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a Mechanical Integrity Test will be conducted on two year intervals for as long as <br />the well is in Temporary Abandonment. <br />All wells to be placed in Temporary Abandonment Status are deemed to be <br />candidates for future operation. Any wells that are not deemed to be candidates <br />for future operations will be Plugged and Abandoned using agency approved <br />methods. <br />The pipeline system used to supply inject brine to the well field and recover <br />production brine from the well field will be flushed, drained, sealed and <br />maintained in a mothballed condition until such time as the operations are <br />restarted. <br />Once the well field is depressurized the well field pump house systems and gas <br />separator systems will be flushed, drained, and sealed. Instrumentation skids at <br />well sites that are scheduled for future operations will be mothballed, locked and <br />left in place. Instrumentation skids for wells that are to be Plugged and <br />Abandoned will be removed from the well site and placed in storage. <br />The Process Plant Equipment at the Piceance Facility will be flushed, drained, <br />sealed, purged and blanketed as required to protect the equipment during the <br />mothball period. <br />Required electrical power will remain to supply power as needed to conduct <br />preventive maintenance procedures during the mothball period. <br />The two intra-plant pipelines will be evaluated as to other possible short term <br />uses than their current operation of supplying water and production brine to and <br />from the Parachute and Piceance Facilities. If some other use is found then they <br />will be placed in that service and any modifications to existing permits and right <br />of ways will be made as necessary to allow for these changes. If no other options <br />are found then these lines will be flushed, drained and protected as required to <br />assure their future availability for use. <br />The existing Evaporation and Storm Water Ponds will remain in use and will be <br />monitored as required. <br />After completion of Plugging and Abandonment of selected wells an evaluation <br />will be made as to partial or complete reclamation of effected well sites and <br />roads. Reclamation and re-vegetation will be conducted as prescribed by permit <br />requirements and as influenced by weather factors. <br />A Technical Revision will be filed with the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology to place the operations in a status of Temporary Cessation. <br />