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Approval of enforcement actions and punishments aimed at Marcellus Shale drilling operators must now go through top officials in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in a change that the agency said Wednesday is aimed at improving its consistency in handling the rapidly growing industry.

Acting Secretary Michael Krancer is changing the procedure after receiving complaints that agency staff in different regions of Pennsylvania were carrying out their responsibilities unevenly, a department spokeswoman said.

The new policy covers a variety of enforcement actions that can require a company to pay a fine or correct a problem, spokeswoman Katy Gresh said. In some cases, those matters reach top officials. But the policy also covers notices of violation — which Krancer’s predecessor, John Hanger, equated to a traffic ticket making its way up to the chief of police and said it represents an encroachment onto the professional independence of the agency’s inspectors.

The policy applies strictly to Marcellus Shale-related drilling activity, and not to any other activities that the agency also inspects across six regions, including mining, construction, water and sewer treatment, power generation and medical X-rays.

Gresh said the week-old policy may be only temporary.

“We need to make sure we are consistent and that we make our best effort to be the most effective regulator of this industry, which will benefit all Pennsylvanians,” Gresh said.

Gov. Tom Corbett, whose successful campaign last year received sizable donations from members of the natural gas industry, has said he wants to make Pennsylvania the Texas of the natural gas boom. Pennsylvania is the largest natural gas state not to tax the activity, and Corbett is against imposing a new tax on it.

Notice of the change surrounding the hotly pursued natural gas formation wasn’t announced publicly. Rather, a March 23 email from a top department official ended up in the hands of reporters.

In the email, the department’s regional directors and the director of the bureau of oil and gas management were instructed to seek approval for actions involving Marcellus Shale drilling from two top agency deputies, with final clearance from Krancer.

“Any waiver from this directive will not be acceptable,” wrote John Hines, the agency’s executive deputy secretary.

On Wednesday, Hanger called the change to longstanding practice “ill-advised.”

“I can’t think of anything more likely to erode public confidence in the inspection process than this,” Hanger said. “I urge them to rethink and reconsider.”

Hanger said it oversteps the built-in checks and balances that give every company the ability to contest a notice of violation by responding in writing, asking for a meeting with regional staff to discuss it, appealing a decision to the Environmental Hearing Board and even going to court.

If there are complaints about consistency, the best way to handle those complaints is to carry out a management-level review of consistency and then train staff, if necessary, Hanger said.

“The idea that the secretary himself and the deputy secretary would presumably review, literally hundreds if not thousands of (notices of violation) before they were issued, when they were not on the site, they didn’t do the inspection, is incredible,” Hanger said. “It’s a new full-time job for the secretary, is what’s going to happen.”

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Approval of enforcement actions and punishments aimed atMarcellus Shale drilling operators must now go through top officials in the Department of Environmental Protection in a change that the agency said Wednesday is aimed at improving its consistency in handling the rapidly growing industry.

Acting Secretary Michael Krancer is changing the procedure after receiving complaints that agency staff in different regions of Pennsylvania were carrying out their responsibilities unevenly, a department spokeswoman said.

The new policy covers a variety of enforcement actions that can require a company to pay a fine or correct a problem, spokeswoman Katy Gresh said. In some cases, those matters reach top officials. But the policy also covers notices of violation — which Krancer’s predecessor, John Hanger, equated to a traffic ticket making its way up to the chief of police and said it represents an encroachment onto the professional independence of the agency’s inspectors.

The policy applies strictly to Marcellus Shale-related drilling activity, and not to any other activities that the agency also inspects across six regions, including mining, construction, water and sewer treatment, power generation and medical X-rays.

Gresh said the week-old policy may be only temporary.

“We need to make sure we are consistent and that we make our best effort to be the most effective regulator of this industry, which will benefit all Pennsylvanians,” Gresh said.

Gov. Tom Corbett, whose successful campaign last year received sizable donations from members of the natural gas industry, has said he wants to make Pennsylvania the Texas of the natural gas boom. Pennsylvania is the largest natural gas state not to tax the activity, and Corbett is against imposing a new tax on it.

