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BMP ID: 9845
Title: Drill future wells on existing well pads
Text: "2.2 Well Location; Exceptions. 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')."
Source Publication Name: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County, Colorado and BP America Production Company, 2005
Citation Section: Article II: Density and Use of Existing Well Pads and Facilitiies
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: Nancy Lauro
La Plata County, Community Development Services
1060 E. 2nd Ave.
Durando, CO  81301  USA
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Alternate Contact: Chad Tidwell
BP America Production Company
380 Airport Rd.
Durango, CO  81303
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: Colorado
Species:
Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2016-01-26 09:01 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-05-15 14:41 UTC