Board Agenda for October 24, 2012
OCTOBER AGENDA
BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
IN AND FOR THE STATE OF UTAH
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THE BOARD WILL ATTEND A FIELD TRIP ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012, DEPARTING AT 7:00 AM FROM THE RED CLIFFS LODGE, MILE POST 14 HWY 128, MOAB, UTAH, TO SEE SEVERAL MINING SITES IN GRAND AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, UTAH. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION AND LUNCH.
A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012, IN THE COLORADO ROOM AT RED CLIFFS LODGE, MILE POST 14 HWY 128, MOAB, UTAH.
THE DIVISION OF OIL, GAS AND MINING WILL CONDUCT A BRIEFING SESSION AT 8:00AM:
1.Actions Needed for Bonding of Long Term Treatment in the Coal Regulatory Program.
2.Report on GWPC Meeting – John Baza, Director
3.Report on IMCC Mid-Year Meeting – Dana Dean, Associate Director, Mining
4.Request for Approval of Board Hearing Schedule for Year 2013
5.Other
6.Next Month’s Agenda and Division Calendar
7.Opportunity for Public Comment
THE BOARD WILL HEAR THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AT 9:00 AM:
1.Docket No. 2012-028 Cause No. 279-01 – In the Matter of the Application of NEW WATER FINANCIAL, LLC for Administrative Approval of the Harley Dome 1-X SWD Well located in Section 10, Township 19 South, Range 25 East, S.L.M., Grand County, Utah, as a Class II Injection Well.
(This matter is continued from the September hearing)
2.Docket No. 2012-033 Cause No. RO&G-2012-02 – In the Matter of Formal Rulemaking to Amend the Oil and Gas Regulatory Program R649 Rules to Provide Rules Governing Hydraulic Fracturing and Well Stimulation.
(This matter is continued from the September hearing. The public comment period ended October 15, 2012.)
3.Docket No. 2012-034 Cause No. RO&G-2012-03 – In the Matter of Formal Rulemaking to Amend the Oil and Gas Regulatory Program R649 Rules for the Surface Owner Protection Act.
4.Docket No. 2012-035 Cause No.144-31 – In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of BILL BARRETT CORPORATION for an Order authorizing the Flaring of gas in excess of the amounts allowed under Utah Admin. Code Rule R649-3-20(1.1) from the 10-22-22 South Altamont Well located in the NW¼SE¼ of Section 22 and the 13-22-22 South Altamont Well located in the SW¼SW¼ of Section 22, all in Township 2 South, Range 2 West, USM, Duchesne County, Utah.
5.Docket No. 2012-036 Cause No.139-96– In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of NEWFIELD PRODUCTION COMPANY for an Order Pooling all Interests in three drilling units established by the Board’s Order entered in Cause No. 139-90 in Sections 5, 17, and 18, Township 3 South, Range 1 West, U.S.M., Duchesne County, Utah.
6.Docket No. 2012-037 Cause 139-97 – In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY for an Order establishing a 1,280 acre drilling unit for a horizontal well for production of oil and gas from the Lower Green River and Wasatch Formations and modifying Utah Admin. Code R649-3-2(5), in Sections 4 and 5 in Township 5 South, Range 6 West, USM, Duchesne County, Utah.
7.Docket No. 2011-018 Cause No. 250-02 – Notice of Agency Action for an Order Requiring MARION ENERGY to plug and reclaim wells; or Forfeit Surety Bond and Authorize the Division to Plug and Reclaim wells located in Townships 13 and 14 South, Range 7 East, Carbon County, Utah.
(Copies of the agenda are available at and at the administrative offices.)
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons requiring auxiliary communicative aids and services to enable them toparticipate in this hearing should call Julie Ann Carter at (801) 538-5277, at least three working days prior to the hearing.