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Public Service Company of Colorado is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit, which allows for the replacement of approximately one mile of existing 10” high-pressure natural gas pipeline from the existing alignment corridor from Brighton Blvd to approximately E 104th Ave and Interstate 76, zoned ROW, I-3, PUD, and R-1.
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Summary and Background Information:
Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Xcel Energy, is proposing to replace approximately 1 mile of existing 10-inch high-pressure natural gas pipeline in Commerce City. This mile-long segment is part of the larger I-76 to Leyden Street Natural Gas Project that will replace 3 miles of a longer natural gas pipeline that was installed in the 1950s. Major activities involved in Project construction include surveying, installing best management practices (BMPs), vegetation clearing, staging materials, welding, x-ray analysis of welds, pipeline trenching, pipeline boring, pipeline installation, backfilling the pipeline trenching, pressure-testing, cleanup, re-grading the surface, roadway repair, re-vegetation, and post-construction monitoring of re-vegetation. No new above-ground appurtenances are proposed as part of the Project. Existing pipeline markers will be replaced.
No public comments were received during the posting period for the Planning Commission or City Council case, nor were significant issues raised during the Planning Commission hearing. Additional record materials may be found in the Planning file for Case CU-129-21.
Please see attached Planning Commission minutes for detailed background and discussion, as well as the staff report provided to the planning commission.
Notice Information: Public notification for this case was conducted in accordance with requirement of LDC Section 21-3285. This included postcard notification to all property owners within 500 feet of the proposed pipeline alignment (a total of 283 property owners), notice in the Commerce City Sentinel ...
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