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Commissioners approve TEP permit for NR‑413 pad with wildlife mitigation and new conditions
Summary
The Garfield County Board of Commissioners approved a limited‑impact oil and gas permit for TEP Rocky Mountain’s NR‑413 location, allowing construction of a new pad and up to 39 wells after mitigation measures, referral conditions and an added county condition banning firearms on the pad.
The Garfield County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 11 approved a limited‑impact oil and gas permit for TEP Rocky Mountain LLC to build a new oil‑and‑gas pad known as NR‑413 and drill up to 39 natural gas wells from that location, subject to staff conditions and an added county restriction. The permit covers a new pad site, access road and pipelines on private surface overlying both fee and federal minerals.
County staff said the application met the requirements of the Garfield County Land Use and Development Code and the Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) rules, and that the applicant had submitted plans for stormwater, air and noise control, wildlife mitigation and reclamation. TEP presented an alternatives analysis arguing the selected pad minimizes impacts to public health, safety, wildlife and the environment compared with alternate sites.
County staff and TEP told the board the NR‑413 pad would initially disturb about…
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