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Pennsylvania Bulletin Listings

Uniontown Compressor Station Synthetic Minor Operating Permit renewal
Shamrock Compressor Station Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std Extension

eFACTS Listings

COTTOM LEONARD PIPELINE STREAM CROSSING GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings (New)
ENERGY RESOURCES LOCK 8 Intake Structure GP-04 Intake & Outfall Structures (New)
Yoder Well Connect Pipeline Project PAG-10 Discharge Resulting from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks & Pipelines Rescission (New)
JEANETTE GLASS 70 Drill & Operate Well Permit Adoption Issued 5/27/2020

Notes




Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin

26-00413: Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. (5400 Westheimer Ct, Houston, TX 77056-5353). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424, 127.425 and 127.521, the Department is providing notice that it intends to issue a renewal Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for operation of the Uniontown Compressor Station located in North Union Township, Fayette County.

 The facility operates two (2) natural gas-fired turbines, two (2) stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines driving emergency electric generators, area fugitive VOC emissions, two (2) pipeline liquid storage tanks, and gas release events. Insignificant emission sources include several small natural gas-fired heaters, separator vessels ranging in size from 33 to 470 gallons, three (3) small miscellaneous storage tanks, a truck loading area, and a remote reservoir parts washer.

 Potential emissions for the facility have been calculated as follows: 47.63 tons per year of carbon monoxide (CO), 86.44 tons per year of nitrogen oxides (NOx), 5.77 tons per year of particulate matter less than 10-microns (PM10), 5.77 tons per year of particulate matter less than 2.5-microns (PM2.5), 12.08 tons per year of sulfur oxides (SO2), 44.99 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOC), 0.39 ton per year of benzene, 0.71 ton per year of formaldehyde, 0.85 ton per year of hexane, 3.28 tons per year of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP), and 131,854 tons per year of greenhouse gases (GHGs).

 The facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Article III, Chapters 121—145. The proposed operating permit includes emission limitations, monitoring, work practice standards, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements for the facility.

 The application, DEP's Review Memorandum, and the proposed permit are available for public review during normal business hours at DEP's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A file review can be scheduled through the DEP's website at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/PublicRecords/Pages/Informal-File-Review.aspx.

 Any person may submit comments, a request for the Department to hold a public hearing, or a protest to the proposed operating permit or a condition thereof by submitting the information to Nick Waryanka, P.E., Air Quality Engineer, at the Southwest Regional Office. A 30-day comment period from the date of publication of this notice will exist for the submission of comments. Each written comment must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed permit (specify Operating Permit 26-00413) and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information in the proposed permit or objections to issuance of the permit.

 A public hearing may be held in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.429, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. If a public hearing is held, all persons who have properly filed a protest under 25 Pa. Code § 127.426 may appear and give testimony. The applicant, the protestant, and other participants will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing (and the time, place and purpose of such hearing) by publication in the newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification by telephone is sufficient.
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Deadline for Public Comment: 7/6/2020

[See Notes.]

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26-00588B: Laurel Mountain Midstream Operating, LLC (Park Place Corporate Center 2, 2000 Commerce Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275) extension effective May 28, 2020, to extend the period of installation and continued temporary operation of three (3) compressor engines, two (2) gas-fired turbines, one (1) emergency generator, two (2) dehydrators, two (2) reboilers, one (1) glycol processing unit, and five (5) produced water storage tanks authorized under plan approval PA-26-00588B, until November 28, 2020, at Shamrock Compressor Station located in German Township, Fayette County.
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Source: Reuters Commodities: Energy Notes:

There is a huge discrepancy between the PA Bulletin listing above for the Uniontown Compressor Station and the last entry for this facility in eFACTS. Apparently what is going on here is that Texas Eastern is applying under two authorizations at the same time: one for a renewal of an older permit, and one for an amendment. The eFACTS listing for the "renewal" currently shows:

Authorization ID: 1295805
Permit number: 26-00413
Site: TEXAS EASTERN TRANS LP UNIONTOWN
Client: TEXAS EASTERN TRANS LP
Authorization type: Minor Source Operating Permit
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 11/12/2019
Status: Pending
Permit Decision Guarantee Applies?: No
Sub-Facilities for Authorization:
    Sub-Facility ID    Sub-Facility Name    Description
    492648    AREA FUGITIVES & STORAGE TANK 2    Process
    492650    DRY LOW-NOX COMBUSTORS TURBINE 1    Air Pollution Control Device
    492651    DRY LOW-NOX COMBUSTORS TURBINE 2    Air Pollution Control Device
    954278    EMERGENCY GENERATOR 440 BHP    Process
    492647    EMERGENCY GENERATOR ENGINE 600 BHP    Process
    1006475    GAS RELEASE EVENTS    Process
    247442    TURBINE T1    Process
    1123964    TURBINE T1 OXIDATION CATALYST    Air Pollution Control Device
    247443    TURBINE T2    Process
    1123965    TURBINE T2 OXIDATION CATALYST    Air Pollution Control Device
Permit Review Notes:
    Date Review Note
    11/14/2019    The permit application package is complete, has been accepted, and is undergoing technical review.
<https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1295805>
Site Programs:
    Air Quality
    Waste Management
Site Municipalities:
    North Union Twp, Fayette County
    Uniontown, Fayette County

The "renewal" is for a minor source but the new one shows as being for a Major Source. Note that both authorizations show the same permit number. This is contrary to DEP's usual practice of "incrementing" a letter suffix every time a permit is modified. On 10/6/2014, DEP issued permit # 26-00413B for this facility. So WHY is permit number 26-00413 still being used???

