To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works & Development
Prepared By:
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Diane Kocis, Energy Specialist, Public Works & Development
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Presenter: Diane Kocis, Energy Specialist, Public Works & Development
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11:30 AM *Potential Land Development Code Amendment to Allow 24/7 Operation of Commercial Injection Facilities
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this presentation is to seek direction from the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on whether Planning Division staff should initiate a Land Development Code (LDC) amendment to allow 24/7 operations at commercial injection well facilities.
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Background and Discussion: Expedition Water Solutions, a commercial company that disposes of produced water from oil and gas wells through deep injection, submitted a USR+1041 application to the Planning Division in July 2018 and a Certificate of Designation (CD) application to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for review and recommendation in June 2018. The applicant proposed to construct and operate a commercial injection well facility within unincorporated Arapahoe County. The facility would offer disposal of produced water (E&P waste) by deep well injection on the site. Expedition Water Solutions would like to be able to offer the service to oil and gas operators for disposal at their proposed facility 24/7 either by piping or trucking and intends to operate 24/7.
The applicant has stated that the facility would not be economic unless they are allowed to operate 24/7; without 24/7 operations, the applicant would not build the facility. Truck traffic would be the noisiest part of the process as the injection pumps are relatively quiet and housed inside a building. Injection-related noise would not migrate offsite. However, the Land Development Code limits commercial injection facility operations to 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. This provi...
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