| Planning | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • There will be no staging, refueling, or chemical storage areas in the vicinity of onsite water resources. |
| Traffic control | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Contractors will be notified of speed limits if no signs are posted.
• Vehicle trips to the location will be reduced through the use of technologies that allow for remote monitoring of the wells (for example, SCADA).
• Vehicle operators will be instructed to travel at low speeds and to stay on existing public roadways, project-related travel routes, and the well pad at all times. |
| General Housekeeping | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Where public exposure to pipeline corridors is possible, warning signs will be installed to inform the public of the presence of the pipeline.
• Equipment, including welding trucks, will be equipped with fire extinguishers and spark arresters. |
| Wildlife | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Operator will install and utilize bear-proof dumpster and trash receptacles.
• No operations will withdraw from or discharge into surface waters.
• Staging, refueling, or chemical storage will not be within 500’ of any river, perennial, or intermittent stream, lake, pond, or wetland.
• Operator will install a fence consistent with CPW and surface owner, if requested, with wildlife friendly barb wire to keep ungulates out of the Location.
• Operator will use a CPW-approved seed mix for reclamation, when consistent with the Surface Owner’s approval.
• No pits will be on Location.
• No flowline or other underground utility associated with the Project will cross either a perennial stream or an aquatic HPH.
• Operator agrees to established company guidelines to minimize wildlife mortality from vehicle collisions on roadways. Slow speeds and increased awareness among employees and contractors is expected to reduce impacts to wildlife.
• All open-vent exhaust stacks on production equipment shall be designed to prevent entry by birds and bats and to discourage nesting or perching. All tanks and above ground facilities shall be equipped with structures or devices that discourage nesting of raptors and corvids.
• Screens and other nesting barriers will be installed on stacks, heater treater openings, and fired vessels to prevent nesting by migratory bird species.
• Project employees and contractors will be informed and educated on wildlife conservation practices, including no harassment or feeding of wildlife. |
| Storm Water/Erosion Control | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Silt Fence and Straw Wattles: A silt fence and/or straw wattles will be installed on the southeastern and southern portions of the location to control run-on to the pad, and any stormwater flow to runoff the pad uncontrolled.
• Mulch/Seed: Topsoil stockpiles that will be exposed for more than six months will be mulched and/or seeded as a stabilization technique to control sediment loss.
• Culverts will be installed along the County Road as directed by Las Animas County. One (1) culvert will be installed in the access road at the entrance to the wellpad. If necessary, additional culverts, minimum of 18” or size appropriate, will be placed along the road to slow/filter any stormwater runoff from the road itself.
• Rock Rip-Rap: Where culverts are installed, rock rip-rap placed on both sides of the culverts to slow/filter any stormwater runoff from the road itself.
• Access roads will utilize existing 2-track roads whenever possible. Minimal grading will be done during drilling and testing. If the well proves to be economical, the road will be upgraded to Las Animas County standards and at a minimum will be accessible by emergency responders.
• During wellpad construction topsoil should be piled no higher than 3 to 5 feet high and slopes of the stockpiles should not exceed 2:1 (horizontal:vertical) to minimize erosion potential and facilitate interim stabilization. Perimeter control measures such as sediment control logs, rock socks, straw bales, ditch and/or berm with sediment trap(s) or sand bags will be used around the base of unstabilized stockpiles or where there is potential for sediment to come in contact with run off and leave the site.
• Topsoil stockpiled for more than six months will be seeded and mulched with a temporary grass cover or will be stabilized using structural and/or non-structural control measures.
• Any areas subjected to compaction by any temporary equipment will be seeded to protect the topsoil.
• Training: Those persons responsible for inspections and monitoring will be trained on the contents of the Plan and the requirements herein.
• Minimize Compaction: BNL will limit traffic outside of the well pad footprint but within the disturbed area, to the extent possible, to reduce compaction.
• Stockpile Tracking: To prevent erosion, stockpiles will be tracked perpendicular to runoff direction.
• During construction, disturbed slopes will be covered with coconut blankets, straw mulch, or straw waddles and maintained for the life of the project or until slopes are stabilized and revegetated. |
| Material Handling and Spill Prevention | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • These Locations will not produce or encounter any hydrocarbons. Once a release has been identified, it will be immediately stopped and contained if possible and is safe to do so. When containing a spill; pig blankets, snakes, absorbent materials, or earthen berms will be constructed around the release to keep material from spreading. These materials will be provided by a contract company and kept on-site.
• BNL will use a 130-mil rig liner during the drilling and testing of the well. The rig liner will be placed under critical wellsite components including the rig and any diesel motors.
• Potential pollutants located onsite will be sealed, wrapped, covered when not in use so as to eliminate or minimize contact with stormwater runoff.
• Proper storage, safe-handling, good housekeeping and spill prevention practices will be use to prevent pollutants from leaving the site.
• Any soils contaminated by E&P waste will be disposed of at a licensed third-party solid waste disposal facility/landfill. Water tank bottoms will be disposed of at licensed third-party solid waste disposal facilities.
• Liquid wastes such as produced water, if any, will be disposed of at licensed third-party injection facilities such as those run by NGL Water Solutions. |
| Dust control | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Application of fresh water during dry season.
• Applications of approved chemicals may be applied to areas not needed for traffic to form less erodible soils.
• Fresh water or magnesium chloride application to graveled surface of the Location and associated roads.
• Speed limit signs will be posted per surface owner agreement.
• Drivers will cover and secure loads to prevent debris from entering roadways.
• Regular road maintenance such as grading and adding additional gravel as needed.
• The wellpad will be constructed to a minimum size to accommodate all equipment but allowing for maximum safety precautions. The rig mat will eliminate fugitive dust from the wellpad. See attached product specs.
• Utilize existing vegetation, trees slash or brush piles to cover disturbed areas not used for vehicle traffic.
• Operations will be confined to the wellpad working surface.
• Continuous monitoring of disturbed areas to evaluate additional BMPs needed.
• Fresh water application to disturbed areas during construction. |
| Noise mitigation | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Daylight only operations will be conducted when possible. |
| Emissions mitigation | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • Vehicles will be maintained in good working condition to avoid excess emissions and safety concerns. |
| Odor mitigation | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • A freshwater mud system will be used for surface hole.
• Drill pipe will be wiped to remove residual mud upon tripping out of the hole. |
| Interim Reclamation | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • The topsoil stockpile will be graded to ensure all surface stability.
• Topsoil will be stripped from the disturbance area and will be stored onsite for future use.
• Topsoil stockpiles will be protected from wind and water erosion.
• Weed management practices will be used to prevent weed establishment on the topsoil stockpile.
• Installation of coconut blankets, straw mulch, or straw waddles, sediment basins, swales, and perimeter ditches will be used to prevent minimize erosion from disturbed areas.
• Biweekly inspections by a third-party contractor of BMP integrity and effectiveness will be implemented. Deficiencies will be noted and submitted to the operator and addressed in a timely manner.
• Construction activities will be curtailed during wet periods in an effort to avoid unnecessary soil disturbance.
• All roads will be recontoured and revegetated to a stable condition, unless the landowner directs differently. |
| Final Reclamation | Form: (02A )
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10/18/2024 | • As part of final reclamation, all roads and pads will be recontoured and revegetated to a condition similar to pre-project conditions. |