All very confusing ...

Historical note: this facility was the subject of a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Docket # 13cv1197, by nearby resident, Thomas Koziel who alleged his hearing was damaged by an uncontrolled release of gas.

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Apollo Resources LLC appears to have bought out the Range Resources wells (all but one conventional) in Fayette County. Well details for COTTOM LEONARD UNIT 3 show:

Well Details:
    Permit Number: 051-23594
    Well Name: COTTOM LEONARD UNIT 3
    Unconventional Well: N
    Well Configuration: Vertical Well
    Well Type: GAS
    Well Status: Active
    Coal Association: Coal
    Conservation Well: N
    Primary Facility ID: 691839
    Site ID: 687248
    Site Name: COTTOM LEONARD UNIT 3 OG WELL
    Well Pad ID: 0
    Well Pad Name:
    Storage Field:
    Operator: APOLLO RESOURCES LLC
    Operator Number: OGO-39623
    Permit Date: 2007-04-19
    Permit Date Expires: 2008-04-19
    SPUD Date: 2007-07-19
    Date Plugged:
    UIC ID:
    UIC Type:
    Surface Elevation: 1300
    County: Fayette
    Municipality: Lower Tyrone Twp
    Location: 40.100551,-79.6712
Map URL: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.100551&mlon=-79.6712#map=15/40.100551/-79.6712>

Not clear why 13 years after this well was SPUD, Apollo is building a pipeline near here.

Note: The purple squares on the maps for this issue show the locations of the Apollo wells.

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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:
<https://www.dep.pa.gov/PublicParticipation/OfficeofEnvironmentalJustice/Pages/default.aspx>). 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 Redstone, Springhill, Nicholson, and German 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:
<https://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: <https://www.pabulletin.com/>

eNOTICE: <https://www.ahs2.dep.state.pa.us/eNOTICEWeb/>

DEP Oil and Gas Reports: <https://www.dep.pa.gov/DataandTools/Reports/Oil%20and%20Gas%20Reports/Pages/default.aspx>

DEP Permits Issued Detail Report:
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Permits_Issued_Detail>

DEP SPUD (drilling started) Report:
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Spud_External_Data>

DEP Oil and Gas Compliance Report:
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/OG_Compliance>

DEP PA Oil & Gas Mapping:
<https://www.depgis.state.pa.us/PaOilAndGasMapping>

Data Portal Services Directory [Technical]
<https://www.depgis.state.pa.us/arcgis/rest/services>
Query: Oil and Gas Wells All (ID: 3) [Technical]:
<https://www.depgis.state.pa.us/arcgis/rest/services/OilGas/OilGasAllStrayGasEGSP/MapServer/3/query?where=&text=&objectIds=&time=&geometry=&geometryType=esriGeometryEnvelope&inSR=&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&relationParam=&outFields=*&returnGeometry=true&returnTrueCurves=false&maxAllowableOffset=&geometryPrecision=&outSR=&returnIdsOnly=false&returnCountOnly=false&orderByFields=&groupByFieldsForStatistics=&outStatistics=&returnZ=false&returnM=false&gdbVersion=&returnDistinctValues=false&resultOffset=&resultRecordCount=&f=html>
(Be sure to enter a Where clause in SQL format. Dates are in milliseconds since midnight 1/1/1970).

DEP Oil and Gas Electronic Submissions
<https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eSubmissionPublicSearch>

DEP Oil and Gas Electronic Notifications
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer?/Oil_Gas/OG_Notifications>

DEP Oil and Gas Well Pad Report
<https://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:
<https://www.pasda.psu.edu/default.asp>
DEP Spatial Data Repository:
<ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/dep/>

National Response Center:
<https://www.nrc.uscg.mil/>

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

FERC citizen involvement: <https://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: <https://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/southwest_regional_office/13775/file_review/593164>

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

PA DEP Environmental Policy Comment System:
<https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/>

Federal Register Environment: <https://www.federalregister.gov/environment>

SkyTruth Fayette County Drilling Alerts: <https://frack.skytruth.org/pennsylvania-frack-alerts/fayette_pa>

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Public Notices:
<https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/>

EPA Pennsylvania Public Notices: <https://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-pennsylvania#notice>

Energy Assurance Daily: <https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/ead.aspx>

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Disclaimers:

This compilation from the above sources was done in part by hand using copy and paste and in part using automated methods; it 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.