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From page 35... ... 36 chapter four CASE EXAMPLES OF STATE AND LOCAL PRACTICES INTRODUCTION The information in the following sections was taken primarily from detailed interviews with individuals from several organizations in five states. In addition, detailed information from the published literature and survey responses for each of the five states has been incorporated into this chapter. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 37 Routt County Routt County reported that transportation related to the oil and gas industries has impacted its 900 miles of road (of which only 170 miles are paved) Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... 38 roads especially for turning radii at key intersections, and structural damage assessment of roads and bridges. Colorado DOT Pavement research is being done at Colorado DOT with the AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design® software to predict the expected pavement performance at the various loads and truck axle configurations on affected highways near energy development areas. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 39 El Paso County El Paso County reported concerns with the increase in frequency and volume of traffic and the resulting impact on degrading roadway surface conditions. Deteriorated surface conditions could become a safety issue by causing traffic to cross over into oncoming lanes of traffic. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... 40 County Commission has been proactive by passing predevelopment planning and zoning regulations to avert some impacts from energy development activities. The Resolution Approving Conditional Use Permit Fees for Wind Energy Facilities in Johnson County and Ordinance Amending the Johnson County Unified Development Ordinance to Permit Private Wind Generators as Accessory Uses and Distributed Wind Generators as Conditionally Permitted Uses outline the proactive county ordinances and regulations, and are shown in Appendix B (available at www.trb.org; search NCHRP Synthesis 469) Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... 41 permits, although the new automated permitting system is helping. However, once off the state highway system, trucks are required to have a county road permits. Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... 42 Property Tax Assessed Value Wind turbine property can be assessed at a maximum of 30% of the total acquisition and construction cost. A tax abatement period of six years allows 5% of the assessed value to be added to the county tax rolls each year. Read the entire page →
From page 42... ... 43 and approximately $930 million is identified for county and township roads. Other critical needs were identified, such as enforcement resources, safety in the presence of heavy vehicles, grade crossing safety, two-lane roadway capacity, and hazardous and emergency response. Read the entire page →
From page 43... ... 44 property taxes on oil and gas producing properties. A brief description of the various financing techniques used in North Dakota is presented in Table 16 and comes from the Office of State Tax Commissioner: State of North Dakota (2014) Read the entire page →
From page 44... ... 45 ment and operations. As a result, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Pennsylvania DOT) Read the entire page →
From page 45... ... 46 the company makes the roadway repairs necessary and after the road is inspected and approved by Pennsylvania DOT. Practices for Addressing Engineering Design Challenges Pennsylvania DOT The Pennsylvania DOT reported that partnering with the Marcellus Shale Coalition is a practice that it considers being greatly effective. Read the entire page →
From page 46... ... 47 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has developed guidelines for the spreading of brine on unpaved roads to control dust. These guidelines can be found under the authority of Clean Streams Law, the Solid Waste Management Act, and Chapters 78 and 101 of the Rules and Regulations (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2013) Read the entire page →
From page 47... ... 48 As part of the comprehensive Pennsylvania ACT 13 legislation passed in 2012, an impact fee on energy companies was levied based on the level of drilling activity (PA ACT 13 2012) Read the entire page →
From page 48... ... 49 integral part in the economy of Texas as it provides a large number of jobs in a number of different industries (exploration, drilling, production operations, material production, equipment manufacturing, technology development dealing with the energy industry) Read the entire page →
From page 49... ... 50 not done any permitting and rely on Texas DOT for the permitting of OS/OW trucks. A few of the county bridges have deteriorated over time and the county observed during their biannual inspections that the heavy trucks affiliated with energy development have accelerated the bridge deterioration process. Read the entire page →
From page 50... ... 51 compared with two different pavement life models [MODULUS (Liu and Scullion 2001) and OTRA (Fernando and Oh 2004) Read the entire page →
From page 51... ... 52 An August 2013, the Texas DOT commissioned a study to explore several partnership approaches between energy companies, county officials, and other organizations (Miller and Sassin 2014) Read the entire page →
From page 52... ... 53 The county and Texas DOT agreed to share responsibly in repairing roads in need and to maintain the roads over time. The relationship between the Texas DOT and county is as follows; the county is responsible for the purchasing of all materials necessary to address road issues while Texas DOT performs the repairs and provides the labor needed to complete the projects. Read the entire page →
From page 53... ... 54 tiple bridge collapses and accidents related to the width and height of bridges. It was reported that a large number of narrow one-lane bridges exist that require drivers to wait until a truck or vehicle is completely crossed in order to advance and cross over the bridge. Read the entire page →

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... 36 chapter four CASE EXAMPLES OF STATE AND LOCAL PRACTICES INTRODUCTION The information in the following sections was taken primarily from detailed interviews with individuals from several organizations in five states. In addition, detailed information from the published literature and survey responses for each of the five states has been incorporated into this chapter.