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Mansfield council approves most compressor permit modifications with noise conditions; one site tabled
Summary
Council considered six requests to modify specific use permits for lift compressors at gas-well pad sites, approved several with conditions requiring acoustic enclosures and pre-installation ambient noise studies, and tabled one site for further staff discussion with the operator.
Planning staff presented six modification requests asking to allow electric lift compressors — and temporary variances for gas-powered compressors while electrification is completed — at six well pad sites across the city. Staff explained code rules that classify compressors left onsite more than six months as permanent (which generally must be electric) and noted a 600-foot buffer used to identify nearby protected uses and residential areas.
Clayton Comstock, the city’s planning director, outlined staff’s standard conditions: compressors must be housed in acoustic sound panels, panels must be metal and painted…
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