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Home My WebLink About20123410.tiff lbTETRA TECH August 10, 2012 Mr. Chris Gathman Weld County Planning 1555 N . 17th Avenue Greeley, CO 80631 RE: Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holdings, LLC; Wells Ranch Oil and Gas Support Facility Use by Special Review (USR) Application Submittal Dear Chris: Attached please find one ( 1 ) complete hard copy of the USR Application , two (2) full size copies of the USR plan set, two (2) copies of the Preliminary Drainage Report and one ( 1 ) CD of the complete application for the Wells Ranch project. As you know, Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holdings, LLC are both the applicants on this application . Both companies have an aggressive schedule that they would like to meet to get this project permitted and operating as soon as possible. Our preferred schedule is an attachment to this letter and is being provided to you . We have addressed all of the Completeness Review comments, including the removal of the Water Recycling Facility. If you have any questions, please let me know. We look forward to working with you on this project. Sincerely, TETRA TECH &ari Julie Cozad Land Planning Manager cc: Greg Pickerel , Noble Energy Peter Richards, Noble Energy Tommy Green, Wattenberg Holdings, LLC 1900 5. Sunset Street, Suite I-F, Longmont, CO 80501 Tel 303.772.5282 Fax 303.772.7039 www.tetratech.com SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW (USR) APPLICATION FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT USE DATE RECEIVED: RECEIPT#/AMOUNT# 1$ CASE#ASSIGNED: APPLICATION RECEIVED BY PLANNER ASSIGNED: Parcel Number 0 7 9 9 - 2 1 _ 1 . 0 0 _ 0 1 6 (12 digit number-found on Tax I.D.information,obtainable at the Weld County Assessor's Office,or ww,v.co.weld.co.us) Parcel Number 0 7 9 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 Parcel Number 0 7 9 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 Legal Description NE4 of Section 21&SW4 of Section 22 Section Township 6 North, Range 63 West Zone District: A ,Total Acreage: 61.045 , Flood Plain: NA , Geological Hazard: NA Airport Overlay District: NA FEE OWNER(S) OF THE PROPERTY: Name:Teresa L. Wells and Steven T. Wells and Wells Ranch Work Phone# 970-356-4671 Home Phone# Email Address: 32010 Weld County Road 63 Address: City/State/Zip Code Gill, CO 80624 Name: Work Phone# Home Phone# Email Address: Address: City/State/Zip Code APPLICANT OR AUTHORIZED AGENT (See Below:Authorization must accompany applications signed by Authorized Agent) Name: Noble Energy (project contact: Peter Richards) Work Phone: 403-872-7394 Home Phone# Email prichards@nobleenergyinc.com Address: 3115 117th Avenue City/State/Zip Code Greeley, CO 80634 APPLICANT OR AUTHORIZED AGENT (See Below:Authorization must accompany applications signed by Authorized Agent) Name:SemGroup(Kevin Trenski with Eckel &Associates, project contact) Work Phone# 407-462-8120 Home Phone# Email ktrenski@eckelengineering.com Address: Kevin Eckel's address: 1757 W. Broadway St., Ste 3, Oviedo, FL 32765 Address:3030 NW Expressway, Suite 1100 City/State/Zip Code Oklahoma City, OK 73112 PROPOSED USE: Crude oil central processing facility I (We) hereby depose and state under penalties of perjury that all statements, proposals, and/or plans submitted with or contained within the application are true and correct to the best of my (our)knowledge. Signatures of all fee owners of property must sign this application. If an Authorized Agent signs, a letter of authorization from all fee owners must be included with the application. If a corporation is the fee owner, notarized evidence must be includ d 'indicating that the signatory has to legal authority to sign for the corporation.--1 LvA•• 1-,2-12- S Signature: Owner or Authorized Agent Date ignature: Owner or Authorized Agent Date June 27, 2012 Weld County Planning 1555 N. 17t1'Avenue Greeley, CO 80631 RE: Designation of Authorized Agent Dear Planning Department: We, Steven T. and Teresa L. Wells, authorize Peter Richards with Noble Energy Inc. and Kevin Trenski with Eckel &Associates to be Authorized Agents for the USR application related to Noble Energy's and SemGroup's Facilities that are proposed to be located on our property located in the NE1/4 of Section 21 and the NW1/4 of Section 22, Township 6 North,Range 63 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. Peter Richards may also be an authorized agent for the SE application proposed for our property in the NW1/4 of Section 22,Township 6 North, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado. Sincerely, 7r 1,331N. __.,19(4600_ • el(Sr(21°) Steven T. Wells Teresa L. Wells p:U5719`I33-357I9-t?00'_•Ddivcrabl s:1SR App\Authorization Lcttcr.doc Wells Ranch Facility USR Questionnaire 1 . Explain, in detail, the proposed use of the property. Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holding, LLC are proposing to lease land for a crude oil central processing facility on 61 .045 acres owned by Wells Ranch, LLC. The property is made up of three separate parcels: 1 . Lot A of Recorded Exemption 2676 (5. 179 acres) 2. Lot B of Recorded Exemption 2676 (20.966 acres) 3. A portion of a parcel 079922200014 (34.9 acres) — we have submitted a SE application to create this parcel. All three parcels are located south of County Road 68 and west of Wells Ranch Road (Wells Ranch Road is located 1/4 east of County Road 67) and are in the A (Agricultural) Zone District. The parcel to be created via an SE application, which is located in the northwest quarter of Section 22, Township 6 North, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M, Weld County, Colorado, will be used by Noble for oil and gas processing equipment. Lots A and B , which are located in the northeast quarter of Section 21 , Township 6 North , Range 63 West of the 6th P. M, Weld County, Colorado, will be used by Wattenberg Holding, LLC to operate a crude oil storage facility. Following is how Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holding , LLC will operate their respective portions of the facility: Noble Energy: Noble Energy has wells surrounding the Wells Ranch site that will be conveying oil, water and gas to the Wells Ranch site via pipeline to be further separated. When the water, oil and gas come into the site, it will be separated into a gas stream , an oil stream and a water stream. All gas will be directed to a nearby DCP gas compressor station and pipeline and then the oil will be sent to Wattenberg Holding, LLC's oil storage facility that is on the Wells Ranch property. Wattenberg Holding, LLC: Wattenberg Holding, LLC will have a storage tank on the property that will accept the oil from Noble Energy's processing facility on the Wells Ranch site. Oil from the tank will be metered as it enters and leaves the tank. Oil leaving the tank will be directed into the 12" Wattenberg Pipeline that runs through the site on its way to the Platteville Truck Unloading Facility at County Road 30 and County Road 49. The Wells Ranch site will generate very little traffic since all of the oil entering and leaving the site is via pipeline. Noble will have an employee come to the site every day and Wattenberg Holding, LLC will have an employee come to the site generally once per day. Other traffic could include a few incidental vehicles coming to the site for waste pick-up, mail , and deliveries. Noble and Wattenberg Holding , LLC propose to build one shared access to the site off of Weld County Road 68 . They propose to place the access on the Section line between Sections 21 and 22 so that half of the access is on Lot B and the other half is on the 34.9 acre SE parcel. By placing the access in this location, it will line up with Weld County Road 67 which dead ends at Weld County Road 68. 2. Explain how this proposal is consistent with the intent of the Weld County Code, Chapter 22 of the Comprehensive Plan. The Weld County Comprehensive Plan has Goals and supporting Policies that encourage responsible Oil and Gas development in the County. Below is a list of the specific Oil and Gas goals followed by an explanation of how the goals are being addressed: OG.Goal 1 : Promote the reasonable and orderly exploration and development of oil and gas mineral resources. OG.Goal 2 : Ensure that the extraction of oil and gas resources conserves the land and minimizes the impact on surrounding land and the existing surrounding land use. OG Goal 3 : Prevent surface and groundwater contamination from oil and gas minerals exploration and extraction. The proposed Wells Ranch facility is an area of Weld County that is very active with oil and gas facilities. The nearest residence to the site is located off County Road 68, approximately one-half mile west of the western boundary of the Wells Ranch Facility site. . The Wells Ranch Facility, will minimally impact surrounding properties since all of the oil entering and leaving the site is via pipeline. Noble will have an employee come to the site every day and Wattenberg Holding, LLC will have an employee come to the site no more than once per day. The only other traffic would be a few incidental vehicles coming to the site for waste pick-up, mail, and deliveries. Even with this limited traffic generation , Noble and Wattenberg Holding , LLC are minimizing impacts on surrounding landowners and County Road 68 by proposing to share one access point into the site. The site will be designed to have detention ponds that will be used to control surface water in the event of a storm. 