Notice of the change surrounding the hotly pursued natural gas formation wasn’t announced publicly. Rather, a March 23 email from a top department official ended up in the hands of reporters.

In the email, the department’s regional directors and the director of the bureau of oil and gas management were instructed to seek approval for actions involving Marcellus Shale drilling from two top agency deputies, with final clearance from Krancer.

“Any waiver from this directive will not be acceptable,” wrote John Hines, the agency’s executive deputy secretary.

On Wednesday, Hanger called the change to longstanding practice “ill-advised.”

“I can’t think of anything more likely to erode public confidence in the inspection process than this,” Hanger said. “I urge them to rethink and reconsider.”

Hanger said it oversteps the built-in checks and balances that give every company the ability to contest a notice of violation by responding in writing, asking for a meeting with regional staff to discuss it, appealing a decision to the Environmental Hearing Board and even going to court.

If there are complaints about consistency, the best way to handle those complaints is to carry out a management-level review of consistency and then train staff, if necessary, Hanger said.

“The idea that the secretary himself and the deputy secretary would presumably review, literally hundreds if not thousands of (notices of violation) before they were issued, when they were not on the site, they didn’t do the inspection, is incredible,” Hanger said. “It’s a new full-time job for the secretary, is what’s going to happen.”

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The Marcellus Shale natural gas boom in Pennsylvania has brought both negative and positive attention from drilling companies, media outlets, environmental protection agencies, politicians, and most importantly, concerned citizens.

It is imperative to stay well informed. The following websites provide thorough and up-to-date information regarding various aspects of natural gas drilling:

The Times Leader, which covers news from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to surrounding areas, publishes stories daily concerning natural gas drilling. The Marcellus Shale section can be accessed here. Additionally, they have compiled a database of natural gas drilling leases, which can be found here.

The Times Tribune covers breaking news from the greater Scranton area. Here you can find the most recent articles and news items concerning natural gas drilling. Also provided are two collections of stories. The first, entitled the “Deep Pockets Series” dates back to 2008 and the second, the “Deep Impact Series” covers 2010. The “Gas Drilling Editorials” section provides both editorials and comments from readers that have been published pertaining to Marcellus Shale exploration.

The Times Tribune’s database contains natural gas leases from the following counties:

• Lackawanna;
• Luzerne;
• Wayne; &
• Wyoming.

Search the natural gas lease database here.

In addition, the Times Tribune provides a database to search for various violations issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. This user friendly database allows you to search by choosing from:

• 37 gas companies;
• Nearly 50 municipalities, From Banks to Wayne;
• 13 counties; &
• 9 types of violations, including frack fluid spills, blowouts, and wastewater spills.

Visit the database here.

Some companies exceed state requirements in their Pa. operations

Cliff White
March 27, 2011
Centre Daily Times

PITTSBURGH — The rows of seats in the cavernous David L. Lawrence Convention Center stretched as far as the eye could see, and the hall was full as Range Resources Chairman and CEO John Pinkerton delivered a call to action Tuesday at the Marcellus Midstream Conference.

“This play has enough return in it so we can take a higher standard of care,” Pinkerton said to the hundreds of natural gas industry executives in attendance. “Our charge is to make sure it’s done safe, in an environmentally sensitive way, so we can put our heads on our pillows knowing we’ve done what we can.”

Range Resources, which has land holdings in Centre County, is one of a select number of drilling companies pushing for more stringent oversight of the industry as it ramps up its activities in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale.

“You tend to drive slower and more cautiously if state troopers are out. We’re the same way — when regulators are out there, things button up,” company spokesman Matt Pitzarella said. “The second part is enforcement. If Range or any other operator should commit a (violation), if you enforce the fine, that changes behavior.”

Drillers have plenty of other reasons to want to minimize their environmental impact. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., citing the industry’s public safety record, recently introduced a bill that would give the Environmental Protection Agency control

over regulating hydraulic fracturing, the process being used in Marcellus Shale. And the industry also faces public scrutiny over its processes and whether a severance tax should be instituted to ensure the state can cover the costs of potential future environmental cleanup.

