Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 8/5/13 - 8/18/13
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Map
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):
gray: 0
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 6
(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.
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
More Maps
There are many authorization records in this issue from Chevron
Appalachia of
application type "Transfer". These appear to be "catch-up"
administrative authorizations getting DEP caught up on the sale of
Atlas to Chevron. Because these appear to be "record-keeping only",
they do not appear in the maps, and are placed in a separate section.
Source:
Pennsylvania
Bulletin
Final Technical Guidance—Substantive Revision
DEP ID: 275-2101-003. Title: Air Quality Permit Exemptions—Categories
No. 33 and No. 38. Description: Consistent with the provision of 25
Pa. Code § 127.14 (relating to exemptions), the Department may
determine sources or classes of sources which may be exempt from the
plan approval and permitting requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127
(relating to construction, modification, reactivation and operation of
sources). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.14(d), the Department is
finalizing an amendment to the Air Quality Permit Exemption List for
Category No. 33, pertaining to compressed natural gas fueling and
Category No. 38, pertaining to oil and gas exploration, development,
production facilities and associated equipment and operation.
The Department published a notice at 41 Pa.B. 1065 (February 26, 2011)
opening a public comment period for Technical Guidance Document No.
275-2101-003, entitled Air Quality Permit Exemptions. The comment
period ended on May 26, 2011. Based on comments received during the
public comment period for the February 26, 2011, proposal, the
Department reproposed revisions to the technical guidance document
solely with respect to Category No. 33 and Category No. 38. Notice of
the public comment period was published at 43 Pa.B. 742 (February 2,
2013). This comment period ended on March 19, 2013. The Department
received comments from 651 commentators. The Department has prepared a
Comment and Response Document which is available on the Department's
web site. At this time, the Department is finalizing only the revisions
to Categories No. 33 and No. 38 of the Technical Guidance Document
275-2101-003. Any other revisions to the technical guidance document
will be finalized at a later date.
Contact: Virendra Trivedi, Environmental Engineer Manager, New Source
Review Section, Division of Permits, Bureau of Air Quality, 12th Floor,
Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA
17105-8468.
Effective Date: August 10, 2013
E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO,
Acting Secretary
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PA0217778
Industrial Waste Keyrock Energy, LLC
417 Oxford Court
Kingsport, TN 37663-4214
Fayette Cnty
Dunbar Twp UNT to Youghiogheny River
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Site: DAWSON TP
Location: 40.03624661,-79.64053289 [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
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GP5-26-00572B: Texas Keystone, Inc. (560 Epsilon Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
15238) on July 24, 2013, to install and operate a replacement natural
gas compressor engine with three-way catalyst control rated at 203 bhp
at their Ryan Compressor Station in Wharton Township, Fayette County. A
total of one compressor engine is authorized for operation at this site.
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Location: 39.7222,-79.6492
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[Arguably off-topic]
26-00535: Duke Energy Fayette II, LLC (P.O. Box 511, Masontown, PA
15461) on July 30, 2013, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424,
127.425, 127.521 and 127.541, the Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) significantly modified a Title V Operating Permit
renewal previously issued on January 13, 2013 for the operation of the
Fayette Energy Facility, located in German Township, Fayette County.
The significant modification added the following applicable requirement
to the TVOP: 25 Pa. Code § 121.7, Prohibition of air pollution, ''No
person may permit air pollution as that term is defined in the act.''
No other changes to the TVOP, emissions or equipment were approved by
this action.
