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File #: 26-026    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/29/2025 In control: Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting
On agenda: 1/13/2026 Final action: 1/13/2026
Title: UASI25-002 - Denver Pipeline Expansion Project [Magellan] Use by Special Review
Attachments: 1. Board Summary Report, 2. Staff Presentation, 3. Applicant Presentation, 4. Application Material, 5. USR Plan Set, 6. Approval Criteria, 7. PC Staff Report 11-18-2025, 8. PC Minutes 11-18-2025, 9. PC Staff Report 12-2-2025, 10. PC Draft Minutes 12-2-2025, 11. Engineering Staff Report, 12. Referral Agency Comments and Responses, 13. Draft Motions, 14. Resolution
To: Board of County Commissioners

Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development

Prepared By:
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Ernie Rose, Senior Planner Public Works and Development
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presenter
Presenter: Ernie Rose, Senior Planner Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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UASI25-002 - Denver Pipeline Expansion Project [Magellan] Use by Special Review
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Purpose and Request:
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The applicant, Perennial Environmental Services, on behalf of the owner, Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. (Magellan), seeks approval for a Use by Special Review to install 33 miles of new buried petroleum pipeline, 10 to 16 inches in diameter, at a depth of four feet. The pipeline also includes three (3) above-ground remote-monitoring valves and trap facilities, along with the new pipeline alignment. After construction, a 30-foot to 50-foot-wide permanent easement will be centered on the new pipeline. .
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Alignment with Strategic Plan:: Good Governance - Plan for future service, infrastructure, and fiscal needs.

Background and Discussion: The proposed pipeline, which is an expansion of an existing pipeline, delivers refined petroleum products to Denver International Airport (DIA) from Kansas to meet rising demand and to bring in products from the Gulf Coast. The Colorado segment of the Magellan pipeline starts in Scott City, Kansas, and delivers refined products, including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

The proposed pipeline enters Colorado in Cheyenne County and crosses Kit Carson, Lincoln, and Elbert Counties before entering Arapahoe County near South Barnley Road and County Line Road in the southeastern part of the county. The pipeline then continues northwesterly to East Colfax and Hayesmount Road, where it enters Adams County. The pipeline's destination is Denver International Airport (DIA).



Construction/Installation
Conventional open-cut pipeline methods will be used for most of the Project. However, to avoid impacting waterbodie...

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