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Home My WebLink About950684.tiffINVENTORY OF ITEMS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION Applicant: H.S. Resources Case Number: USR-1067 Submitted or Prepared 1. Application 72 pages 2. Application plat 1 page 3. DPS referral summary sheet and letter 4. DPS letter to applicant 5. DPS Recommendation 6. DPS Surrounding Property Owner/Mineral Owner x Mailing list, letter and certificate. 7. 3 DPS Maps Prepared by Planning Technician x 8. DPS Notice of Hearing x 9. DPS Case File Summary Sheet x 10. DPS Field Check x Prior Hearing x 11. 11-15-94 referral from State Division of Water x Resources 12. 11-7-94 referral from County Public Works Dept. x 13. 11-15-94 field check from J. Yamaguchi x 14. 11-21-94 letter from Hans & Maude Johnson x 15. 12-6-94 memo from GVD to Planning Commission 16. 12-12-94 letter from Patrick E. Flynn w/ attach. x 17. 11-15-94 referral from Platte Valley Soil Conser- vation District x Woid- At Hearing x 950684 18. 10-10-94 letter from Patrick E. Flynn 19. 12-29-94 letter from Patrick E. Flynn x 20. 12-29-94 memo from GVD to Planning Commission 21. 1-4-95 memo from Weld County Health Department x 22. H.S. Resources, Inc. handout 23. H.S. Resources well log and history 24. 1-17-95 letter from H.S. Resources x x x I hereby certify that the 24 items identified herein were submitted to the Department of Planning Services at or prior to the scheduled Planning Commission hearing. I further certify that these items were forwarded to the Clerk to the Board's office on January 24, 1995. STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF WELD Glor ,Dunn, Current Planner SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THIS day o SEAL My Commission Expires 950684 DATE: January 5, 1995 CASE NUMBER: USR-1067 NAME: H.S. Resources, Inc. ADDRESS: 1999 Broadway, Suite 3600, Denver, CO 80202 REQUEST: Site Specific Development Plan and a Special Review Permit for a land treatment facility LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SE4 of Section 13, T3N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado LOCATION: Approximately 1/2 mile east of Weld County Road 35 and north of and adjacent to Weld County Road 32 THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES' STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: 1. The submitted materials are in compliance with the application requirements of Section 24.7 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. It is the opinion of the Department of Planning Services' staff that the applicant has shown compliance with Section 24.3 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance as follows: This proposal is consistent with the Weld County Comprehensive Plan. The proposed use will not result in land being taken out of agricultural production; the parcel is rangeland with oil and gas structures presently on site. This proposal is consistent with the intent of the A (Agricultural) zone district and is provided for as a Use by Special Review. The uses which would be permitted would be compatible with the future development of the surrounding area as permitted by the A (Agricultural) zone district and with future development as projected by the Weld County Comprehensive Plan. Neighboring land uses include oil and gas structures, three rural residences and a radar station. No overlay districts affect the site. - Special Review Permit Development Standards will provide adequate protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the neighborhood and County. This recommendation is based, in part, upon a review of the application materials submitted by the applicant, other relevant information regarding the request, and responses from referral entities. The Department of Planning Services' staff recommendation for approval is conditional upon the following: 1. The attached Development Standards for the Special Review permit shall be adopted and placed on the Special Review plat prior to recording the plat. The plat shall be delivered to the Department of Planning Services and be ready for recording in the Weld County Clerk and Recorder's office within 15 days of approval by the Board of County Commissioners. The Special Review activity shall not occur nor shall any building or electrical permits be issued on the property until the Special Review plat is ready to be recorded in the office of the Weld County Clerk and Recorder. 3. Prior to scheduling a hearing with the Board of County Commissioners: a. the applicant shall identify the water source for the land treatment facility, as requested by the Office of the State Engineer in a letter dated November 15, 1994. b. the applicant shall provide information regarding the number of vehicles accessing the Special Review site as well as their type, size, weight and frequency of visits, as requested by the Weld County Public Works Department in a memorandum dated November 7, 1994. 4. Prior to commencement of the Special Review activity, a six-foot high, chain link fence, secured by one locked gate located adjacent to Weld County Road 37, shall be constructed around the perimeter of the property. 