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Location: 39.85740833,-79.91387778
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Well Permit #: 051-24583
Well Farm Name: Fay-Penn Unit 46H
Applicant Name: Chevron Appalachia LLC
Contact Person: Anna Shumaker
Address: 800 Mountain View Drive Smithfield, PA 15478
County: Fayette
Municipality Name/City, Borough, Township: Springhill
Name of Stream, Spring, Body of Water as identified on
the most current 7 1/2 minute topographic quadrangle
map of the United States Geologic Survey subject to the
Section 3215(b)(4) waiver: Unnamed Tributary to
Grassy Run
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Well Permit #: 051-24585
Well Farm Name: Fay-Penn Unit 48H
Applicant Name: Chevron Appalachia LLC
Contact Person: Anna Shumaker
Address: 800 Mountain View Drive Smithfield, PA 15478
County: Fayette
Municipality Name/City, Borough, Township: Springhill
Name of Stream, Spring, Body of Water as identified on
the most current 7 1/2 minute topographic quadrangle
map of the United States Geologic Survey subject to the
Section 3215(b)(4) waiver: Unnamed Tributary to
Grassy Run
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Source:
eNOTICE
Authorization ID: 933155
Permit number: GP5-26-00485C
Site: NELSON COMP STA
Client: REX ENERGY OPERATING CORP
Authorization type: AQ General Permit
Application type: Renewal
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/19/2012
Status: Issued on 7/31/2013
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
1112870 CAT COMPRESSOR ENG #1, 203 BHP
Process
1112874 COMPRESSOR ENG #1 NSCR
Air Pollution Control Device
1112872 MISC. VOC, TANKS, BLOWDOWNS, LEAKS, ETC.
Process
1112871 TEG DEHYDRATOR, 0.33 MMSCFD
Process
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Location: 39.9755757101799,-79.6622949741106 [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
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Municipalities: Dunbar Twp
Authorization ID: 987630
Permit number: 2698201
Site: DAWSON TP
Client: KEYROCK ENERGY LLC
Authorization type: Water Quality Mgmt Part II,
Industrial Wastewater Fac
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 06/05/2009
Status: Issued on 7/31/2013
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
1025461 TRMT PLANT Treatment Plant
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Location: 40.03624661,-79.64053289 [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
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Municipalities: Dunbar Twp
Authorization ID: 984794
Permit number: 051-24583
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/03/2013
Status: Issued on 8/2/2013
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
1111147 FAY-PENN UNIT 46H Well
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Location: 39.752572,-79.811430
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Municipalities: Springhill Twp [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 984795
Permit number: 051-24584
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/03/2013
Status: Issued on 8/7/2013
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
1111149 FAY-PENN UNIT 47H Well
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Authorization ID: 984796
Permit number: 051-24585
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/03/2013
Status: Issued on 8/2/2013
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
1111152 FAY-PENN UNIT 48H Well
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Authorization ID: 981911
Permit number: ESX13-051-0003
Site: FAY-PENN MCLS 1414 WELL SITE ESCGP2 - EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/12/2013
Status: Issued on 8/8/2013
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Authorization ID: 984180
Permit number: GP5-26-00587C
Site: SPRINGHILL #2 COMP STA
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: AQ General Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/05/2013
Status: Pending
Permit Review Notes:
Date Review Note
8/1/2013 Applicant has been issued a deficiency
letter. If applicable, this application no longer qualifies for the
Permit Decision Guarantee.
7/5/2013 The permit application package is complete,
has been accepted, and is undergoing technical review.
