| Planning | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | Verdad submitted 1041WOGLA19-0025 with Weld county on February 3, 2020 that addresses site safety and contains an emergency action and tactical response plan. Each location is assigned a physical address for emergency responders to locate the site in the event of an emergency. |
| General Housekeeping | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | Cleanup of trash, scrap, and discarded materials will be conducted at the end of each workday. |
| General Housekeeping | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | Mud control: Operator will implement effective vehicle tracking control, such as a properly sized cattle guard or 2-inch to 4-inch stone at the location egress to prevent transport of sediment offsite and onto the public road during all phases of operations. |
| Storm Water/Erosion Control | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | Control measures for stormwater will be implemented around the perimeter of the pad prior to construction. The storm water and erosion control measures will include: a diversion ditch and berm around the perimeter of the pad disturbance, with a culvert at the access road, two sediment traps with armored inlets and outlets at the northwest and southwest corners of the pad, wattles at the sediment trap outlets to slow the departure of the water, as well as a crop vegetative buffer over 200 feet to the North and over 1000 feet to the Northwest, the most likely directions of flow from the sediment trap outlets. These control measures will remain in place and be maintained throughout operations until final reclamation and be modified as appropriate to observations during Stormwater inspections. The control measures described and the local natural gradient will direct stormwater flow to the Northwest and North, away from the intermittent drainage low spot or pond 335 feet from the east of the pad. Inspections will occur every 14 days during construction, drilling and completions, and once per month after that, until interim reclamation is completely established (approximately 2 years). Once per year after that until facility abandoned. |
| Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | During drilling operations, we anticipate 4-5 loads, @ 20 yards per load, of cuttings per day will be transported off-site to an approved disposal facility in accordance with Operator’s waste management plan. All loads leaving the location will have a manifest and will be documented. Water-based and Oil-based cuttings will be disposed of offsite and at a licensed, commercial disposal site. No cuttings will be stored on location.
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| Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | During drilling operations 12 inches of cement is placed under the rig surrounded by a compacted soil berm to prevent any soil contamination. Drilling mud is stored in large volume tanks that will be surrounded by impervious secondary containment |
| Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | Separators are encompassed by steel berms and on road base that is approximately 1-2 feet thick. Sites are visited daily so a spill would be detected and cleaned up before any significant infiltration could occur. The berms would contain a spill from leaving the area around the separators. |
| Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | Tank secondary containment will be impervious lined (either poly or spray in liner) steel berms with capacity >150% volume of the largest tank. Pad will also have tertiary containment of ditch and berm to prevent any spills from leaving site. All spills will be immediately cleaned up and will be reported if the volume meets the reporting limit. |
| Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | Verdad wells have remote monitoring and shut-in capabilities to mitigate spills and safety issues. Remote shut-in will
allow Verdad to immediately shut a well in, in the event of a reported problem on location or in the event of a potential
threat such as a grass fire or flood. |
| Dust control | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | To prevent dust from becoming a nuisance to the public, water trucks will be utilized to spread water across any dust problem areas. |
| Construction | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | MLVT Size is 120’DX14’H and the volume is 25,000 BBLS. Vendor/Manufacture will be Select Energy Services. It will be on location for 45 days during completion operations. Verdad will follow the COGCC guidance policy dated June 13, 2014 on the use of MLVTs. |
| Noise mitigation | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | Operator will consult with owners of residents and occupied structures and other stakeholders to reduce the impact of noise and light during drilling and completion operations. The direction of prevailing winds is considered when planning the location in order to mitigate odor and noise from being a nuisance to the surrounding residents and occupied structures. In order to minimize sound levels during drilling operations at nearby residences, rig generators will be located as far as possible from the residence by rig orientation. Rig lighting will also be directed away from residential units. A 32 foot sound wall will be constructed on the west side of the location and the utilization of quiet frac/auxiliary equipment will be constructed and utilized to dampen noise in the direction of residential units.
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| Emissions mitigation | Form: (02A )
402216196
3/16/2020 | To reduce odors during drilling and completion, the rig will be washed of oily debris before moving in. D822 is our base fluid which is a distillate and has the benefits of lower BTEX levels and is recognized as having lower odor than traditional oil based mud. We will utilize drying shakers or vertical dryers which will minimize residual oil on cuttings prior to transport and will promptly remove 4-5 loads of cuttings per day during drilling operations which should help to reduce odors. |
| Emissions mitigation | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | Test separators and associated flow lines, sand traps and emission control systems shall be installed on-site to accommodate green completions techniques. When commercial quantities of salable quality gas are achieved at each well, the gas shall be immediately directed to a sales line or shut in and conserved. If a sales line is unavailable or other conditions prevent placing the gas into a sales line, the operator shall not produce the wells without an approved variance per Rule 805.b.(3)C |
| Emissions mitigation | Form: (02A )
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3/16/2020 | AVO (Audio, Visual, Olfactory) inspections of pipe and connections will be performed daily on production equipment to detect leaks which will be immediately corrected, repaired and reported to COGCC as required.
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| Emissions mitigation | Form: (04 )
403484116
9/20/2023 | It is necessary to flare because gas at this location is not currently produced insufficient quantities and/or has too irregular of intervals to be sent to permanent facilities/sales. Once the wells are consistently producing saleable volumes of gas, they will be directed to sales. |