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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 6/2/14 - 6/15/14
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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: 4
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: 4
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
[Actually Greene County ?]
26144101. Dykon Blasting Corp (8120 W 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74131). Blasting activity permit for the construction of the Associated Pipeline—Spectra Team 2014—Holbrook, located in Uniontown City, Fayette County with an exploration date of September 28, 2014. Blasting permit issued: May 16, 2014.
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol44/44-23/1203c.html>
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Title 25—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD
[ 25 PA. CODE CH. 78 ]
Oil and Gas Well Fee Amendments
[44 Pa.B. 3517]
[Saturday, June 14, 2014]
The Environmental Quality Board (Board) amends §§ 78.1 and 78.19 (relating to definitions; and permit application fee schedule) to read as set forth in Annex A. These amendments satisfy the obligation of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department), as specified in § 78.19(f), to provide the Board with an evaluation of the Chapter 78 fees and recommend regulatory changes to address any disparity between Oil and Gas Program (Program) income generated by the fees and the Department's cost of administering the Program. These amendments include several changes to the structure of oil and gas well permit fees, including establishing increased flat fees for unconventional well permits.
This final-form rulemaking was adopted by the Board at its meeting of January 21, 2014.
[Exceprt:]
Streamlined electronic review
The Department will allocate a substantial portion of the increased fee revenue to information technology projects for the Program, such as electronic permitting, mobile digital inspections, upgrades to existing reporting systems and modernization of forms and databases. This investment in technology will yield efficiencies for both the Department and the regulated community in terms of more predictable and timely permit issuance, more effective site inspections, increased availability of staff for compliance assistance, and more streamlined reporting to and communication with the Department. It will also make the Department's work more transparent to the public as electronic documents can be easily made available on the Internet. The two key initiatives on the forefront of information technology priorities for the Department are the ePermitting initiative and enabling staff with devices and the capability to conduct mobile digital inspections.
The ePermitting system will provide the ability to process applications for oil and gas permits online. The new system will replace the manual process that requires applicants to complete paper forms and deliver multiple copies of documentation to a Department district office. This change should reduce data transcription errors from entering data on paper forms into the Department's databases. The new ePermitting system is designed to increase review efficiency through electronic workflow and to significantly decrease the time from initial application submission to permit issuance. It will enable applicants to submit online payment and provide for permit review transparency as an applicant will be able to closely follow a permit through the approval process and receive automatic notifications as it completes the outlined benchmarks. Upon approval, the system will deliver the permit electronically to the applicant, thereby eliminating the lag time from permit issuance to receipt by the applicant.
Electronic receipt and storage of the permitting documents will also result in significant savings in terms of storage and of staff time and costs associated with related Right-to-Know requests. The Department is second in the Commonwealth in terms of Right-to-Know requests, much of which is attributed to the Program. The public will enjoy greater access to timely data as the Department receives it.
Creation and deployment of a mobile digital inspection platform and mobile devices will create marked improvement and efficiencies in terms of how the organization conducts site inspections. Current paper based inspection forms necessitate staff spending at least 1 day a week in the office to manually enter data from paper inspection reports and mail the resulting inspection report and findings to operators. Mobile digital inspections will allow entry of data into the system while onsite, eliminate the need to return to the office for data entry and enable employees to spend their time where they are needed, on location for inspections and compliance assistance.
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol44/44-24/1245.html>
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Source: eNOTICE
Authorization ID: 950184
Permit number: 26-00599A
Site: CHESTNUT VALLEY LDFL
Client: PPL RENEWABLE ENERGY LLC
Authorization type: Major Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 11/06/2012
Status: Issued on 6/10/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1130952 CAT LFG ENGINE #1 (2,233 BHP) Process
1130953 CAT LFG ENGINE #2 (2,233 BHP) Process
1130954 LFG TREATMENT SYSTEM Process
1130955 SOURCE 101 STACK Point of Air Emission
1130956 SOURCE 102 STACK Point of Air Emission
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=950184>
Location: 39.894544,-79.836022 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpP2SSr--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1024177
Permit number: 051-24516
Site: REJISS UNIT 1H OG WELL
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/03/2014
Status: Issued on 6/3/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1134033 REJISS UNIT 2H Well
1134034 REJISS UNIT 2H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1024177>
Location: 39.835481,-79.884806 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpOF2yd--?m=>
Municipalities: Nicholson Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1024298
Permit number: 051-24527
Site: HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/03/2014
Status: Issued on 6/3/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1134111 HOEHN UNIT 8H Well
1134113 HOEHN UNIT 8H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1024298>
Location: 39.927969,-79.918936 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpYyxr_--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1024303
Permit number: 051-24531
Site: HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/03/2014
Status: Issued on 6/3/2014
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description eMap PA Location
1134123 HOEHN UNIT 12H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1024303>
Authorization ID: 1027380
Permit number: ESX10-051-0045
Site: STEVENS UNIT 1H, 2H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: PHILLIPS EXPLORATION INC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 05/21/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1027380>
Location [of STEVENS UNIT 1H]: 40.027158,-79.655672 <http://osm.org/go/ZWp22x0B--?m=>
Municipalities: Dunbar Boro [should be Dunbar Twp -jr]
Authorization ID: 1028362
Permit number: ESX14-051-0007
Site: MAWC 7020 ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: TRIANA ENERGY LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/02/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1028362>
Location [of MAWC 7020 3H]: 39.977814,-79.437242 <http://osm.org/go/ZWrRTb1P--?m=>
Municipalities: Springfield Twp
[See Notes.]
