Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 1/9/17 - 1/22/17
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Map
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):
gray: 0
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 6
dark purple: 9
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
Orange triangles: Storage Field Wells (currently Dominion North
Summit Storage Field)
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.]
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Source:
eNOTICE (+
PA Oil and
Gas Mapping,
Well
Pad Report) Please see the
Disclaimer
below regarding Parcel Id data.
Authorization ID: 1161885
Permit number: 051-24628
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate
Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 10/26/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
1171233 STEWART 2H Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1161885>
Location: 39.962947,-79.946842 <
http://osm.org/go/ZWpZPAOq--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Presumed Parcel Id:
19250010
SPUD_DATE: 9/2/2015
Conservation Well: N
Coal: Coal
Full original Drill & Operate Well Permit:
<
http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/pdfHandler/pdFHandler.ashx?Doc=MjExNjA5&ext=PDF>
Well Pad Report Record:
<
http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2fOil_Gas%2fWell_Pads%20&P_WELL_PAD_ID=152396>
[See
Notes.]
Authorization ID: 1161922
Permit number: 051-24629
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate
Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 10/26/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
1171237 STEWART 3H Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1161922>
SPUD_DATE: 9/2/2015
Conservation Well: N
Coal: Coal
Well Pad Name - ID: STEWART - 152396
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-24629>
Full original Drill & Operate Well Permit:
<
http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/pdfHandler/pdFHandler.ashx?Doc=MjExNjEx&ext=PDF>
Authorization ID: 1161926
Permit number: 051-24630
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate
Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 10/26/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
1171239 STEWART 4H Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1161926>
SPUD Date: 9/1/2015
Conservation Well: N
Coal: Coal
Well Pad Name - ID: STEWART - 152396
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-24630>
Full original Drill & Operate Well Permit:
<
http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/pdfHandler/pdFHandler.ashx?Doc=MjExNjEy&ext=PDF>
Authorization ID: 1161931
Permit number: 051-24632
Site: STEWART WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate
Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 10/26/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
1171243 STEWART 6H Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1161931>
SPUD Date: 9/1/2015
Conservation Well: N
Coal: Coal
Well Pad Name - ID: STEWART - 152396
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-24632>
Full original Drill & Operate Well Permit:
<
http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/pdfHandler/pdFHandler.ashx?Doc=MjExNjEw&ext=PDF>
Authorization ID: 1162167
Permit number: 051-23940
Site: ORR 36 OG WELL
Client: TAFT OPERATING LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Intent to
Plug Single Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/09/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
963786 ORR 36 Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1162167>
Location: 40.111696,-79.795435 <
http://osm.org/go/ZWsgUo3r--?m=>
Municipalities: Washington Twp
Presumed Parcel Id:
41190001
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-23940>
[See
Notes.]
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: Issued on 1/17/2017
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
1158301 CULVERT REPLACEMENT
Culvert
Permit Review Notes:
Date Review Note
12/3/2015 Applicant has been issued a deficiency
letter. If applicable, this application no longer qualifies for the
Permit Decision Guarantee.
6/30/2015 Applicant has been issued a deficiency
letter. If applicable, this application no longer qualifies for the
Permit Decision Guarantee.
<
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
Presumed Parcel Id:
37060019
Authorization ID: 1162230
Permit number: 051-23452
Site: ORR 28 OG WELL
Client: TAFT OPERATING LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Intent to
Plug Single Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/09/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
929949 ORR 28 Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1162230>
Location: 40.115393,-79.795546 <
http://osm.org/go/ZWsgU8mN--?m=>
Municipalities: Washington Twp
Presumed Parcel Id:
41190001
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-23452>
Authorization ID: 1162243
Permit number: 051-23452
Site: ORR 28 OG WELL
Client: TAFT OPERATING LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate
Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 12/09/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
929949 ORR 28 Well
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1162243>
Authorization ID: 1166384
Permit number: GP5-26-00549F
Site: ADAMS COMP STA
Client: MTN GATHERING LLC
Authorization type: AQ GP 5 - Natural Gas
Compression and/or Processing Facilities
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 01/12/2017
Status: Pending
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1166384>
Location: 40.030837,-79.644161 [an
Environmental
Justice Area] <
http://osm.org/go/ZWp29lrC--?m=>
Municipalities: Dunbar Twp
Presumed Parcel Id:
0905001403
(or possibly
09050014)
[See
Notes.]
[Conventional
Well:]
Authorization ID: 1159752
Permit number: 051-20142
Site: RELL CORPORATION 2 WELL
Client: THE PRODUCTION CO LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Intent to
Plug Single Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/20/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
56322 RELL CORPORATION 4885
Well
Permit Review Notes:
Date Review Note
12/7/2016 Applicant has been issued a deficiency
letter. If applicable, this application no longer qualifies for the
Permit Decision Guarantee.