5. Prior to recording the plat, the plat shall be amended to show one access to Weld County Road 37, secured by a locked gate. 6. Prior to construction of the proposed wash pit, the applicant shall submit a detailed design, operation and monitoring plan for the wash pit to the Weld County Health Department and Department of Planning Services. The plan shall be approved in writing by these departments prior to beginning construction of the wash pit. 950684 SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN SPECIAL REVIEW PERMIT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS H.S. Resources, Inc. USR-1067 1. The Site Specific Development Plan and Special Review permit is for a land treatment facility in the A(Agricultural) zone district as submitted in the application materials on file in the Department of Planning Services and subject to the Development Standards stated hereon. 2. Approval of this plan may create a vested property right pursuant to Section 90 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. 3. Only solid, nonhazardous exploration and production waste materials derived from H.S. Resources - operated drilling and production sites in Weld County shall be treated and recycled at this facility. 4. The Special Review Permit shall not be transferable to any successors in interest to the property and shall terminate automatically upon conveyance or lease of the property to others for the operation of the land treatment facility. v Lila%/ t 5. No permanent disposal of wastes shall be permitted at this site. This is not meant to include the beneficial application of fresh water -based bentonitic drilling mud. 6. Waste materials shall be handled, stored, and treated in a manner that controls fugitive dust, blowing debris and other potential nuisance conditions. 7. Fugitive dust shall be controlled on this site. 8. The maximum permissible noise level shall not exceed the light industrial limit of 70 db(A) as measured according to 25-12-102, Colorado Revised Statutes. 9. The property owner or operator shall provide an Individual Sewage Disposal System in accordance with Weld County Regulations. A vault system shall be acceptable. 10. The property owner or operator shall conform and comply with the Use by Special Review application materials dated September 29, 1994, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Rule 907 application materials dated October 13, 1994, and the supplemental information dated December 12, 1994. 11. The property owner or operator shall monitor the eight (8) groundwater monitoring well on site 950684 quarterly. At a minimum, ground water samples shall be analyzed using an appropriate method for: depth to groundwater, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH), Benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene, xylene. The property owner or operator shall submit groundwater monitoring results quarterly to the Weld County Health Department and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. In the event the down gradient well exhibit a statistical increase over background levels, the property owner or operator shall: a. Cease accepting contaminated soil on site, pending review of analytical data by Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. b. Notify the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in writing within five (5) working days. c. Immediately develop a plan to determine the extent of contamination. The plan must be approved by the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. d. Upon determining the extent of contamination, the property owner or operator shall develop a remedial action plan. The plan must be reviewed and approved by the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. 12. The property owner or operator shall collect and analyze soil samples semi-annually directly beneath the treatment area. Samples shall be collected at a minimum of eight (8) separate locations. These samples shall represent impact from the facility to a depth of five (5) feet. In addition, yearly soil samples shall be collected at five, ten, fifteen, twenty feet (or sampled to groundwater). At a minimum, these soil samples shall be analyzed using an appropriate method for: Benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene, xylene, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Oil and grease. The property owner or operator shall submit soil monitoring results (including sample locations) to the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. In the event the soils exhibit an impact from the facility at a depth greater than five (5) feet from grade, the property owner or operator shall: a. Cease accepting contaminated soil on site, pending review of analytical results by the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. b. Notify the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in writing within five (5) working days. c. Immediately develop a plan to determine the extent of contamination. The plan must be approved by the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. d. Develop a remedial action plan addressing clean-up of the contaminated soil and determine and amend operational