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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 3/24/14 - 4/6/14
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Key
Red dots: items in this permit list with an exact location.
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.
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: 5
dark blue: 6
purple: 7
(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 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]
eFACTS/eNOTICE applications of type Notification are not mapped.
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 5
dark blue: 6
purple: 7
(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 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]
eFACTS/eNOTICE applications of type Notification are not mapped.
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
Environmental Justice Advisory Board Special Meeting
[44 Pa.B. 2133]
[Saturday, April 5, 2014]
The Environmental Justice Advisory Board (Board) will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Chester City Hall Community Room, 1 Fourth Street, Chester, PA 19013.
The Board is holding this public listening session to provide interested stakeholders an opportunity to give public comment on concerns and suggestions regarding environmental justice issues. The Board will provide recommendations to the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) based on information gathered from the listening session.
Persons interested in providing oral comment at the public listening session should register by contacting Holly Cairns, Director, DEP Office of Environmental Advocate, (717) 783-9731, hcairns@pa.gov, no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014. Organizations are requested to designate one spokesperson to provide comment. Comments are limited to 5 minutes. Persons providing oral comment should provide three written copies of their comments at the listening session.
Those unable to attend the listening session that would like to provide written comment can e-mail comments to RA-EPPubliccomments@pa.gov or submit them to Environmental Justice Advisory Board, c/o DEP, 400 Market Street, 16th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101. Written comments will be accepted until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.
Questions and topics raised from the community listening session will be addressed in a comment/response document that will be available at a later date on the Department's web site at www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword ''Environmental Justice Advisory Board'').
Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Holly Cairns, Director, DEP Office of Environmental Advocate, (717) 783-9731, hcairns@pa.gov. Information for this meeting is available through the Public Participation Center on the Department's web site (DEP Keyword ''Public Participation'').
Persons in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact the Department at (717) 783-9731 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO,
Secretary
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol44/44-14/717.html>
ESCGP-2 No.: ESX14-051-0003
Applicant Name: Chevron Appalachia LLC
Contact Person: Mr Branden Weimer
Address: 800 Mountain Drive
City: Smithfield State: PA Zip Code: 15478
County: Fayette Township(s): Luzerne
Receiving Stream(s) and Classifications: UNTs to Wallace
Run/Middle Monongahela River Watershed; Other
WWF
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol44/44-14/715d.html>
Site: HOWE UNIT 5-8H WELL SERVICE CONNECT ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Location [of HOWE UNIT 5H]: 39.933080,-79.903013 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpY7Qb_--?m=>
ESCGP-2 NO.: ESX14-051-0001
Applicant Name: Chevron Appalachia LLC
CONTACT PERSON: Mr Branden Weimer
ADDRESS: 800 Mountain View Drive
City: Smithfield State: PA Zip Code: 15478
County: Fayette Township(s): Perry
Receiving Stream(s) and Classifications: UNTs to
Browneller Run & Browneller Run/Lower Youghiogheny
River Watershed; Other WWF
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol44/44-14/715d.html>
Site: PORTER WELL SERVICE CONNECT ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Location [of PORTER-NAYLOR 28H]: 40.125533,-79.760992 <http://osm.org/go/ZWshK7ok--?m=>
ESCGP-2 NO.: ESX14-051-0002
Applicant Name: Chevron Appalachia LLC
CONTACT: Mr Branden Weimer
ADDRESS: 800 Mountain View Drive
City: Smithfield State: PA Zip Code: 15478
County: Fayette Township(s): Luzerne
Receiving Stream(s) and Classifications: Wallace Run
UNT to Wallace Run/Middle Monongahela River Water-
shed; Other WWF
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol44/44-14/715d.html>
Site: HOEHN UNIT 7-12H WELL SERVICE CONNECT ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Location [of HOEHN UNIT 7H]: 39.927969,-79.918988 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpYyxsS--?m=>
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Source: eNOTICE
Authorization ID: 1007339
Permit number: GP05260713008
Site: GRASSY RUN PIPELINE GP5 & GP8
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/23/2013
Status: Issued on 3/31/2014
Sub-Facilities for Authorization
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1124139 STREAM CROSSING 1 PIPE Pipeline or Conduit [Location: 39.753056,-79.823333 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpK4cab--?m=>]
1131068 STREAM CROSSING 2 PIPE Pipeline or Conduit
1131069 STREAM CROSSING 3 PIPE Pipeline or Conduit
1131070 STREAM CROSSING 4 PIPE Pipeline or Conduit [Location 39.760556,-79.835556 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpK2Dn5-?m=>]