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1159752>
Location: 40.054534,-79.72583 <
http://osm.org/go/ZWp1vTbL--?m=>
Municipalities: Franklin Twp [--incorrect; mapping indicates Perry
Twp -jr]
Presumed Parcel Id:
2716005202
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-20142>
Authorization ID: 1159759
Permit number: 051-20128
Site: RELL CORPORATION 1 WELL
Client: THE PRODUCTION CO LLC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Intent to
Plug Single Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/20/2016
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility
Name Description
56308 RELL CORPORATION 4731
Well
Permit Review Notes:
Date Review Note
12/21/2016 Applicant has been issued a deficiency
letter. If applicable, this application no longer qualifies for the
Permit Decision Guarantee.
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1159759>
Location: 40.058837,-79.70697 <
http://osm.org/go/ZWp3QvXG--?m=>
Municipalities: Franklin Twp
Presumed Parcel Id:
13020001
Well Details Report Record:
<
https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/WellDetails/WellDetails.aspx?PermitNumber=051-20128>
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Notes:
As noted before in this bulletin, Stewart
2H was subject to serious cementing problems. See:
<
http://www.faymarwatch.org/happening/permits/062616.shtml#Stewart>
for details.
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[Repeat note:] The ORR 36 well is an Oriskany
Sandstone well. See
<
http://www.faymarwatch.org/happening/permits/111316.shtml#Oriskany>
for a prior note about this well and the Oriskany Sandstone.
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The
Facility
Record for the Mountain Gathering Adams Compressor Station
lists the following equipment already permitted:
CATALYTIC CONVERTER Air Pollution Control Device
C103
DEHYDRATION UNIT Process 401
DEHYDRATION UNIT STACK Point of Air Emission
Z401
EMIT OXIDATION CATALYST Air Pollution Control
Device C101
ENGINE 1 CATERPILLAR G3516LE, 1340 HP Process
101
ENGINE 1 STACK Point of Air Emission
S101
ENGINE 2 CATERPILLAR G3516LE, 1340 HP Process
102
ENGINE 2 STACK Point of Air Emission
S102
FUGITIVES Process 701
FUGITIVES STACK Point of Air Emission
Z701
GT SYSTEMS OXIDATION CATALYST Air Pollution
Control Device C102
HEATERS/REBOILERS Process 201
HEATERS/REBOILERS STACK Point of Air Emission
Z201
MISC VOC, TANKS, BLOWDOWNS, LEAKS, ETC. Process
202
NATURAL GAS LINE Fuel Material Location
FML01
PIGGING OPERATIONS Process 801
PIGGING OPERATIONS STACK Point of Air Emission
Z801
PNEUMATIC DEVICES Process 501
PNEUMATIC DEVICES STACK Point of Air Emission
Z501
TANKS/VESSELS Process 301
TANKS/VESSELS STACK Point of Air Emission
Z301
VENTING/BLOWDOWNS Process 601
VENTING/BLOWDOWNS STACK Point of Air Emission
Z601
WAUKESHA ENGINE STACK Point of Air Emission
S103
WAUKESHA/VRG-330 Process 103
The
PA
Bulletin Record for March 3, 2012 lists the following:
GP5-26-00549D: Mountain Gathering, LLC (810 Houston Street, Suite
200, Fort Worth, Texas 76102) on February 16, 2012, to allow the
operation of two (2) Caterpillar natural gas fired engines, rated at
1340 bhp, controlled by oxidation catalysts, and one (1) dehydration
unit at the Adams Compressor Station located in Dunbar Township,
Fayette County. The facility was previously permitted by Phillips
Production Company.
Latitude and longitude above are taken from the eMapPa link in the
facility record. This location is very close to the boundary between
parcel ids 0905001403 and 09050014 giving some uncertainty as to the
exact parcel id.
Mountain Gathering is a subsidiary of XTO, which is a subsidiary of
Exxon.
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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.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.
DEP Permits Issued Detail Report:
<
http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Permits_Issued_Detail>
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>
DEP Oil and Gas Electronic Notifications
<
http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer?/Oil_Gas/OG_Notifications>
DEP Oil and Gas Well Pad Report
<
http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer?/Oil_Gas/Well_Pads>
Fayette County Assessment Office Search For Tax Records:
<
http://property.co.fayette.pa.us/search.aspx>
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/compliance_report_air.html>
FERC citizen involvement: <
http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/get-involved.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/13775/file_review/593164>
Environmental Hearing Board: <
http://ehb.courtapps.com/public/index.php>
PA DEP Environmental Policy Comment System:
<
http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/>
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.
SkyTruth Fayette County Drilling Alerts: <
http://frack.skytruth.org/pennsylvania-frack-alerts/fayette_pa>
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Public Notices:
<
http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/>
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.
Parcel data is provided via the tax
records search web page offered by the Fayette County Assessment
Office (
http://property.co.fayette.pa.us/).
Presumed Parcel Id links are subject to availability provided by
that agency and associated web sites. Presumed Parcel Ids are
determined as the
mapped parcel containing a given latitude
and longitude, are a best effort determination which is subject to
error, and are not official. In cases where a facility is leased and
there is a separate parcel id for the lease, if this parcel id is
not separately mapped, the parcel id shown will be the id for the
enclosing parcel. Parcel owners may be surface owners only and may
or may not have any relationship to oil & gas facilities.
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.