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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 12/28/15 - 1/10/16
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Key
Red dots: items in this permit list with an exact location.
Blue stars: Marcellus Gas Well Water Sources.
Municipality shading: number of "facilities", with each well counting separately
(includes the red dots):
Red dots: items in this permit list with an exact location.
Blue stars: Marcellus Gas Well Water Sources.
Municipality shading: number of "facilities", with each well counting separately
(includes the red dots):
gray: 0
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 6
dark purple: 11
purple: 19
(Color coding may differ from one issue to the next.)
(Note if a project spans multiple municipalities -- e.g. a pipeline -- it will show in the count for each municipality.)
The number of facilities also follows the municipality name in brackets.
Municipality counts are based on the way the permit is listed by DEP; DEP has been known to get a municipality wrong.
Locations in brackets identify a precise location used to locate a surrogate for the actual site being permitted (e.g. locating a well pad or pipeline by the known location of a well.) Locations labeled beginning with "~" and ending in "[?]" are approximate and speculative based on inferences using on-line property and lease records. These are marked in the text as "[Approximate, Speculative]
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 6
dark purple: 11
purple: 19
(Color coding may differ from one issue to the next.)
(Note if a project spans multiple municipalities -- e.g. a pipeline -- it will show in the count for each municipality.)
The number of facilities also follows the municipality name in brackets.
Municipality counts are based on the way the permit is listed by DEP; DEP has been known to get a municipality wrong.
Locations in brackets identify a precise location used to locate a surrogate for the actual site being permitted (e.g. locating a well pad or pipeline by the known location of a well.) Locations labeled beginning with "~" and ending in "[?]" are approximate and speculative based on inferences using on-line property and lease records. These are marked in the text as "[Approximate, Speculative]
Cross-hatching: Environmental Justice Areas
Yellow triangles: Compressor Stations
Crosses: Unconventional well permits (may not have been drilled)
Green: "Natural areas", e.g. state game lands, state forests
Yellow triangles: Compressor Stations
Crosses: Unconventional well permits (may not have been drilled)
Green: "Natural areas", e.g. state game lands, state forests
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Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin
26154102. Wampum Hardware Co. (636 Paden Road, New Galilee, PA 16141). Blasting activity permit for the demolition at the Phillips Mine Fire, located in North Union Township, Fayette County with an exploration date of December 31, 2016. Blasting permit issued: December 14, 2015.
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol46/46-2/47d.html>
Location [of Kikta Unit 4H, a well on the adjoining property]: 39.946967,-79.743442 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpxig3~--?m=>
Municipalities: North Union Twp
[See Notes from the 11/15/15 issue for more information about the association of the Phillips Mine Fire and the Kikta well pad.]
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Source: eNOTICE (+ PA Oil and Gas Mapping)
Authorization ID: 1090378
Permit number: ESX13-051-0001
Site: RICH HILL PIPELINE ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Notification
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 09/17/2015
Status: Issued on 12/23/2015
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1090378>
Municipalities: Springhill Twp
Authorization ID: 1102958
Permit number: PAG106139
Site: BATES TO MCCLINTOCK COMPRESSOR & PIPELINE ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CAIMAN PENN MIDSTREAM LLC
Authorization type: PAG-10 Discharge Resulting from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks & Pipelines
Application type: Rescission
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/17/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1047268 OUTFALL 001 Discharge Point
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1102958>
Location: 39.722517,-79.482543 <http://osm.org/go/ZWo~3Mg2--?m=>
Municipalities: Henry Clay Twp
[See Notes.]
Authorization ID: 1100685
Permit number: ESX10-051-0035
Site: COASTAL 1H FLOW BACK PIT FRESHWATER PITS ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: BURNETT OIL CO INC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 12/08/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1100685>
Location [of COASTAL SMITH UNIT 2H]: 39.733371,-79.80094 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpgBJ3s--?m=>
Municipalities: Springhill Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1103351
Permit number: PAG106125
Site: TEMAX & TIME III PROJ FAYETTE
Client: TEXAS EASTERN TRANS LP
Authorization type: PAG-10 Discharge Resulting from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks & Pipelines
Application type: Rescission
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/23/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
987054 DP Discharge Point
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1103351>
Location: 39.931128,-79.670833 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpyxDfs--?m=>
Municipalities: North Union Twp
[See Notes.]
