| BMP ID |
Short Title |
Text of BMP |
|---|
| 2834 |
Avoid construction in highly scenic areas. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: b. Where practical, avoid construction in highly scenic areas." |
| 994 |
Avoid locating facilities near "prominent" features |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: e. Avoid locating facilities near "prominent" features." |
| 2840 |
Avoid locating roads and pipelines on steep slopes. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: j. Avoid locating roads and pipelines on steep slopes. Follow the contours of the land to reduce ... |
| 2841 |
Avoid locating well pads on steep slopes. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: k. Avoid locating well pads on steep slopes. Well pads on steep slopes can create large cut and fill slopes ... |
| 960 |
Begin final reclamation when well production ends. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 3. Reclamation: g. When well production ends, begin final reclamation. Ensure the site is recontoured, stable, and fully ... |
| 2845 |
Bury power lines in or adjacent to the road |
"Natural Gas Operations: 2. Operations: c. Bury power lines in or adjacent to the road to eliminate cross-country vegetation clearing and resulting ... |
| 2839 |
Choose the best location for the road and its anticipated uses. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: i. Do not reuse existing roads just because they are preexisting and you are hesitant to disturb new areas. ... |
| 992 |
Consider facility ridgetop visibility. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: c. Ridgetop facilities are highly visible from great distances because they are skylined. Roads, on the other ... |
| 2854 |
Consider lower class roads, smaller pads, and interim reclamation. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 2. Operations: g. Minimize the footprint of energy development. To reduce wildlife habitat fragmentation, loss, and ... |
| 2851 |
Consider operator-enforced speed limits during critical seasons. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 2. Operations: e. Reduce vehicle traffic in important wildlife areas and during critical wildlife use periods. Consider: 2) ... |
| 2852 |
Consider using shuttle vans and buses to transport drilling rig workers and field service personnel. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 2. Operations: e. Reduce vehicle traffic in important wildlife areas and during critical wildlife use periods. Consider: 3) ... |
| 2842 |
Construct the minimum road necessary. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: l. Construct the minimum road necessary. Consider using two-track roads for exploration wells that could become ... |
| 2853 |
Cover all production-related pits and tanks to exclude wildlife. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 2. Operations: f. Cover all production-related pits and tanks to exclude wildlife, regardless of pit or tank size. Migratory ... |
| 958 |
Cover borrow ditches with topsoil and consider reseeding low use road surfaces. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 3. Reclamation: f. Borrow ditches should be covered with topsoil and seeded. Consider seeding the road surface for low use ... |
| 2843 |
Drill multiple wells from a single well pad. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 2. Operations: a. Consider drilling multiple wells from a single well pad to reduce the footprint of oil and gas activity on ... |
| 954 |
Fully recontour unneeded areas, respread topsoil over the entire pad and revegetate |
"Natural Gas Operations: 3. Reclamation: d. Interim reclamation should begin shortly after construction or establishing oil or gas production on the ... |
| 952 |
Limit activities to only the area that is necessary. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 3. Reclamation: c. Limit activities to only the area that is necessary." |
| 2837 |
Locate and construct roads to follow the contour of the landform or mimic lines in the vegetation. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: g. Locate and construct roads and other linear facilities to follow the contour of the landform or mimic lines ... |
| 2833 |
Minimize visual impacts. |
"Natural Gas Operations: 1. Location: a. Work with the operator to choose the best site access and facility location to mitigate for visual impacts." |
| 100 |
No surface disturbance within 1,000 ft of the channel of streams, riparian or wetland areas |
"Condition of Approval: Surface-disturbing activities are prohibited within 1,000 feet of the channel of ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial ... |
