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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 6/1/15 - 6/14/15
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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: 8
dark purple: 11
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: 8
dark purple: 11
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
PAG-3 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities
Georges Township [an Environmental Justice Area]
Fayette County PAR316114 Calfrac Well Services Corporation
717 17th Street
Suite 1445
Denver, CO 80202-3303 Georges Creek—
19-G DEP Southwest
Regional Office
Clean Water Program
400 Waterfront Drive,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
412.442.4000
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol45/45-23/1062b.html>
Location: 39.805278,-79.778333 <http://osm.org/go/ZWphcOTg--?m=>
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Source: eNOTICE (+ PA Oil and Gas Mapping)
Authorization ID: 1069684
Permit number: ESX12-051-0010
Site: RITTER 1H, 2H, 3H, 4H AND 5H
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 04/15/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1069684>
Location [of RITTER UNIT 1H (surrogate)]: 39.989211,-79.8163 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpb9_wI--?m=>
Municipalities: Redstone Twp
Authorization ID: 1064240
Permit number: ESX15-051-0007
Site: YODER WELL PAD ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 03/05/2015
Status: Issued on 6/3/2015
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1064240>
Location: 39.97565,-79.924014 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpZzGUo--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1073984
Permit number: GP052615203
Site: COLUMBIA GAS OF PA FAYETTE CNTY
Client: COLUMBIA GAS OF PA INC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/13/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1073984>
Municipalities: Bullskin Twp, Connellsville, Fairchance Boro, German Twp, North Union Twp
Authorization ID: 1075499
Permit number: 051-24607
Site: SICKLE WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/12/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1170564 SICKLE UNIT 1H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1075499>
Authorization ID: 1076199
Permit number: 051-24607
Site: SICKLE WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Alt Method of Equipping, Casing, or Venting Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/12/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1170564 SICKLE UNIT 1H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1076199>
Location: 40.118738,-79.786541 <http://osm.org/go/ZWsgXnDj--?m=>
Municipalities: Perry Twp [incorrect -jr], Washington Twp
Authorization ID: 1075507
Permit number: 051-24608
Site: SICKLE WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Drill Deeper
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/12/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1170568 SICKLE UNIT 2H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1075507>
Authorization ID: 1075893
Permit number: 051-24608
Site: SICKLE WELL SITE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Alt Method of Equipping, Casing, or Venting Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 05/12/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1170568 SICKLE UNIT 2H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1075893>
Authorization ID: 1072072
Permit number: GP05260715004
Site: DOG BONE WATERLINE GP5, GP7 & GP8
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/29/2015
Status: Issued on 6/4/2015
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description [Selection]
1160930 MINNOW RUN Pipeline or Conduit
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1072072>
Location: 39.954594,-79.927656 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpZht1Q--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1072074
Permit number: GP07260715002
Site: DOG BONE WATERLINE GP5, GP7 & GP8
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: GP-07 Minor Road Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/29/2015
Status: Issued on 6/4/2015
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description [Selection]
1160932 WETLAND Culvert
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1072074>
Location: 39.964714,-79.923661 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpZnGdB--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1072075
Permit number: GP08260715004
Site: DOG BONE WATERLINE GP5, GP7 & GP8
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 04/29/2015
Status: Issued on 6/4/2015
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1072075>
Authorization ID: 1075933
Permit number: ESX11-051-0030
Site: PORTER WELL SITE ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 06/01/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1075933>
Location [Approximate, Speculative]: 40.126115,-79.766563 <http://osm.org/go/ZWshKb9A--?m=>
Municipalities: Perry Twp, Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland County
[See Notes for information about a violation at this site.]
Authorization ID: 1071252
Permit number: ESX15-051-0009
Site: DOG BONE WATERLINE ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 04/29/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1071252>
Locations: Connection to existing water pipeline: 39.937886,-79.931361 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpY0P8E--?m=>;
Stewart well pad 39.960244,-79.943942 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpZOYlA--?m=>;
Baily well pad 39.962475,-79.989728 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpTuXNQ--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
[See Notes.]
Authorization ID: 915897
Permit number: 26-00588
Site: SHAMROCK COMP STA
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: Major Facility Operating Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 02/21/2012
Status: Withdrawn on 6/9/2015
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=915897>
Location: 39.918333,-79.825 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpasXGm--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
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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 Jun15 |
NYM | USD | 06/26 | 2.81 | 06/13 22:50 | +0.06 | 2.77 | 2.82 | 2.76 |
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Notes:
The Porter Well Site incurred the following violation:
Violation Details for Inspection ID: 2243441
Violation ID Date Violation Description
688394 02/04/2014 Failure to implement work according to specifications in 105 Permit.
Resolution:
PA Code Legal Citation: 25 Pa. Code 105.44 : PA Code Website
Violation Type: Administrative
Related Enforcements
Please note: the following related enforcement data is accumulated from possibly many different sites/facilities that may be unrelated to the facility for this inspection.
Enforcement ID: 307396 Penalty Final Date:
Enforcement Type: Notice of Violation Penalty Amount Assessed:
Date Executed: 02/07/2014 Total Amount Due:
Taken Against: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC Total Amount Collected:
On Appeal? N Penalty Status:
Enforcement Status:
# of Violations Addressed by this Enforcement and Penalty Action (possibly from many facilities): 1
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleViol.aspx?InspectionID=2243441>
Locations for the DOG BONE WATERLINE project were taken from the NOI (Notice of Intent) received by the Fayette County Planning Commission under Act 14. The pipeline takes a kind of tilted "m" shape, with the Mon as baseline, the Baily connection at the west end, the Stewart connection in the middle, and the connection to the existing waterline at the east end.
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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.