Presenter: Ginny Brannon, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
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Brannon, Ginny

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University of Colorado Law School Colorado Law Scholarly Commons Best Management Practices (BMPs): What? How? And Why? (May 26) 2011 5-26-2011 SLIDES: Planning Tools: Wildlife Mitigation Plan (WMP), Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), Geographic Area Plan (GAP) Ginny Brannon Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/best-management-practices-bmps  Part of the Administrative Law Commons, Animal Law Commons, Climate Commons, Energy and Utilities Law Commons, Energy Policy Commons, Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Law Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Natural Resource Economics Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Natural Resources Law Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Oil, Gas, and Energy Commons, Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Commons, Science and Technology Law Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons, Water Law Commons, and the Water Resource Management Commons Citation Information Brannon, Ginny, "SLIDES: Planning Tools: Wildlife Mitigation Plan (WMP), Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), Geographic Area Plan (GAP)" (2011). Best Management Practices (BMPs): What? How? And Why? (May 26). https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/best-management-practices-bmps/4 Reproduced with permission of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (formerly the Natural Resources Law Center) at the University of Colorado Law School. PLANNING TOOLS Designed to achieve win‐win solu3ons for both energy produc3on and environmental/wildlife protec3on  Wildlife Mi2ga2on Plan (WMP) Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP) Geographic Area Plan (GAP) COMPREHENSIVE DRILLING PLAN A Programma3c Development Plan •  Intended to encourage landscape level planning, cumula3ve effects and promote efficiency •  Tool to consider proposed opera3ons and iden3fy condi3ons to minimize adverse impacts. •  Voluntary •  Must be approved by Commission but not a rulemaking CDP BENEFITS •  Results in expedited processing and permiJng •  More predictability because defining mi3ga3on requirements at the outset •  Increases efficiency by bundling applica3ons and consolida3ng regulatory reviews •  BeNer address cumula3ve effects GEOGRAPHIC AREA PLANS Cover en3re field or geographic basin •  Include all operators •  Covers ten or more years of development and might cover:   Uni$za$on   Water well sampling   Waste management   Facility consolida$on •  Requires rulemaking   No$ce and public hearing WILDLIFE MITIGATION AGREEMENTS Provides Wildlife Protec3on:   Avoidance, Minimiza3on, Mi3ga3on •  In consulta3on with CDOW    CDOW must approve    Streamlined consulta$on per 306c •  Covers specific area, such as a proposed oil and gas loca3on WMPS Examples  Encana’s North Parachute Ranch  Antero’s Gravel Trend  Williams’ South of the River  BP’s San Juan Basin    Others with Marathon, Noble, Black Hills, ExxonMobile, PDC Energy, Laramie Energy II QUESTIONS? 

SLIDES: Planning Tools: Wildlife Mitigation Plan (WMP), Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), Geographic Area Plan (GAP)

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SLIDES: Planning Tools: Wildlife Mitigation Plan (WMP), Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), Geographic Area Plan (GAP)

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