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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 1/9/17 - 1/22/17


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Map of
          Permits 1/9/17 - 1/22/17

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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Zoomed map 1/9/17 -
                1/22/17

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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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
Jan17
NYM USD 01/27 3.20 01/23 03:05 -0.00 3.18 3.20 3.16
Data as of3:18am EST (Delayed at least 20 minutes).
<http://www.reuters.com/finance/commodities/energy>

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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>
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/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.