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1007339>
Municipalities: Springhill Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1007341
Permit number: GP08260713008
Site: GRASSY RUN PIPELINE GP5 & GP8
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/23/2013
Status: Issued on 3/31/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1124140 INPUT WRONG SUBFACILITY [????? -jr] Temporary Wetland Impact
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1007341>
Authorization ID: 1012675
Permit number: 051-24540
Site: KNIGHT UNIT WELL ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 01/27/2014
Status: Issued on 3/25/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1127596 KNIGHT UNIT 17H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1012675>
Location: 39.739083,-79.844739 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpKkMp2--?m=>
Municipalities/: Springhill Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1013021
Permit number: 051-24569
Site: RITTER 1H, 2H, 3H, 4H AND 5H
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 01/30/2014
Status: Issued on 3/24/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1127747 RITTER UNIT 4H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1013021>
Location: 39.989227,-79.816458 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpb9_av--?m=>
Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 1018002
Permit number: 051-24583
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 02/28/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1130739 FAY-PENN UNIT 46H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1018002>
Location: 39.752572,-79.811430 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpK6bVi--?m=>
Municipalities: Springhill Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1018004
Permit number: 051-24584
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 02/28/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1130743 FAY-PENN UNIT 47H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1018004>
Authorization ID: 1018007
Permit number: 051-24585
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 02/28/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1130746 FAY-PENN UNIT 48H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1018007>
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Source: DEP Oil and Gas Compliance Report
[Conventional well:]
OPERATOR: ATLAS RESOURCES LLC
INSPECTION_ID: 2259344
INSPECTION_DATE: 04/01/2014
INSPECTION_TYPE: Incident- Response to Accident or Event
API_PERMIT: 051-23766
FARM_NAME: DIEDERICH 3
UNCONVENTIONAL: N
FACILITY_TYPE: Oil & Gas Location
INSPECTION_CATEGORY: Primary Facility
MUNICIPALITY: Jefferson Twp
INSPECTION_RESULT_DESCRIPTION: Violation(s) Noted
INSPECTION_COMMENT: On 4/1/2014, I conducted an inspection of the Atlas Resources DEIDRICH # 3 OG WELL well in Jefferson Township, Fayette County. The inspection was the result of Atlas reporting a brine spill of unknown quantity, some of which went off containment at this site. Atlas reported the spill to me on 3/31/14.
On 4/3/2014, Atlas submitted an Initial Spill/Incident Notification to the Department.
According to reports from Atlas, the spill was thought to be the result of a leaking 3" valve and a hole in the 100 barrel tank. The brine leaked out of the tank and caused a puddle of brine inside secondary containment. The containment dike had a drain pipe with a cap. Recent precipitation events caused the fluid in the dike to overflow it's banks. A small amount of brine left the site onto the access road and killed a small amount of vegetation below the road. The area of dead vegetation was approximately 2 foot by 2 foot. The leaking tank will be replaced by a poly tank and the operator has cleaned up the affected soil and performed testing to ensure all
Violation Details:
VIOLATION_ID: 692384
VIOLATION_DATE: 04/01/2014
VIOLATION_CODE: SWMA301 - Failure to properly store, transport, process or dispose of a residual waste.
VIOLATION_TYPE: Environmental Health & Safety
VIOLATION_COMMENT: Brine water leaked out of hole in tank and leaking 3" valve into containment and also went outside containment.
RESOLVED_DATE:
ENFORCEMENT_ID: 309415
ENFORCEMENT_CODE_DESCRIPTION: NOV - Notice of Violation
DATE_EXECUTED: 04/04/2014
PENALTY_FINAL_STATUS_CODE_DESCRIPTION:
PENALTY_FINAL_DATE:
ENFORCEMENT_FINAL_DATE:
PENALTY_AMOUNT:
TOTAL_AMOUNT_COLLECTED:
Location: 40.066066,-79.874251 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpfT2N4--?m=>
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Source: Reuters Commodities: Energy
Natural Gas
| Commodity | Exch | Currency | Expire | Last | Trade Date/Time |
Net Chg | Open | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATURAL
GAS CON1 Apr14 |
NYM | USD | 04/28 | 4.47 | 04/05 23:19 | +0.03 | 4.44 | 4.47 | 4.43 |
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Notes:
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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.
The eMapPa web site does not work in web browsers other than Internet Explorer. For instructions on how to view eMapPa data in Firefox send me E-mail.
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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>
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 Public Participation Center Proposals Currently Open for Comment:
<http://www.portal.state.pa.us
This location contains links for open
public comment periods.
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 Region 3 Water Protection Public Notices: <http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/p
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.