Both Range Resources and Anadarko Petroleum, which also has a presence in the county, exceed state-mandated requirements for well casings on all the drilling they do in Pennsylvania. Range Resources cements every steel string of casing it puts in its wells, while Anadarko adds an extra cemented steel casing that extends below the water table as an added buffer against migration between gas and frack water inside the well and the environment outside it.

Range Resources has also gone beyond Pennsylvania’s industrial requirements for reporting its recycled water, disclosing the fluids it uses in its fracking process, and adding extra layers of protection to its water impoundments. It also pays voluntary “nuisance fees” to residents it feels have undergone or might face excessive inconvenience due to its activities.

Anadarko, for its part, lines all of its pads with an impermeable lining to prevent against spills, and has introduced a closed-loop system that helps the company recycle frack water and reduce its consumption of fresh water.

“The reason we go beyond the requirements of what the DEP requires is that, everywhere we operate, we look at our corporate best practices and local and state regulations, and adhere to the greater and more environmentally sound practices of the two,” Anadarko spokesman Matt Carmichael said.

Rex Energy, which is based in State College and has an interest in some Centre County wells, also lines all of its pads and uses a closed-loop system. Range Resources, Anadarko and Rex all perform baseline water testing for residents living up to 2,500 feet from planned well sites; the state suggests, but does not require, testing out to 1,000 feet.

Each of these improvements adds up to millions of extra dollars spent. But even with the anticipated profits to be had in the Marcellus play, as noted by Pinkerton, many question whether companies will be motivated to spend more than they have to.

“We’re environmental stewards, and we pride ourselves on that. We care about our neighbor and definitely don’t want to have any negative impact on the commonwealth,” said Melissa Hamsher, Rex Energy’s vice president of environmental, health, safety and regulatory compliance.

“Also, it hurts us a lot more if we do it incorrectly. It’s a big expense to do these things we’re doing, but we’re making sure we’re never in a situation where a substantial violation might jeopardize our operations in the state.”

Shelley Alpern, a vice president at Trillium Asset Management, a $1 billion investment management firm with a “deep commitment to advancing environmental sustainability, social justice and human rights through innovative investment, research and advocacy,” according to the firm’s website, said shareholder activism is one way to motivate publicly traded companies to improve their codes of conduct.

“For years, we’ve invested in Anadarko,” Alpern said. “We’ve always found them to be responsive.”

Trillium filed a shareholder resolution with Anadarko in December requesting the company compile a report listing the “known and potential environmental impacts of Anadarko’s fracturing operations” and policy options for the company to adopt “above and beyond regulatory requirements and (the) company’s existing efforts, to reduce or eliminate hazards to air, water and soil quality from fracturing operations.”

The firm withdrew its resolution last week, citing the company’s progress on releasing information to the Securities and Exchange Commission and on its website. Alpern said more disclosure and higher environmental standards are good for the company’s economic health.

“The more that shareholders, regulators and the general public can see some of the positive initiatives Anadarko is taking, the more that will be positively reflected in its share price,” Alpern said. “Doing the right thing does pay off —

There were 2,021 violations recorded at Marcellus Shale wells, including 38 in Centre County, between January 2008 and October 2010, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times’ searchable database, which is compiled from information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection. Included in the database are administrative violations and of environmental health and safety violations.

During that time period, Cabot Oil and Gas was ranked highest with 417 violations, followed by Chesapeake Energy with 407 violations and Chief Oil and Gas with 402 violations. Further down the list, Anadarko Petroleum had 160 violations, Range Resources and Williams both had 115 violations, Rex Energy had 13 violations.

In Centre County, Exco Resources had 22 violations, Anadarko Petroleum had 12 total violations and Carrizo Oil and Gas had four violations.

A few examples of offenses committed in Centre County:

pit. Mailbox containing well permit and some erosion and sediment and stormwater inspection reports is located in a tree near the entrance — erosion and sediment plan not on site. Erosion and sediment controls are in place and working adequately. As of Dec. 10, 2009, past violations resolved, case closed.

