2014 | All surface restoration shall be accomplished to the satisfaction of Owner. All reseeding shall be done with grasses consistent with the Rocky Mountain native mix or other grasses reasonably requested by surface owner and during planting
period suggested by Owner. Final reclamation shall be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Owner as soon as practical after installation (weather permitting) and in accordance with regulatory agency standards (BLM/COGCC). |