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BMP ID: 11398
Title: Infill County Permit for Pad Drilling
Text: "2.2 Well Location; Exceptions. ...[I]n situations where reasonable efforts fail to produce a Surface Use Agreement concerning Pad Drilling between BP and the Surface Owner, the County, in its discretion, may approve the Infill County Permit for Pad Drilling."
Source Publication Name: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County, Colorado and Pablo Operating Company, 2012
Citation Section: Article II: Density and Use of Existing Well Pads and Facilities
Citation Page: 5
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Victoria Schmitt
La Plata County
1060 E. 2nd Ave.
Durango, Colorado  81301  USA
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Fax:     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact: Pablo Operating Company
777 Main Street, Suit 3250
Fort Worth, TX  76102
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: Unspecified
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU
Cost-Benefit Analysis: "The County believes that the potential impacts attendant to future gas development would be best mitigated for the County as a whole if future Fruitland Coal Wells are drilled on existing well pads ("Pad Drilling")."
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Date Entered: 2016-06-01 19:25 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-06-03 16:51 UTC