Feb. 24, 2010, Anadarko Petroleum, Curtin Township.Rat hole not filled — drilling is complete and a valve is attached to the casing. Rat hole was not filled before drilling equipment was moved off of location.

March 18, 2010, Carrizo Oil and Gas, Rush Township.Failure to restore site within nine months of completion of drilling or plugging. Well drilling was completed April 19, 2009. Fracking was completed Aug. 24, 2009. Well is completed and not yet in production. Site ID is still in place, no well tag in place.

March 24, 2010, Exco Resources, Burnside Township.Failure to minimize accelerated erosion, implement erosion and sediment plan, maintain erosion and sediment controls. Failure to stabilize site until total site restoration. Conductor has been set and well is currently being air drillied. Water and cuttings are being directed into a lined pit. The liner does not appear to be compromised in any way and freeboard is being maintained.

Report within 30 days of completion of well. Production well with a digital meter. Completion report never that’s part of the investment theory that we apply.”

High-profile gas-related accidents, including a well blowout in Clearfield County and the migration of methane from a drilled well into drinking water supplies in Dimock have increased concern that state regulations are not strong enough, causing a drive to shift regulation of the industry to the federal level.

The industry, as a whole, staunchly opposes Sen. Casey’s bill, known as the FRAC Act, arguing regulatory powers should be left in state hands.

“Just because it’s federal regulation doesn’t mean it’s any better or any different (than state regulation),” Pitzarella said. “All you’ll end up having is a dramatic slowdown while the EPA consults the states, who’ve been (regulating the industry) for 70 years.”

Revised state regulations approved by the state Department of Environmental Protection late last year strengthen the requirements companies must meet in order to drill.

DEP spokeswoman Katy

submitted. Resolved Aug. 16, 2010.

June 15, 2010, Anadarko Petroleum, Snow Shoe Township.Discharged 150 gallons of hydraulic fluid to the ground, the potential for pollution to waters of the commonwealth. Hydraulic fluid remains under the rig until the rig is moved off-site for final cleanup.

Sept. 8, 2010, Exco Resources, Burnside Township.Failure to notify DEP of pollution incident. No phone call made forthwith. Two diesel fuel spills were not reported to the department, (inspector) found the spills during an inspection of the well pad and notified the operator. The two spills constituted approximately 20 to 30 gallons.

Sept. 29, 2010, Anadarko Petroleum, Snow Shoe Township.Discharge of industrial waste to waters of commonwealth without a permit. Spillage of what appears to be a relatively small volume of drilling fluids, no apparent movement from immediate area. Anadarko notified by phone on Sept. 30, 2010.

Dec. 22, 2010, Anadarko Petroleum,

control or dispose of industrial or residual waste to prevent pollution of the waters of the commonwealth. Production fluid released from a line disconnected from a gas water separator by a contract worker and left uncapped or sealed for 24 or more hours. Gresh acknowledged the update was necessary and overdue.

“Many of the previous regulations on gas well construction and water supply replacement were created in July 1989 and, for the most part, had not been changed,” Gresh wrote in an email. “Previous rules did not provide enough details on safely casing and cementing wells. Also, previous rules did not address the need for an immediate response by operators to a gas leak complaint. And, they did not require operators to inspect wells regularly.”

Still, even with the new rules in place, there’s a good chance that with the amount of drilling Pennsylvania is likely to see over the coming years, more accidents will occur. A recent incident involving Chesapeake Energy, considered by those in the industry to be a more responsible driller, reveal problems such as gas migration through faulty well casings may even occur to those companies that exceed state standards.

On Sept. 2, the DEP received reports of bubbling water on the Susquehanna River in Wilmot Township, Bradford County. According to a DEP news release, the gas was found to be migrating from near six of the company’s wells located on three pads approximately two to three miles northwest of the river. After the incident, the company instituted a review of all 171 wells it had drilled in Pennsylvania and announced it would add an extra string of steel casing and cement at the potential depths of shallow gas.