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Location: 39.751098,-79.872946
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Municipalities: Springhill Twp [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 972369
Permit number: 051-24464
Site: FAYETTE COUNTY PROJECT ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: TRIANA ENERGY LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Inactive Status
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/10/2013
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
1049231 MAWC 7020 3H Well
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Location: 39.977814,-79.437242
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Municipalities: Springfield Twp
Authorization ID: 984021
Permit number: ESX11-051-0018
Site: SHEPERD 4H-7H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 07/03/2013
Status: Pending
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Location [of SHEPERD UNIT 4H]: 39.994756,-79.800092
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Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 986958
Permit number: PAG106166
Site: TEAM 2014 PROJ HOLBROOK LOOP & UNIONTOWN
COMPRESSOR STA
Client: TEXAS EASTERN TRANS LP
Authorization type: PAG-10 Discharge Resulting from
Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks & Pipelines
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/24/2013
Status: Pending
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OUTFALL 001 Location: 39.91655556,-79.853175 <
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OUTFALL 002 Location: 39.92839722,-79.735025 <
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OUTFALL 003 Location: 39.93126667,-79.67174167 <
http://osm.org/go/ZWpyxEof--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [an
Environmental
Justice Area], Menallen Twp, North Union Twp
Address: MARY HALL RD & LAMBERT FOOTDALE RD
CONNELLSVILLE ST & GRUBBS AVE
GERMAN TWP, PA 15435
[May or may not be on-topic:]
Authorization ID: 970666
Permit number: PA0090948
Site: CHESTNUT VALLEY LDFL
Client: ADVANCED DISPOSAL SVC CHESTNUT VALLEY LDFL INC
Authorization type: Minor IW Facility with ELG
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 03/29/2013
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name
Description
212046 OUTFALL 001 Discharge Point
568839 OUTFALL 002 Discharge Point
568840 SW OUTFALL 003 Discharge
Point
Is this authorization type included in Permit Decision Guarantee? : No
Authorization status: Pending
Permit Review Standard Task Information:
Task Start Date Target
Date Completion Date
Completeness Review 3/29/2013
n/a 4/12/2013
Technical Review 4/12/2013
10/10/2013
Elapsed business days: 88
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Location OUTFALL 001: 39.90222222,-79.835 <
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Location OUTFALL 002: 39.89611111,-79.83611111 <
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Location SW OUTFALL 003: 39.89583333,-79.83583333<
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Municipalities: German Twp [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
[See
Notes.]
Authorization ID: 989785
Permit number: GP05260713005
Site: NORTH PIPELINE PROJECT (AC MITIGATION)
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream
Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 08/12/2013
Status: Pending
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Municipalities: German Twp [an
Environmental
Justice Area], Menallen Twp, Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 989898
Permit number: GP5-26-00549E
Site: ADAMS COMP STA
Client: MTN GATHERING LLC
Authorization type: AQ General Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 08/14/2013
Status: Pending
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Location: 40.03312983,-79.661428 <
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Municipalities/: Dunbar Twp
Authorization ID: 987315
Permit number: PAR316114
Site: CALFRAC WELL SVCS CORP
Client: CALFRAC WELL SVCS CORP
Authorization type: PAG-03 Discharge of Stormwater
Assoc w Industrial Activities
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 07/26/2013
Status: Pending
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Location: 39.80527778,-79.77833333 <
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Municipalities: Georges Twp [an
Environmental
Justice Area]
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Source:
eNOTICE
(Transfer authorizations)
Authorization ID: 988644
Permit number: ESX09-051-0040
Site: CARDINE UNIT WELL SITES ESCGP-1 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/6/2013
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Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 988647
Permit number: ESX10-051-0007
Site: CROUSHORE UNIT WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/6/2013
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Municipalities: German Twp
Authorization ID: 988665
Permit number: ESX09-051-0043
Site: FAVERIO UNIT WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/6/2013
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Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 988887
Permit number: ESX10-051-0029
Site: COCHRAN WELL #22H & #23H
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/7/2013
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Municipalities: Lower Tyrone Twp
Authorization ID: 988893
Permit number: ESX10-051-0013
Site: CONNELLSVILLE WELL #8H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/7/2013
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Municipalities: Bullskin Twp
Authorization ID: 988901
Permit number: ESX09-051-0042
Site: FAYETTE BEAGLE CLUB UNIT WELL SITES
ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/7/2013
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Municipalities: Washington Twp
Authorization ID: 988904
Permit number: ESX10-051-0047
Site: FDS WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/7/2013
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Authorization ID: 989824
Permit number: ESX10-051-0010
Site: GRANT UNIT WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 989828
Permit number: ESX10-051-0036
Site: GUZZY ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: Upper Tyrone Twp
Authorization ID: 989838
Permit number: ESX09-051-0016
Site: JACKSON FARMS WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 989846
Permit number: ESX09-051-0021
Site: KIRCHNER WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: German Twp
Authorization ID: 989848
Permit number: ESX10-051-0042
Site: KURUTZ 10H, 11H, AND 12H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: Dunbar Twp
Authorization ID: 989849
Permit number: ESX10-051-0011
Site: MUTNANSKY #9H #10H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: North Union Twp
Authorization ID: 989850
Permit number: ESX09-051-0035
Site: NATIONAL MINES CORPORATION WELL SITES 26H
ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater
General Permit 1
Application type: Transfer
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 08/06/2013
Status: Issued on 8/14/2013
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Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
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Source: Reuters Commodities: Energy
Commodity |
Exch |
Currency |
Expire |
Last |
Trade
Date/Time |
Net Chg |
Open |
High |
Low |
NATURAL
GAS CON1
Aug13 |
NYM |
USD |
08/28 |
3.47 |
08/18 20:35 |
+0.01 |
3.46 |
3.48 |
3.46 |
Data as of 8:48pm EDT (Delayed at least 20
minutes).
