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RE: GRANT REQUEST FROM NORTH AMERICAN RESOURCES COMPANY TO
PREADVERTISE SPECIAL REVIEW PERMIT
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has received a request from the North American Resources
Company, 1223 28th Avenue, Suite 2, Greeley, Colorado 80631, for preadvertisement of an
application for Second Amended USR#1002, for a natural gas processing and compressor
station in the A (Agricultural) Zone District, and
WHEREAS, said property is described as part of Lot A of Recorded Exemption #1474 in
the South 'A of Section 11, Township 2 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County
Colorado, and
WHEREAS, after study and review the Board deems it advisable to grant said request,
with the hearing date to be set as December 10, 1997, at 10:00 a.m.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Weld County, Colorado, that the request from North American Resources Company for
preadvertisement of a Second Amendment for a natural gas processing and compressor station
in the A (Agricultural) Zone District be, and hereby is, granted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the hearing date to consider said
request be, and hereby is, set as December 10, 1997, at 10:00 a.m.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 12th day of November, A.D., 1997.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD pNTY, COLORADO
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TO: Board of County Commissioners November 12, 1997
COLORADO FROM: Gloria Dunn, Current Planner (ik)•
SUBJECT: 2nd Am USR-1002, North American Resources Company
request to preadvertise the Board of County Commissioners hearing
Attached is a request from Mr. Bill Crews on behalf of North American Resources Company
(NARCo) to preadvertise for the Board of County Commissioners hearing. The Planning
Commission will consider this second amendment to the Special Review permit on December 2,
1997. A meeting date of December 10, 1997, with the Board is requested. Mr. Crews has
outlined the reasons for this request in his letter.
SERVICE,TEAMWORK,INTEGRITY,QUALITY
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November 6, 1997 CREWS & Z E R E N
LAND CONSULTANTS
1223 28TH AVENUE,SUITE 2
Board of Weld County Commissioners GREELEY,COLORADO 80631
915 10th Street, 3rd Floor (970)351-0733 GREELEY
Greeley, CO 80631 (970)351-0867 FAX
Dear Commissioners:
North American Resources Company("NARCo")has filed an application for a Second Amendment of
USR 1002. The application seeks approval of expansion of the existing plant(16157 WCR 22)to be
able to process more gas(including fractionation) -from a current maximum of 25 MMCF/day to 70
MMCF/day. As you may be aware,NARCo recently acquired all of the wells of Vessels Oil and Gas
Company in the Denver Basin, and the need to process more gas is critical to NARCo's Weld County
operations.
The application for the amendment was delivered to the Weld County Planning Department on October
3, but is not scheduled to be heard by the Weld County Planning Commission until December 2. With
the normal period between that hearing and the date it would normally come before you, it would be
well into January before any approval could be granted.
NARCo respectfully requests that you grant preadvertisement to accelerate the hearing date before the
Board of Weld County Commissioners to December 10.NARCo believes that this request is supported
by the following:
1) Peak gas use occurs during the winter months and it is important both to NARCo and Weld
County that as much gas as possible be processed during this period. Each day's delay is another lost
opportunity for marketing when operators are able to sell all the gas they can produce providing it can
be processed. Construction of the entire expanded facility is estimated to take 180 days from
commencement date, but the expansion will be done in stages. At the completion of each stage,more
gas can be processed or fractionated than before the addition of the equipment for that stage. By
accelerating the hearing date,NARCo will be able to process considerably more gas during the winter
months.
2) The plant is located in a very remote area on WCR 22 and it is not anticipated that there will be
any objections to the proposed amendment by landowners in the area. As I recall,there were no
objections to the original USR or the first amendment of it.
3.) NARCo will be working with Weld County Public Works and other departments to address
their concerns prior to the meeting of the Weld County Planning Commission.
Your consideration of this request will be sincerely appreciated. NARCo is aware that it must pay for
all costs associated with preadvertisement.
Cordially,
Weld County Planning Dept.
William G. Crews, CPL
Agent for North American Resources Company NOV
61997
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