practices as necessary to abate the impact. The plan shall be approved by the Weld County Health Department and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission prior to accepting additional contaminated soils on site. 13. Soil and groundwater monitoring requirements may be revised and amended at a later date. The Weld County Health Department reserves the right to require additional environmental monitoring requirements if the facility demonstrates that it is necessary. The property owner or operator may request to the Weld County Health Department and Department of Planning Services to amend monitoring requirements, provided an adequate demonstration can be made of the irrelevance of the 950684 monitoring. Both the Weld County Health Department and Department of Planning Services must approve of the revisions prior to deletion. 14. The property owner or operator shall notify the Weld County Health Department, Department of Planning Services and Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission a minimum of 90 days prior to closure. 15. The property owner or operator shall submit a closure plan in accordance with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Rule 907 and the submitted application materials to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Weld County Health Department and Department of Planning Services for their review and approval prior to closure. 16. The property owner or operator shall maintain the approved operation and monitoring plan for the wash pit. 17. All construction on the property shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Weld County Building Code Ordinance. 18. The property owner or operator shall be responsible for complying with the Design Standards of Section 24.5 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. 19. The property owner or operator shall be responsible for complying with the Operation Standards of Section 24.6 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. 20. Personnel from the Weld County Health Department and Weld County Department of Planning Services shall be granted access onto the property at any reasonable time in order to ensure the activities carried out on the property comply with the Development Standards stated hereon and all applicable Weld Regulations. 21. The Special Review area shall be limited to the plans shown hereon and governed by the foregoing Standards and all applicable Weld County Regulations. Major changes from the plans or Development Standards as shown or stated shall require the approval of an amendment of the Permit by the Weld County Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners before such changes from the plans or Development Standards are permitted. Any other changes shall be filed in the office of the Department of Planning Services. 22. The property owner or operator shall be responsible for complying with all of the foregoing Development Standards. Noncompliance with any of the foregoing Development Standards may be reason for revocation of the Permit by the Board of County Commissioners. 950684. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS USR-1067 H.S. Resources, Inc. In correspondence dated November 15, 1994, the Platte Valley Soil Conservation District advises that caution be used by the applicant in the installation of the septic system on the property due to the permeability of the soils at this location and concerns for contamination of ground water in the vicinity of the Special Review site. Any septic system installed on the property will be required to be in compliance with Weld County's Individual Sewage Disposal System (ISDS) regulations. 950684 Wi�'Yc Atce:r COLORADO TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJ: Weld County Planning Commission Gloria Dunn, Current Planner/A�1' December 6, 1994 XX USR-1067, H.S. Resources, Inc. Staff requests that this Site Specific Development Plan land treatment facility be continued to January 5, 1995, another submittal with additional information requested The applicant has indicated that he has no conflict with DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES PHONE (303) 353.3845, EXT. 3540 WELD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 1400 N. 17TH AVENUE GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 and Use by Special Review permit for a at 1:30 p.m. The applicant is preparing by the Weld County Health Department a meeting date of January 5. • 950684 E;i1 EXHIBIT 15- FIELD CHECK FILING NUMBER: USR-1067 APPLICANT'S NAME: H.S. Resources, Inc. CURRENT PLANNER: Gloria Dunn DATE OF INSPECTION: // REQUEST: A Site Specific Development Plan and a Special Review permit for a land treatment facility in the A (Agricultural) zone district. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The SE4 of Section 13, T3N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. LOCATION: Approximately 1/2 mile east of Weld County Road 35; north of and adjacent to Weld County Road 32. LAND USE: N ZONING: COMMENTS: i(P-41/i t' -1c �L /1t ( I' S � f �pC'Vt �3� 1 t+.0435 N A (Agricultural) E A (Agricultural) S A (Agricultural) W A (Agricultural) NOV 7 1994 rflPIntliPianninp 5 7. t / �r dry. ACte _ ain„Gt 950684 LAND -USE APPLICATION SUMMARY SHEET Date: November 29, 1994 CASE NUMBER: USR-1067 NAME: H.S. Resources, Inc. ADDRESS: 1999 Broadway, Suite 3600, Denver, CO 80202 REQUEST: Site Specific Development Plan and Use by Special Review permit for a Land Treatment facility LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SE4 of Section 13, T3N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado LOCATION: Approximately 1/2 miles east of Weld County Road 35 and north of and adjacent to Weld County Road 32 SIZE OF PARCEL: 160 acres, more or less POSSIBLE ISSUES SUMMARIZED FROM APPLICATION MATERIALS: The criteria for review of this Special Review permit is listed in Section 24.3 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. The Department of Planning Services' staff has received referral responses from the Weld County Public Works Department and Colorado Division of Water Resources. The Department of Planning Services' staff has not received any objections from surrounding property owners. 950684 IBIT LI ' FIELD CHECK FILING NUMBER: USR-1067 DATE OF INSPECTION: November 16, 1994 APPLICANT'S NAME: H.S. Resources, Inc. REQUEST: Site Specific Development Plan and Use by Special Review permit for a land treatment facility LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SE4 of Section 13, T3N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado LOCATION: Approximately 1/2 mile east of WCR 35 and north of and adjacent to WCR 32 LAND USE: N Rangeland, oil and gas facilities, radar station, residence E Weld County Road 37, rangeland oil and gas facilities, residence S Weld County Road 32, rangeland, oil and gas facilities W Rangeland, oil and gas facilities, residence ZONING: N A (Agricultural) 8 A (Agricultural) S A (Agricultural) W A (Agricultural) COMMENTS: Access to the site is from Weld County Road 32, a paved county arterial along Weld County Road 37, which is a gravel -surfaced privately maintained road. Structures are as shown on the plat. The subject property and surrounding area is in natural grasses. Glori Dunn, Current P1 950684 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES PHONE (303) 3533845, EXT. 3540 WELD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 1400 N. 17TH AVENUE GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 November 1, 1994 Patrick E. Flynn, Environmental Affairs Manager H.S. Resources, Inc. 1999 Broadway, Suite 3600 Denver, CO 80202 Subject: USR-1067 - Request for a Site Specific Development Plan and a Special Review permit for a land treatment facility in the A (Agricultural) zone district on a parcel of land described as the SE4 of Section 13, T3N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. Dear Mr. Flynn: Your application and related materials for the request described above are being processed. I have scheduled a meeting with the Weld County Planning Commission for December 6, 1994, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will take place in the County Commissioners' Hearing Room, first floor, Weld County Centennial Center, 915 10th Street, Greeley, Colorado. It is recommended that you and/or a representative be in attendance to answer any questions the Planning Commission members might have with respect to your application. Sometime prior to November 23, 1994„ a representative from the Department of Planning Services will be out to the property to post a sign adjacent to and visible from a publicly maintained road right-of-way which identifies the hearing time, date, and location. In the event the property under consideration is not adjacent to a publicly maintained road right-of-way, one sign will be posted in the most prominent place on the property and post a second sign at the point at which the driveway (access drive) intersects a publicly maintained road right-of-way. The Department of Planning Services' staff will make a recommendation concerning this application to the Weld County Planning Commission. This recommendation will be available twenty-four (24) hours before the scheduled hearing. It is the responsibility of the applicant to call the Department of Planning Services' office before the Planning Commission hearing to make arrangements to obtain the recommendation. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to call me. Respectfully, Dunn Planner 950684 4ii T Wine COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES PHONE (303) 353.3845, EXT. 3540 WELD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 1400 N. 17TH AVENUE GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 TO: Weld County Planning Commission FROM: Gloria Dunn DATE: December 29, 1994 SUBJ: USR-1067, H.S. Resources (Continued from December 6, 1994) Staff has not yet completed a preliminary recommendation for this proposed land treatment facility. The applicant submitted additional information requested by the Health Department (see attached); however, all of the environmental concerns have not yet been sufficiently addressed by the applicant. The Health Department will be forwarding a referral response as soon as it has the necessary information required to complete its evaluation of this land use. 950684 Hello