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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 12/10/12 - 12/23/12

Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin

26124002. CGGVeritas Land (US) Inc. (1198 Connellsville Rd., Lemont Furnace, PA 15456). Blasting activity permit for the Dog Bone 3D seismic explorations located in Perry, German, etc. Townships, Fayette County; Rostraver, S. Huntingdon, etc. Townships, Westmoreland County; Centerville, etc. Townships, Washington County; and Cumberland, etc. Townships, Greene County. The duration of blasting is expected to last one year. Blasting permit issued: December 4, 2012.
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol42/42-51/2479c.html>

ESCGP-1 No.     Applicant Name &
Address         County  Municipality    Receiving
Water/Use
26-10-08-01     Ronald Heuer
Spectra Energy Transmission, LLC
5400 Westheimer County 5D-65
Houston, TX 77056       Fayette         North Union Twp.        Unnamed tributary to Cove Run (WWF)
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol42/42-51/2479d.html>

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Source: eNOTICE

Authorization ID:        942810
Permit number:  051-24526
Site:   HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  09/14/2012
Status: Issued on 12/10/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1086302         HOEHN UNIT 7H   Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=942810>
Location: 39.92796944,-79.91898889 <http://mapq.st/Veub4D>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp

Authorization ID:        955739
Permit number:  051-24526
Site:   HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Alternate Waste Management Practice
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  12/17/2012
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1086302         HOEHN UNIT 7H   Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=955739>

Authorization ID:        942812
Permit number:  051-24527
Site:   HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  09/14/2012
Status: Issued on 12/10/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1086303         HOEHN UNIT 8H   Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=942812>

Authorization ID:        942814
Permit number:  051-24528
Site:   HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  09/14/2012
Status: Issued on 12/11/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1086304         HOEHN UNIT 9H   Well    View Map in eMapPa (IE-only)
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=942814>

Authorization ID:        942817
Permit number:  051-24529
Site:   HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  09/14/2012
Status: Issued on 12/11/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1086305         HOEHN UNIT 10H  Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=942817>

Authorization ID:        942818
Permit number:  051-24530
Site:   HOEHN WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  09/14/2012
Status: Issued on 12/11/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1086306         HOEHN UNIT 11H  Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=942818>

Authorization ID:        951396
Permit number:  051-24550
Site:   BAER WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  11/13/2012
Status: Withdrawn on 12/11/2012
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=951396>
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1090832         BAER UNIT 6H    Well
[See notes.]

Authorization ID:        951479
Permit number:  051-24551
Site:   BAER WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  11/13/2012
Status: Withdrawn on 12/11/2012
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=951479>
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1090879         BAER UNIT 7H    Well

Authorization ID:        953877
Permit number:  051-24554
Site:   BASHLINE 1H-4H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  12/03/2012
Status: Issued on 12/18/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1092185         BASHLINE UNIT 3H        Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=953877>
Location: 39.98200833,-79.81420556 <http://mapq.st/VYbkao>
Municipalities: Redstone Twp

Authorization ID:        953883
Permit number:  051-24553
Site:   BASHLINE 1H-4H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  12/03/2012
Status: Issued on 12/18/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1092186         BASHLINE UNIT 2H        Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=953883>

Authorization ID:        953886
Permit number:  051-24555
Site:   BASHLINE 1H-4H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  12/03/2012
Status: Issued on 12/18/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1092188         BASHLINE UNIT 4H        Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=953886>

Authorization ID:        954064
Permit number:  051-24552
Site:   BASHLINE 1H-4H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  12/03/2012
Status: Issued on 12/18/2012
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1092254         BASHLINE UNIT 1H        Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=954064>

Authorization ID:        954364
Permit number:  ESX12-051-0011
Site:   DUNLAP CREEK PIPELINE ESCGP-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:  12/12/2012
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=954364>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp, Redstone Twp

Authorization ID:        954439
Permit number:  GP05260712010
Site:   DUNLAP CREEK PIPELINE GP05260712-010
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type:     GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  12/12/2012
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=954439>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp, Redstone Twp

Authorization ID:        950572
Permit number:  051-24549
Site:   COASTAL 1H FLOW BACK PIT FRESHWATER PITS ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: BURNETT OIL CO INC
Authorization type:     Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type:       New
Authorization is for:   FACILITY
Date received:  11/07/2012
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name       Description
1090414         COASTAL 2       Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=950572>
Location: 39.73333611,-79.80088611 <http://mapq.st/UVbgcA>
Municipalities: Springhill Twp

Authorization ID:        953509
Permit number:  ESX10-051-0023
Site:   LESTER WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type:     Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type:       Amendment
Authorization is for:   SITE
Date received:  12/06/2012
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=953509>
Municipalities: Jefferson Twp


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Notes:

This issue of this permit list is the first case I can remember when not a single new first-time listing of a Drill & Operate Well permit is listed.

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Google Earth places the Hoehn Unit 7H well approximately 1968 feet from the Monongahela River. This places it well within the 2500 foot zone of rebuttably presumed liability for contaminating a water supply under Act 13.

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DEP has been for some weeks now linking the authorization record for a well permit to the site record for the E&S permit for the well site. This is arguably the way it should have been done all along; formerly, an authorization record for e.g. 951396, BAER UNIT 6H, would have been linked to a site record called BAER UNIT 6H, instead of the actual site permit record BAER WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED (which is the site record for all wells on that pad). With this new way of handling data, the only place the actual well number is found is in the sub-facility record. It appears now that if a well permit is *withdrawn*, the sub-facility record is *deleted*; if you follow the link above for authorization 951396, the actual well number, BAER UNIT 6H, *does not appear*. This is unfortunate. In order to determine the well number, I am looking up this authorization in prior editions of this permit list. You can apparently still recover the well number from the authorization ID if you don't have access to my permit lists by the following obscure sequence of steps (not guaranteed to work in all cases):

1. Enter the authorization number in the eFACTS Authorization Search page:
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/criteria_auth.aspx>

2. The resulting search should only have one record. At the search results page, click the "Excel button" at the top. This will download an xls file with the search results. There should be a column called PRMRY_FAC_ID. Enter this number in the eFACTS Facility Search page:
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/criteria_facility.aspx>

3. Search results from the facility search should give you the well number.

(The "Excel button" is one of the great power secrets to using eFACTS. The resulting spreadsheet contains columns not visible via the usual Web links.)

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The permit type "GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings" is not to be confused with Air Quality General Permit GP-5 which is typically issued for compressor stations.

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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.us/eNOTICEWeb/>

DEP Well Details Report: <https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx>
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.

EPA-Echo: <http://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/compliance_report_air.html>

FERC citizen involvement: <http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/get-involved.asp>
To receive E-mail notification of all documents filed in a FERC docket, see:

<http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp>

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/1375/file_review/593164>

Environmental Hearing Board: <http://ehb.courtapps.com/public/index.php>

PA DEP Public Participation Center Proposals Currently Open for Comment:
<http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/proposals/14008>
This location contains links for open public comment periods.

Federal Register Environment: <https://www.federalregister.gov/environment>
Browsing of recent comment opportunities for federal agencies, e.g. EPA. Click "sign up" to subscribe to daily E-mails of new document listings.

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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.

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.