3. Explain how this proposal is consistent with the intent of the Weld County Code, Chapter 23 (Zoning) and the zone district in which it is located. According to the Weld County Code, oil and gas support and service facilities are a Use by Special Review in the Agricultural Zoning District. Crude oil processing facilities would be considered oil and gas support facilities which is the reason a Use by Special Review application is being submitted. 4. What type of uses surround the site (explain how the proposed use is consistent and compatible with surrounding land uses). The project is located in a remote area of the county where open dryland prairie and other oil and gas facilities are the primary land uses. There are a few residences in the area, the closest being a half mile away. Due to the fact that the facility will generate so little traffic, the use will be consistent with the multitude of other oil and gas facilities in the area and compatible with the residential land uses that are in the area. 5. Describe, in detail, the following: a. Number of people who will use this site. Both Noble's and Wattenberg Holding , LLC's facilities on this site will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Approximately two people may visit the site on a daily basis; one Noble employee and one Wattenberg Holding, LLC employee. b. Number of employees proposed to be employed at this site. The Noble employee may be assigned to work at this site; however, this employee will most likely not be on-site all-day. c. Hours of operation. The site will operate 24 hours a day/seven days a week. Employees will generally be on-site or stop by the site sometime between 7:30 and 4:00 Monday through Friday. d. Type and Number of structures to be erected (built) on this site. Noble's proposed improvements/structures include: • Control Building ( 1 immediately) • Transformer (1 immediately) • Motor Control Center (MCC) (1 immediately) • Air Compressor (1 immediately) • Generator (1 immediately) • 50-foot Communication Tower (1 immediately) • Workshop (1 immediately) • Pig Receivers (4 immediately) • Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU) Suction Scrubber (1 immediately) • Separators (4 immediately, 6 in the future) • VRU Compressors (2 immediately, 1 in the future) • Heater Treaters (3 immediately, 2 in the future) • Gas Scrubbers (2 immediately, 2 in the future) • Gas Meter Skid (1 immediately) • Flare (1 immediately) • Knock-out Vessel (1 immediately) • Pump Skid Buildings ( 1 immediately, 3 in the future) • 8,000 BBL Oil Tanks (6 immediately, 6 in the future) • 8,000 BBL Water Tanks (2 immediately, 2 in the future) • Flash Compressors (VRU) (4 immediately, 4 in the future) • Combustors ( 10 immediately, 10 in the future) Wattenberg Holding, LLC's proposed improvements/structures include: • 50,000 BBL tank (1 immediately, 1 in the future) • Pump & Equipment Areas (immediately) • Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) Unit ( 1 immediately) • Storage Building (1 immediately) • MCC/Control building (immediately) • Transformer (1 immediately) • Pump (immediately) e. Type and number of animals, if any, to be on this site. There will be no animals kept on this site. f. Kind of vehicles (type, size, weight) that will access this site and how often. Approximately two employee vehicles and a few incidental vehicles are expected to enter the site for waste pick-up, mail, and deliveries. g. Who will provide fire protection to the site. The property falls within the Galeton Fire Protection District. h. Water source on the property (both domestic and irrigation). There is no existing water source (domestic or irrigated) on the property. Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holding, LLC both plan to have portable toilets and hand washing facilities on the property. Bottled water will be provided for employees working at the site. i. Sewage disposal system on the property (existing and proposed). There is no existing sewage disposal system on the property. Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holding, LLC both plan to have portable toilets and hand washing facilities on the property. j. If storage or warehousing is proposed, what type of items will be stored. No storage or warehousing is proposed on this site. 6. Explain the proposed landscaping for the site. No landscaping is proposed for a couple of reasons. First, there is no irrigation to the site to support landscaping. Second , vegetation can be a fire hazard at these types of facilities. Therefore, no landscaping is proposed and the native vegetation around the site will remain. 7. Explain any proposed reclamation procedures when termination of the Use by Special Review activity occurs. When termination of the Facility occurs, the facilities will be removed and the land will be returned to its native state. 