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BMP ID: 8898
Title: Capture of Gas for Continuously Operated Equipment.
Text: "21. Air quality. . . . c) Capture of Gas. During normal operations, a continuously operated equipment, including but not limited to, storage vessels and tanks, separators,pneumatic pumps, dehydrators, and compressors, shall route all natural gas and VOC vapors to a capture or control device with at least a 98% VOC destruction or control design efficiency . . . . "Normal Operations" means all periods of operation, excluding malfunction. For storage tanks, normal operation includes but is not limited to liquid dumps from the separator or wellhead."
Source Publication Name: City and County of Broomfield Oil and Gas Operator Agreement, Sovereign, Extraction, Final, 2013
Citation Section: Appendix A
Citation Page: A-12, A-13
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: Air Quality and Emissions
Location: Colorado
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2015-12-22 14:24 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-03-28 15:48 UTC