Pitzarella, of Range Resources, said preventing all accidents may be difficult, but it should be the goal of all drillers.

“I believe we all have room for improvement. You’re only as good as your worst day, and only as reputable as an industry as your weakest player,” he said. “It’s a big industry and we have a lot of different opinions … but a vast majority of companies want to do it the right way.”

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Congressman says federal agency can’t wait to regulate

By CASEY JUNKINS Staff Writer

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• “By recycling the wastewater, they can reduce their transportation costs and the overall environmental footprint of the industry”
• “There’s nothing in flowback water that’s particularly difficult for an environmental engineer to manage”
• “The DEP analyses are determining that the average daily consumption in the shale industry is ‘no greater than one of our power plants’”

“Expert Says Marcellus Drillers Reusing Two-Thirds of Water”: A hydrogeologist from Penn State says companies drilling in the Marcellus Shale play through hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) are recycling about two-thirds of the wastewater that returns to the surface. David Yoxtheimer, a researcher with the university’s Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, presented his findings Sunday at the annual Geological Society of America conference in Pittsburgh. “The regulatory framework is such that there are higher costs to take wastewater to a treatment facility that is permitted to treat and dispose of that water, plus more higher costs for them to get more fresh water and haul it in,” Yoxtheimer told NGI’s Shale Daily on Tuesday. “By recycling the wastewater, they can reduce their transportation costs and the overall environmental footprint of the industry.” … Yoxtheimer found that the 30-day average recovery of flowback totaled between 8% and 10%. He said that from June 2008 to May 2010, drilling companies had reused about 44.1 million gallons and disposed of 21 million gallons, a recycling rate of nearly 67%. (Shale Daily, 3/23/11)

Carnegie Mellon University Environmental Engineering Professor: “There’s nothing in flowback water that’s particularly difficult for an environmental engineer to manage,” said [Kelvin Gregory, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, who has studied recycling operations]. (Philly Inquirer, 3/23/11)

“Gas drillers reuse two-thirds of water, expert finds”: A Penn State University researcher found that Marcellus shale gas drilling companies reused at least two-thirds of the water returned to the surface during 30 days of drilling. “The industry is striving to reuse as much flowback as possible,” said David Yoxtheimer, a hydrogeologist with Penn State’s Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research. … Reusing the water reduces reliance on groundwater or municipal sources of water, reducing the environmental impact, said Yoxtheimer. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 3/21/11)

PSU Hydrogeologist:Marcellus Water Use a Fraction of Other Sources, Industrial Purposes: Yoxtheimer cited data from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, which found 9.48 billion gallons of water are being extracted from surface and groundwater sources every day in Pennsylvania. Of that amount, 1.9 million gallons per day (gpd) is used in Marcellus Shale development. By comparison, thermoelectric power uses 6.43 billion gpd, the public water supply draws 1.42 billion gpd and industrial users are taking 770 million gpd. (Shale Daily, 3/23/11)

“Marcellus Water Issue Overrated, Pennsylvania [DEP] Official Says”: Water use in Marcellus Shale drilling “may not be as big an issue as we originally thought it was,” a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) official told a natural gas forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, last Wednesday. Dana Aunkst, an engineer and DEP’s acting deputy secretary for field operations, said the DEP analyses are determining that the average daily consumption in the shale industry is “no greater than one of our power plants.” … There are no current health hazards but said the state is taking “precautionary controls” and intends to require close monitoring of wastewater, along with “accelerating the frequency at which downstream drinking water intakes may have to monitor their water just to be on the safe side.” (Shale Daily, 3/21/11)

Report: American natural gas a “winning proposition for consumers, America’s economy, the environment, our nation’s energy security”

Canonsburg, Pa. –  A jointly sponsored Bipartisan Policy Center and American Clean Skies Foundation report released today touts the unprecedented potential of American natural gas to dramatically bolster domestic supplies, reduce carbon emissions and improve national energy security. The 76 page report, entitled “Task Force On Ensuring Stable Natural Gas Markets,” was crafted through the work of a broad Task Force made up of “industry participants and experts, including industrial consumers, electric utilities, independent and integrated gas producers, chemical companies, public utility regulators, environmental experts, financial analysts and consumer advocates.”