Authorization ID: 1027936
Permit number: GP04260714001
Site: MONONGAHELA RIVER WATER INTAKE GP4
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: GP-04 Intake & Outfall Structures
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/29/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1136229 WATER TRANSFER Intake Structure
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1027936>
Location: 39.744225,-79.902433 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpIvB50--?m=>
Municipalities, Springhill Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1028549
Permit number: ESX14-051-0008
Site: SPROUL 7005 ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: TRIANA ENERGY LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/02/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1028549>
Location [of SPROUL 7005 OG WELL]: 39.856133,-79.53675
Municipalities: Stewart Twp
[See Notes.]
Authorization ID: 1029505
Permit number: 051-24582
Site: WHYEL UNIT PREVIOUSLY SUMEY 1H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: BURNETT OIL CO INC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: Renewal
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/30/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1108313 WHYEL UNIT 2 Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1029505>
Location [of WHYEL UNIT 1H]: 39.889344,-79.801680 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpPZ5L_--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1029680
Permit number: GP05260714003
Site: RITTER UNIT WATERLINE GP5
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/11/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1137231 UNT TO ROWES RUN Pipeline or Conduit
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1029680>
Location: 39.989992,-79.821656 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpb9fzv--?m=>
Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 1029830
Permit number: ESX14-051-0010
Site: RITTER UNIT WATERLINE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/11/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1029830>
Authorization ID: 1029849
Permit number: ESX14-051-0011
Site: RITTER UNIT GAS PIPELINE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/11/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1029849>
Authorization ID: 1025562
Permit number: GP05260714002
Site: NEMACOLIN 708 GP5
Client: T & F EXPLORATION LP
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/08/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1135039 FORT NECESSITY Pipeline or Conduit
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1025562>
Location: 39.802944,-79.526139 <http://osm.org/go/ZWprTdp3--?m=>
Municipalities: Wharton Twp
Authorization ID: 1029766
Permit number: ESX14-051-0009
Site: HALL-HOGSETT UNIT #12H-15H WELL SERVICE CONNECT ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/12/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1029766>
Location [of HALL-HOGSETT UNIT 14H]: 39.929306,-79.908778 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpY41Dr--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1015589
Permit number: ESX10-051-0019
Site: FRANKHOUSER WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: ATLAS RESOURCES LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 03/03/2014
Status: Withdrawn on 6/10/2014
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1015589>
Location [of FRANKHOUSER UNIT 4H]: 39.9441,-79.901528 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpY~Set--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1024001
Permit number: GP05260714001
Site: SANFILIPPO WELL SITES GP5
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/29/2014
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1133953 STREAM CROSSING #1 Pipeline or Conduit
1137201 STREAM CROSSING #2 Pipeline or Conduit
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1024001>
Location: 39.977619,-79.841939 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpbxxzu--?m=>
Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 1027913
Permit number: ESG14-051-0006
Site: NEMACOLIN 70008 PROJECT ESGP-2
Client: T & F EXPLORATION LP
Authorization type: Erosion and Sediment Control GP-2
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 05/23/2014
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1027913>
Municipalities: Wharton Twp
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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 Jun14 |
NYM | USD | 06/26 | 4.72 | 06/15 20:04 | +0.01 | 4.71 | 4.72 | 4.70 |
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Notes:
MAWC 7020 3H is a well that was permitted INACTIVE by Triana -- permit issued 9/3/2013. It is not clear the authorization above for the MAWC 7020 well site is the same pad, although you would think so.
SPROUL 7005 OG WELL is a well that was permitted INACTIVE by Triana -- permit issued 5/19/2011.
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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.