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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 6/29/15 - 7/12/15
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Key
Red dots: items in this permit list with an exact location.
Orange triangles: Notifications 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.
Orange triangles: Notifications 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: 5
dark purple: 10
purple: 17
(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]
eFACTS/eNOTICE applications of type Notification are not mapped.
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 5
dark purple: 10
purple: 17
(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]
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
[No Activity for Fayette County]
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Source: eNOTICE (+ PA Oil and Gas Mapping)
[Conventional Well:]
Authorization ID: 1078978
Permit number: 051-21949
Site: YATES UNIT 1 OG WELL
Client: RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Intent to Plug Single Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/18/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1059437 YATES UNIT 1 Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1078978>
Location: 39.721862,-79.662396 <http://osm.org/go/ZWo31rkU--?m=>
Municipalities: Wharton Twp
Authorization ID: 1078991
Permit number: 051-21949
Site: YATES UNIT 1 OG WELL
Client: RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/18/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
784129 YATES UNIT 1 Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1078991>
Authorization ID: 1067607
Permit number: GP11260715001
Site: LEONARD WELL GP11
Client: XTO ENERGY INC
Authorization type: BWM-GP-11 Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement General Pmt
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/01/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1158301 CULVERT REPLACEMENT Culvert
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1067607>
Location: 39.885599,-79.55586 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpt43S1--?m=>
Municipalities: Stewart Twp
Authorization ID: 1079834
Permit number: GP05260715006
Site: ZALAC WELL CONNECT 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: 07/06/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1180403 ZALAC WELL CONNECT GP5 Pipeline or Conduit
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1079834>
Location: 39.910944,-79.850717 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpaL4lE--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1079836
Permit number: GP08260715005
Site: ZALAC WELL CONNECT GP5 & GP8
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/06/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1180404 ZALAC WELL CONNECT GP8 Floodway Activity
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1079836>
Authorization ID: 1079972
Permit number: ESX15-051-0010
Site: ZALAC WELL CONNECT ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 07/06/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1079972>
Authorization ID: 1077193
Permit number: 051-24628
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/04/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1171233 STEWART 2H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1077193>
Location: 39.962947,-79.946841 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpZPAOq--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Conservation Well: N
Authorization ID: 1077195
Permit number: 051-24629
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/04/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1171237 STEWART 3H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1077195>
Conservation Well: N
Authorization ID: 1077198
Permit number: 051-24630
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/04/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1171239 STEWART 4H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1077198>
Conservation Well: N
Authorization ID: 1077201
Permit number: 051-24631
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/04/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1171242 STEWART 5H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1077201>
Conservation Well: N
Authorization ID: 1077205
Permit number: 051-24632
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/04/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1171243 STEWART 6H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1077205>
Conservation Well: N
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Source: Fayette County Planning Commission
Project Reviews listed for the 7/9/15 meeting (excerpts)
Energy Corporation of America (ECA) is submitted a water management plan for water withdrawals associated with oil and gas exploration, production, processing or treatment operations, or transmission facilities from DEP located in Masontown Borough.
Tetra Tech is submitted a water management plan for water withdrawals associated with oil and gas exploration, production, processing or treatment operations, or transmission facilities from DEP located in Luzerne Township.
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Source: Uniontown Herald-Standard Legal Notices
ZHB HEARINGS
Notice is hereby given that the Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing in the Fayette County Public Service Building, 22 East Main Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, to hear the following petitions: July 22, 2015
[Excerpt]
2:00 p.m. EDST / Case ZHB 15-36, Dunbar Twp.
To hear the petition of Laurel Mt. Midstream Operating, LLC, 301 Grant St., 20th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA. Said petition requests the Board to grant a Special Exception for a Public / Private Works Facility, a natural gas compressor station on property zoned "A-1" and is shown on Tax Map 09-05-0236.
Interested persons may appear at the aforementioned hearings to offer testimony in favor of or in opposition to the requested petitions. Only Attorneys are permitted to represent individuals before the Board. A request for a continuance of a hearing must be made to the Office of Planning, Zoning and Community Development. Pertinent records may be inspected prior to the hearing at the Office of Planning, Zoning and Community Development. FAYETTE COUNTY ZONING HEARING BOARD
<http://pa.mypublicnotices.com/PublicNotice.asp?Page=PublicNotice&AdId=3859247>
Location [Approximate]: 40.02758,-79.637142 <http://osm.org/go/ZWp2_cFA--?m=>
[See Notes.]
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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 Jul15 |
NYM | USD | 07/29 | 2.81 | 07/11 21:14 | +0.04 | 2.82 | 2.87 | 2.76 |
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Notes:
The zoning hearing above is for the Laurel Mountain Midstream Joseph Compressor Station, which has already been built. Its first Air Quality permit was issued by DEP on 10/13/2004! Laurel Mountain Midstream has a pending application before DEP for GP5-26-00555C; the eFACTS record for that is here:
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1058151>
Permit # GP5-26-00555B was evidently issued for equipment already installed, only for the change of ownership from Atlas to LMM. The PA Bulletin Notice for Permit # GP5-26-00555A shows:
GP5-26-00555A: Atlas Pipeline Pennsylvania, LLC (1550 Coraopolis Heights Road, 2nd Floor, P. O. Box 611, Moon Township, PA 15108) on June 26, 2008, was authorized under GP-5 to operate one 1,340 bhp Caterpillar model number G3516 LE lean burn natural gas-fired compressor engine and one 0.150 mmBtu/hr Tul-Pro model number 5G-150 glycol dehydrator at their Joseph Station in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. Authorization to operate under this GP will expire on June 26, 2013.GP5-26-00555A: Atlas Pipeline Pennsylvania, LLC (1550 Coraopolis Heights Road, 2nd Floor, P. O. Box 611, Moon Township, PA 15108) on June 26, 2008, was authorized under GP-5 to operate one 1,340 bhp Caterpillar model number G3516 LE lean burn natural gas-fired compressor engine and one 0.150 mmBtu/hr Tul-Pro model number 5G-150 glycol dehydrator at their Joseph Station in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. Authorization to operate under this GP will expire on June 26, 2013.
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol38/38-28/1296d.html>
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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>
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 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.