Kathryn Klaber, president and executive director of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), issued this statement regarding the report’s findings:

“The hard work over the past year by so many involved in this undertaking was incredibly worthwhile. Having such strong and independent voices clearly lay out the fact that the responsible development of our abundant natural gas resources is ‘a winning proposition for consumers, for America’s economy, the environment, and our nation’s energy security’ is positive news by any measure. And with so much uncertainty throughout the economy, including the global energy landscape, these findings only strengthen the fact that America’s clean-burning natural gas resources will play an increasingly critical role in meeting our future energy challenges.”

Key report excerpts:

• “The United States recently became the world’s largest natural gas producer. … Technology advances combined with new shale gas discoveries have more than tripled estimates of the nation’s economically recoverable natural gas resources. … Expanding our use of this comparatively clean–burning, domestic fuel in an efficient manner is a winning proposition for consumers, for America’s economy and industrial competitiveness, for the environment, and for our nation’s energy security.”
• “The Marcellus shale, extending from Virginia in the south to New York to the north, is the largest shale resource, conservatively estimated to be approximately 700 Tcf.”
• “Government policy at the federal, state and municipal level should encourage and facilitate the development of domestic natural gas resources.”
• “Policies that discourage the development of domestic natural gas resources” will cause “adverse effects on the stability of natural gas prices and investment decisions by energy-intensive manufacturers.”
• “The efficient use of natural gas has the potential to reduce harmful air emissions, improve energy security, and increase operating rates and levels of capital investment in energy-intensive industries.”
• “ICF International, Inc. recently estimated that almost 1,500 Tcf of shale gas can be produced at prices below $8 per million Btu (MMBtu). By comparison, annual U.S. consumption of natural gas currently totals approximately 22 Tcf.”
• “At a time when political and economic conditions have paralyzed much of the national-level energy policy debate, the fact that a group as diverse as the Task Force could reach consensus on these measures suggests that here is at least one important area—natural gas markets—where progress is well within reach.”

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New publication to provide in-depth analysis, industry-insider news and views

Canonsburg, Pa. – The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) unveiled the first edition ofMarcellus Quarterly (MQ) today, a quarterly magazine aimed at providing insight and commentary on emerging shale gas industry trends and practices. MQ will provide industry leaders, policymakers, key stakeholders and others with timely and insightful information on shale gas production in the Marcellus region and beyond through expert analysis from MSC member company personnel.

“From thought leadership, regulatory review and guest commentary, to providing analysis of market trends, MQ is designed to be an insightful magazine that serves as another resource for key stakeholders, community and business leaders and the public to better understand the historic opportunity the Marcellus Shale presents,” said MSC president and MQ publisher Kathryn Klaber. “MQ’s underlying objective is to answer the tough questions in a straightforward manner, shed additional light on the positive impact our industry is having on the region, and provide fact-based information on a host of issues associated with Marcellus development.”

The inaugural MQ cover story, Mighty Marcellus, looks broadly at the shale gas revolution in Pennsylvania. The feature story also examines how newly elected governors in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York view this historic opportunity.

MQ will also feature guest commentary from industry experts and academia. The publication highlights community outreach activities, such as the Pennsylvania Farm Show and county fairs, and provides readers with legislative and regulatory updates. The inaugural editionincludes articles on a wide range of topics, such as:

• Publishers Note: A welcome message from MSC president and executive director Kathryn Klaber
• Guest Column: Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, an MSC strategic advisor
• Investing in Infrastructure: An in-depth look at road and infrastructure investments by Marcellus operators
• Regulatory Review: A look at the new well casing standards in Pennsylvania
• Water Management: Water quality and Marcellus development

NOTE: To read the spring edition of MQ online, click HERE. Questions, comments, letters to the editor? E-mail mq@marcelluscoalition.org. For advertising information, contact Emily Goss at egoss@pghtech.org.

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