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Weld County - Clerk to the Board
1150 O St
PO Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
December 16, 2024
To whom it may concern:
RECEIVED
DEC 16 2024
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
On December 16, 2024, the Air Pollution Control Division will begin a 30 -day public notice
period for Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC - State Pronghorn 41-32 Central
Production Facility (COGCC #438946). A copy of this public notice is enclosed.
Thank you for assisting the Division by posting a copy of this notice in your office. A public
copy of this notice is required by Colorado Air Quality Control Commission regulations. The
notice must be available for public inspection for a period of thirty (30) days from the
beginning of the public notice period. Please reference the public notice for instructions on
submitting comments.
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Notice Of A Proposed Reopening of a Title V Operating Permit
Warranting Public Comment
Website Title: Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC - State Pronghorn 41-32 Central
Production Facility (COGCC #438946) - Weld County
Notice Period Begins: December 16, 2024
NOTICE is hereby given that the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive
South, Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 has initiated a reopening to modify an Operating Permit for
the following source of air pollution:
Applicant: Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC
555 17th Street
Suite 3700
Denver, CO 80202
Facility: State Pronghorn 41-32 Central Production Facility (COGCC #438946)
NENE Section 32 T5NR61 W
Kersey, CO 80644
The Division has initiated a reopening of the Operating permit issued to Bonanza Creek Energy
Operating Company, LLC for the State Pronghorn 41-32 Central Production Facility (COGCC
#438946) in Weld County, CO. The Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC State Pronghorn
41-32 Central Production Facility (CPF) (COGCC #438946, AIRS ID: 123/9D4B) (herein, Source)
facility at this site is an Oil and Gas Centralized Production Facility. The sources addressed in this
operating permit include 16 Condensate Oil Tanks (1100 bbl Capacity each), Four (4) Produced
Water Tanks (1100 bbl each), low pressure gas from the heater treaters (2), and vapor recovery
towers (VRTs) and inlet seperators during VRU downtime, condensate truck loadout, ROPE
emissions, and 1 Waukesha compression engine, as well as the various insignificant activities listed
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in Appendix A. The gas and oil from the offsite production pads is sent via pipeline to the CPF. The
overhead process gas from the process separators (at each well pad) is sent to a slug catcher,
where fluids are separated from the gas. Gas from the slug catcher is sent to an inlet separator,
where gas and oil are further separated, and gas is then sent to compression, then sales. Oil from
the slug catcher and inlet separator is sent to the heater treaters.Oil from the process separators
(at each well pad) are sent to the heater treaters. Gas produced from the heater treaters is
recovered by the Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU) and sent to the sales gas pipeline. Condensate from
the heater treaters is sent to the Vapor Recovery Towers (VRTs). VRT vapors are captured by the
VRU and sent to the sales gas pipeline. Water from the heater treaters and offsite production
separators is sent to the Produced Water Tanks. This reopening was triggered to address the
parametric monitoring necessary to assure compliance with the 95% destruction efficiency required
for the Condensate Loadout point (AIRs 016). This permitting action resulted in no change in
emissions A copy of the EPA order, including supplemental information, the Division's analysis, and
a draft of the modified Operating Permit 20OPWE420 are available on the Division's website. Based
on the information submitted by the applicant, the Division has prepared the draft modified
operating permit for approval. Any interested person may contact the Division at
cdphe_apcd_title_v@state.co.us to obtain additional information. Any interested person may
submit written comments to the Division concerning 1) the sufficiency of the preliminary analysis,
2) whether the modified permit should be issued, 3) the ability of the proposed activity to comply
with applicable requirements, 4) the air quality impacts of, alternatives to, and control technology
required on the source or modification, and 5) any other appropriate air quality considerations.
Pursuant to Colorado Regulation No. 3, Part C, Section XIII.A.6, only those portions of the permit
for which there is cause to reopen are subject to Public Comment. Those portions of the permit
affected by the reopening are summarized in Appendix F of the permit. Any interested person may
submit a written request to the Division for a public comment hearing before the Colorado Air
Quality Control Commission (Commission) to receive comments regarding the concerns listed above
as well as the sufficiency of the preliminary analysis and whether the Division should issue the
modified permit. If requested, the hearing will be held before the Commission within 60 days of its
receipt of the request for a hearing unless a longer time period is agreed upon by the Division and
the applicant. The hearing request must: 1) identify the individual or group requesting the hearing,
2) state his or her address and phone number, and 3) state the reason(s) for the request, the
manner in which the person is affected by the proceedings, and an explanation of why the person's
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interests are not already adequately represented. The Division will receive and consider the
written public comments and requests for any hearing for thirty calendar days after the date of this
Notice.
Comments may be submitted using the following options:
• Use this web form. This page also includes guidance for public participation
• Send an email to cdphe apcd airpermitcomments@state.co.us
• Send comments to our mailing address:
Title V Operating Permits Unit
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, APCD-SS-B1
Denver, Colorado 80246-1530
NOTE: Comments submitted to the Division will be uploaded to an online document repository and
will be accessible to the public. Your comments and the division's responses are not considered
confidential and will be publicly accessible, including your name and any other personal
information you provide in your comments.
Hearing requests may be submitted to the email address or the mailing address noted above.
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