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Meeting Notes (conference call)
Participants: David Gonzalez, BP Wind Energy North America, Inc. (BPWENA)
Bridgette Miranda, BPWENA
Brandy Gibson, BPWENA
Matt Cohen, BPWENA
Jamie Gray, BPWENA
Kim Ogle, Weld County Planning Department
Chris Gathman, Weld County Planning Department
Sarah McCall, Tetra Tech EC
Prepared By: Sarah McCall
Date: July 15, 2010
Project: Cedar Creek II Wind Farm Project
Subject: Keenesburg Substation Interconnection Discussion
Distribution: David Gonzalez, BPWENA
Bridgette Miranda, BPWENA
Matt Cohen, BPWENA
Jamie Gray, BPWENA
Kim Ogle, Weld County Planning Department
Chris Gathman, Weld County Planning Department
Sarah McCall, Tetra Tech EC
Project file
The participants of the call discussed the permitting requirements associated with three different land
options adjacent to the Keenesburg Substation. A summary of the discussion is found below.
Summary of Discussion
In order to interconnect the power generated at the Cedar Creek II Wind Farm with the Keenseburg
Substation, an additional two to three capacitor banks are needed. Cedar Creek II, LLC would obtain a
long term lease or easement adjacent to the Keenseburg Substation and would not purchase the land
outright.
One alternative site is on land owned by Cedar Creek I, and the other two alternatives are on land owned
by Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo). For all three alternatives, the following permits would be
required:
• Subdivision exemption
• Building permits for everything within the fenced capacitor area/ Leasehold area as applicable
• Electrical permits
• Grading Permit, as more than one acre will be disturbed
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Meeting Notes
Cedar Creek II Wind Farm Project
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• Drainage permits, if Water Quality Feature,as required by Public Works
• Geotechnical reports
• Environmental due diligence
• Amendment to Long Term Road Maintenance & Improvements Agreement(reference Reception No.
3438391)—CR 55 Section Line Access
Setback requirements would include the following:
• Twenty feet from the edge of the future Highway 76 Frontage Road right-of-way
• Twenty feet from CR 55 Section Line—see above
• One foot for every three feet of building height from offset property lines
The timeframe for processing the subdivision exemption is 60 days; it is possible to expedite this
timeframe to 45 days depending on availability of staff. It is possible to request an early release of the
building permits. BPWENA is planning to install the equipment in November or December of this year.
BPWENA is planning to submit the required application materials in mid to late August.
Action Items
• Chris to discuss the potential drainage requirements with Clay Kimmi of Weld County Public Works
• David to give updates to Weld County Planning, as necessary
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D.E. Broadfoot
Director, Land
BP Wind Energy North America Inc.
700 Louisiana Street,33`°Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
713.354.2130
douglas.broadfoot@bp.com
June 24, 2010
Chris Gathman
Planner III
Weld County Department of Planning Services
1555 N. 17th Avenue
Greeley Co. 80631
Re: USR-1723
Cedar Creek II Wind Farm
Weld County, Colorado
Dear Mr. Gathman:
You have requested information regarding the location of proposed wind facilities within our
planned Cedar Creek II Wind Farm relative to possible future oil and gas drilling activity. We
have undertaken the following actions and research in this regard and believe that building the
proposed wind farm will result in little to no impact on third parties' rights to drill for and produce
oil and gas in the wind farm area.
As you know, we provided notice of our Weld County wind farm permit application to all mineral
rights holders within the project area in accordance with applicable State of Colorado notice
statutes. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and U.S. AgBank, FCB were the only two parties that
responded with any concerns. We have communicated with both of these parties and
addressed their concerns. We have agreed to relocate our proposed transmission line outside
of a possible future drilling location identified by Anadarko in Section 35-11N-60W. U.S. AgBank
owns mineral rights in the E/2 of Section 7-10N-58W; our proposed transmission line runs 80
feet south of and along the northern section line and AgBank has concurred that it would not
impede their ability to develop the mineral estate in the future.
This letter is intended to satisfy Condition of Approval 2.P of USR-1723 (written evidence from
applicant indicating that all requirements and agreements between the surface developer and
the mineral owners and/or lessees have been completed or evidence that an adequate attempt
has been made to mitigate their concerns).
Sincerely,
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