Authorization ID: 1103641
Permit number: GP05260715-007
Site: BAILY SIEGEL PIPELINE
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/17/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1203656 BAILY SIEGEL PIPELINE GP05260715-007 Pipeline or Conduit
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1103641>
Location [of BAILY UNIT 11H]: 39.963831,-79.991464 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpTtr6v--?m=>
Location [of SIEGEL 1]: 39.968972,-79.968794 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpZSBiu--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1103642
Permit number: GP08620715006
Site: BAILY SIEGEL PIPELINE
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/17/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1203657 BAILY SIEGEL PIPELINE GP08260715-006 Culvert
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1103642>
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Source: Reuters Commodities: Energy
Natural Gas
| Commodity | Exchange | Currency | Expire | Last Trade | Trade Time | Change | Open | Day's High | Day's Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATURAL
GAS CON1 Jan16 |
NYM | USD | 01/27 | 2.47 | 01/09 21:18 | -0.00 | 2.45 | 2.48 | 2.43 |
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Notes:
The authorization record for BATES TO MCCLINTOCK COMPRESSOR & PIPELINE above is a recission of authorization 888180 issued 7/29/2011. The location shown above is presumably the location of the discharge point; the full pipeline would presumably have a much longer extent than just one point location.
The authorization record for TEMAX & TIME III PROJ FAYETTE above is a recission of authorization 783248 issued 3/11/2010. The location is the location of the Texas Eastern Uniontown Compressor Station.
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DEP defines an environmental justice area as "any census tract where 20 percent or more individuals live in poverty, and/or 30 percent or more of the population is minority". (See:
<http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_environmental_justice_areas/20991>
<http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dep_enhanced_public_participation_policy/20988>
). There are supposed to be enhanced public participation requirements for permits in environmental justice areas, but news of this actually ever happening is scarce. In Fayette County, the entirety of Springhill, Nicholson, German, and Georges Townships are environmental justice areas, as well as a large part of Dunbar Township. DEP's policy document on public participation guidelines for environmental justice areas is located here:
<http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Version-48671/012-0501-002.pdf>
eNOTICE records are likely to list the same permit multiple times, as that permit moves through the DEP process.
Oil & Gas Wells designated with a site a number and the letter H typically designate horizontal wells.
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Resources:
Pennsylvania Bulletin: <http://www.pabulletin.com/>
eNOTICE: <http://www.ahs2.dep.state.pa.
DEP Well Details Report: <https://www.paoilandgasreport
Well Details may not show any
information for new permits and will not show permits which have
not yet been issued. Lookup for Well Details is by permit number.
DEP Permits Issued Detail Report:
<http://www.depreportingservic
DEP SPUD (drilling started) Report:
<http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Spud_External_Data>
DEP Oil and Gas Compliance Report:
<http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/OG_Compliance>
DEP PA Oil & Gas Mapping:
<http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/PaOilAndGasMapping>
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access:
<http://www.pasda.psu.edu/default.asp>
DEP Spatial Data Repository:
<ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/dep/>
National Response Center:
<http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/>
EPA-Echo: <http://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/
FERC citizen involvement: <http://www.ferc.gov/for-citiz
To receive E-mail notification of
all documents filed in a FERC docket, see:
<http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp >
<http://www.ferc.gov/docs-fili
Follow the directions and enter the docket number to subscribe to.
Township Supervisors receive information regarding Erosion & Sedimentation permits, and these records may be reviewable at township municipal offices.
DEP permits are reviewable through the File Review process, for application to do file review see: <http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/southwest_regional_office/13775/file_review/593164>
Environmental Hearing Board: <http://ehb.courtapps.com/publ
PA DEP Environmental Policy Comment System:
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/>
Federal Register Environment: <https://www.federalregister.g
Browsing of recent comment
opportunities for federal agencies, e.g. EPA. Click "sign up" to
subscribe to daily E-mails of new document listings.
SkyTruth Fayette County Drilling Alerts: <http://frack.skytruth.org/pen
EPA Pennsylvania Public Notices: <http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-pennsylvania#notice>
Marcellus Shale waste disposal
injection wells in Pennsylvania are regulated directly by EPA, not
DEP. Notice of any new permit applications will appear at the
above web address. I'm not aware of any subscription service
to be notified of such applications. I'm not aware of any
Marcellus Shale waste disposal injection wells in Fayette County
(yet ...) but we need to monitor this page for future
applications.
Energy Assurance Daily: <http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/ead.aspx>
Daily newsletter from the US
Department of Energy about events relating to energy. The Natural
Gas section has information about pipelines.
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Disclaimers:
This compilation from the above sources was done by hand using copy and paste and may omit relevant permits.
Does not currently include water supply permits. Does not include landfill permits even though many such are for Marcellus Shale waste. (It is not possible at this time to distinguish which landfill permits are for Marcellus Shale waste and which are not without doing File Review for each permit.)
Erosion & Sedimentation permit records do not currently include latitude and longitude. Where I am publishing latitude and longitude with E&S permits it is by inferring an associated well permit and using published latitude and longitude for the well. It is possible I may be inferring the wrong well site.
Municipalities are shown from eFACTS records on the DEP web site. The DEP has been known to list a municipality incorrectly.