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BMP ID: 9829
Title: Avoid dust suppression activities within 300 feet of any waterbody
Text: "14. Fugitive Dust suppression. . . . The operator will avoid dust suppression activities within three hundred (300) feet of the high water mark of any waterbody as defined in Section 17-12-20. Definitions, BMC, as the same may be amended from time to time, unless the dust suppressant is water."
Source Publication Name: Brighton Memorandum of Understanding, (Draft Model)
Citation Section: Attachment A
Citation Page: 12
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Drilling
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: City of Brighton, City Manager's Office
500 S. 4th Ave.
Brighton, CO  80601  United States
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Alternate Contact: Margaret Brubaker
City Attorney
21 North 1st Avenue, Suite 290
Brighton, CO  80601  USA
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Categories: Water Quality and Pollution
Air Quality and Emissions
Location: Colorado
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU City of Brighton Municipal Code Sec. 17-12-20, High Water Mark: "High water mark. The line on the bank of a stream, river, lake or impoundment to which the high water ordinarily rises annually in seasons, as indicated by changes in the characteristics of soil, vegetation or other appropriate means, taking into consideration the characteristics of the surrounding areas. Where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found, it shall be presumed to be the edge of vegetation growing along the channel bank. In braided channels, the ordinary high water mark shall be measured so as to include the entire stream feature."
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Date Entered: 2016-01-25 14:56 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-03-14 22:09 UTC