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Notes:
DEP has rescinded the blanket
B.38 exemption from air pollution rules
for unconventional oil & gas wells. In its
press
release on this subject, DEP states:
"The final revised guidance affords each operator the choice between
seeking an air quality plan approval from DEP, or demonstrating and
implementing controls and practices more stringent than the federal
rules.
The DEP guidance includes practices such as a leak detection and repair
program for the entire well pad and facility, rather than just the
storage vessels as required by federal rules. Any leaks must be
repaired within 15 days unless the operator shuts the site down or is
in the process of acquiring replacement parts. Emissions of volatile
organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants must also be controlled
beyond levels required by the federal rules. DEP’s guidance also
requires that emissions of nitrogen oxides be less than 100 pounds per
hour, half a ton per day and 6.6 tons per year; the federal rules do
not address or limit such emissions."
Exactly what procedure is used for "demonstrating" "controls and
practices more stringent than the federal rules" in order to still
qualify for Exemption B.38 is not clear. The revised exemption document
is at:
http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-96215/275-2101-003.pdf
The Comment/Response document is at:
http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-96214/275-2101-003%20CR.pdf
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PA Bulletin lists:
GP5-65-01023: R.E. Gas Development, LLC (476 Rolling Ridge Drive, State
College, PA 16801) on July 31, 2013, to allow the continued operation
of one 203 bhp Caterpillar natural gas-fired compressor engine and one
0.33 MMscfd dehydrator at the Nelson Compressor Station in Dunbar
Township, Fayette County.
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http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol43/43-33/1523b.html>
This listing is incorrect. Permit number GP5-65-01023 belongs to the
ORGOVAN COMPRESSOR STATION located in Derry Twp, Westmoreland County.
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http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.3855&mlon=-79.40162983&zoom=15#map=15/40.3855/-79.4016>
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marcellusgas.org -- a subscription site ($20 /
year) -- lists the following information for the Chestnut Valley
Landfill:
VEOLIA ES - CHESTNUT VALLEY LANDFILL
1184 MCCLELLANDTOWN ROAD
MCCLELLANDTOWN, PA 15458
(724) 437-7336
Waste Type Amount Amount
DRILL CUTTINGS 8330 tons 16,660,000
lbs
The permit shown above is not an expedited permit. At first glance it
appears there may be both public comment and comment by the EPA. This
facility was in the newspaper recently: several citizens complained to
the German Township Supervisors. See:
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http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local_news/german-twp-residents-express-concern-about-landfill/article_275c698e-4040-53ad-82ef-bf90664902b3.html>
It is not clear at present whether this permit is specifically for
Marcellus Shale waste.
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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:
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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:
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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.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:
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http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Permits_Issued_Detail>
DEP SPUD (drilling started) Report:
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http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Spud_External_Data>
DEP Oil and Gas Compliance Report:
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http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/OG_Compliance>
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 Public Participation Center Proposals Currently Open for Comment:
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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.
SkyTruth Fayette County Drilling Alerts: <
http://frack.skytruth.org/pennsylvania-frack-alerts/fayette_pa>
EPA Region 3 Water Protection Public Notices: <
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/public_notices.htm>
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.