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BMP ID: 8818
Title: Wellhead Setback Requirements from High Occupancy Buildings.
Text: "2. Setbacks for New Wells. . . Any New Wells drilled, shall conform to the COGCC setback rules as established effective August 1, 2013, and as such rules may be amended thereafter. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, Operator shall provide (a) that the center of the wellhead for a New Well on the Well Sites, shall not be located closer than 1,000 feet from a Building Unit and/or High Occupancy Building (as such terms are defined by the COGCC) existing upon the Effective Date of this Agreement ("Setback Requirement") . . ."
Source Publication Name: City and County of Broomfield Oil and Gas Operator Agreement, Sovereign, Extraction, Final, 2013
Citation Section: Appendix A
Citation Page: A-2
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: City and County of Broomfield
One DesCombes Drive
Broomfield, CO  80020  USA
Phone:(303)438-6300     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact: Thomas Metzger
Sovereign Operating Company, LLC
621 17th St., Suite 950
Denver, CO  80293-1501  USA
Phone:(303)297-0347     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: Colorado
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2015-12-21 12:09 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-06-26 21:25 UTC