8. Explain how the storm water drainage will be handled on the site. Off-site flows will be routed around the site. On-site flows will be conveyed to on-site detention ponds. The one-hundred year developed storm event will be released at the five-year historic rate from the ponds. For more details, please see the Preliminary Drainage Report. 9. Explain how long it will take to construct this site and when construction and landscaping is scheduled to begin. Noble Energy and Wattenberg Holding, LLC anticipate that it will take nine months to construct the site and they would like to commence construction in the Fall of 2012. 10. Explain where storage and/or stockpiles of wastes will occur on this site. There will be no storage and/or stockpiles of waste on this site. 44).5) COU+A Weld County Public Works Dept. 1 -4- 1111 H Street ACCESS PERMIT a P.O. Box 758 G�V •c- •��- Greeley, CO 80632 APPLICATION FORM ( /C Vu � Phone: (970)304-6496 Fax: (970)304-6497 Applicant Property Owner (If different than Applicant) Name Greg Pickerel Steven and Teresa Wells & Wells Ranch Name Company Noble Energy Address 32010 Weld County Road 63 Address 2115 117th Ave City Gill State CO Zip 80624 City Greeley State CO Zip 80634 Phone 970-356-4671 Business Phone 970-304 5079 Fax Fax E-mail E-mail gpickerel@nobleenergyinc.com ♦ = Existing Access A= Proposed Access Parcel Location & Sketch 4 cn -t h�e/J-) A cis r� �r £ ' ;` 74.) r---. The access is on WCR 68 v Nearest Intersection: WCR 68 & WCR 67 WCR we Distance from Intersection at intersection IN 'i` A 4 Parcel Number 079921100017 and 079922200014 S21 & S22, T6N, R63W 1 Section/Township/Range /1\ cc o 0 Is there an existing access to the property?]YES NO 0 N 2- 1Sect oil F.I ZZ Number of Existing Accesses 2 approved (RE2676), 0 built Road Surface Type & Construction Information Asphalt II Gravel I Treated .0 Other WCR Culvert Size & Type 24" RCP (preliminary estimate) Materials used to construct Access Class 3 Road Base Construction Start Date Fall 2012 Finish Date Spring 2013 Proposed Use °Temporary (Tracking Pad Required)/ $75 0 Single Residential/$75 0 Industrial/$150 0Small Commercial or Oil & Gas/$75 0 Large Commercial/$150 ° Subdivision/$150 0 Field (Agriculture Only)/Exempt Is this access associated with a Planning Process? Q No Q USR Q RE QPUD ° Other SE Required Attached Documents - Traffic Control Plan -Certificate of Insurance - Access Pictures (From the Left, Right, & into the access) Attached is a Traffic Control Plan and Access Pictures; the Certificate of Insurance will be provided at time of construction. By accepting this permit, the undersigned Applicant, under penalty of perjury, verifies that they have received all pages of the permit application; they have read and understand all of the permit requirements and provisions set forth on all pages; that they have the authority to sign for and bind the Applicant, if the Applicant is a corporation or other entity; and that by virtue of their signature the Applicant is bound by and agrees to comply with all said permit requirements and provisions, all Weld County ordinances, and state laws regarding faciliti s c nstructio 2 Signature _ Printed Name GP cert2O fI`ve`-. �' Approval or Denial willbe issued in minimum of 5 days.ays. Approved by Revised Date 6/29/10 Typical Traffic Control Plan Diagram 1 .--- --,-:::\.-et._-It . . - qz d�' c 3. 1%1544 �a `mss_: , ...11 . p ap 1 I I I I I a 1 I 500 FT ' 1 1 T� I n rt:ii::.�;. ? •x`1 t. I 1 - I t t I I 1 . -. i••:-ev, 1 1 O 1 1 1 I Q ' 1 i I I 1 I D 1 p I s t . . I I I I I 500 FT AN.. c _ ' AI4øP*'i r ijyyryry,#1:tar . it .3:4''1' A7. .1. Notes: 1 . The above diagram is typical for normal shoulder work applications. Additional signing may be required. 2. Vehicles or construction equipment shall not be parked in the travel way and should be moved to the shoulder. If vehicles or construction equipment are not able to be moved out of the way of traffic, channelizing devices are required for day use only. No night time obstructions are allowed. WELLS RANCH ACCESS PERMIT PICTURES Qf. Di RD ; 68 STOP , Intersection of WCR 68 and WCR 67 looking south into the property where the access will be located . I -ti b - .- ' ai...- - • �� i 't ', 4 \' --.1' • ANk\4 ' - . r \, \ - - I , I \I"• Looking east from access location. - .+ _ ea • rt t t ., 1-; .. t.1•I 1 • -' � ! • ,� . Looking west from access location. Wells Ranch Facility Waste Handling Plan 1 . Any waste generated on-site will be collected in a trash dumpster provided on-site. Waste Management will be contracted to collect the trash from the site. 2. No permanent disposal of wastes will take place at this site. 3. Fugitive dust, blowing debris, and other nuisance conditions will be minimized during construction. 4. The applicants operations will be in accordance with the approved Waste Handling Plan. 5. No potentially hazardous chemicals will be stored on site. 6. All development standards will be adhered to. Hello