OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

• Jurisdiction: United States

NEPA and Federal Land Development
(Feb 2006)
CHAPTER 8D
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Mary A. Viviano
General Counsel
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Denver, Colorado

MARY A. VIVIANO

As General Counsel for EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., Mary A. Viviano handles a wide variety of natural resources, corporate and litigation matters.

She currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee and a Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.

Mary has previously authored papers on royalties, public lands and administrative law topics.

Her background includes a B.S. from Regis University, a J.D. with honors from the University of Denver; and land positions with Chevron U.S.A. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

JONAH INFILL DRILLING PROJECT EIS TIMELINE

April 2002	EnCana meets with BLM Pinedale Field Office to inform them infill drilling contemplated within Jonah Field.
09/03/02	EnCana proposes additional development within the existing Jonah Field (1,250 wells from 850 locations).
03/13/03	NOI for Jonah Infill Drilling Project EIS published (68 Fed. Reg. 12,100).
04/17/03	Public meeting in Pinedale regarding Jonah Infill Drilling Project EIS.
11/13/03	Second Public meeting in Pinedale (revised proposed action described).
11/20/03	EnCana officially proposes additional development (3,100 wells from 16,200 acres of disturbance) and Off-site mitigation.
12/12/03	BLM issues additional scoping letter inviting comments on revised proposed action and alternatives (describes proposed action and alternatives A, B, C and D).
01/16/04	Comment period on second round of scoping closes.
02/11/05	DEIS for Jonah Infill Drilling Project released, begin 60 day public comment period. (70 Fed. Reg. 7296; 70 Fed. Reg. 7256).
04/12/05	Comment period for Jonah Infill Drilling Project DEIS closes on all issues except air quality. BLM extends the public comment period on all air quality issues until the supplemental air quality modeling and information can be released for public comment. (70 Fed. Reg. 19094).
08/09/05	Additional air quality modeling and supplemental analysis released for public comment. (70 Fed. Reg. 46187). Begin 60 day public comment period.
10/07/05	Public comment period for additional air quality modeling and supplemental analysis closes.
01/13/06	Final EIS released, begin 30 day public comment period.
__ / __ /06	ROD issued? Begin public appeal period.

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U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

Pinedale and Rock Sprinds Field Offices

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

• JONAH INFILL DRILLING PROJECT SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING

JANUARY 2006

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Pinedale Field Office NEPA

Bureau of Land Management Wyoming

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Jonah Infill Drilling Project Environmental Impact Statement	Jonah Map
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Air Quality Q&As
The FEIS comment period ends February 13, 2006.

Final Environmental Impact Statement - January 13, 2006

• Volume 1: FEIS (entire doc) - 412pgs, 13.84mb

º Cover - 2pgs, 572kb

º Dear Reader Letter - 3pgs, 454kb

º Title Page, Abstract - 3pgs, 86kb

º Executive Summary - 6pgs, 99kb

º Table of Contents & Acronyms/Abbreviations - 20pgs, 281kb

º Chapter 1: Introduction - 12pgs, 474kb

º Chapter 2: Alternatives - 26pgs, 800kb

º Chapter 3: Affected Environment - 138pgs, 8.77mb

º Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences & Mitigation Measures - 116pgs, 1.97mb

º Chapter 5: Additional Potential Mitigation, Monitoring Measures & Compensatory Mitigation Ideas - 16pgs, 244kb

º Chapter 6: Consultation & Preparers - 24pgs, 585kb

º Chapter 7: References - 28pgs, 280kb

º Chapter 8: Glossary - 18pgs, 193kb

• Volume 2: Appendices (entire doc) - 380pgs, 16.28mb

º Appendix A: BLM Standard Stipulation/Mitigation Requirements - 55pgs, 7.00mb

º Appendix B: Project Development Procedures Tech Support Document - 141pgs, 4.12mb

º Appendix C: Operator Committed Practices - 19pgs, 272kb

º Appendix D: Scoping Issues and Concerns - 26pgs, 362kb

º Appendix E: Erosion, Sediment Transport and Salinity Modeling Tech Report - 60pgs, 3.04mb

º Appendix F: Adaptive Management in the Project Area - 15pgs, 281b

º Appendix G: Summary of Impacts Across Alternatives - 12pgs, 577kb

º Appendix H: USF&WS Letter Initiating Formal Consultation - 6pgs, 1.34mb

º Appendix I: Cultural Resources and Historic Overview - 14pgs, 316kb

º Appendix J: Air Quality Impact Tables - 32pgs, 1mb

• Comment Analysis Report

º Part 1: Narrative Summary - 150pgs, 3.94mb

º Part 2: Substantive Comments - 594pgs, 7.14mb

• Air Quality Technical Support Document - Volume 1 - 424pgs, 6.42mb

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• Air Quality Technical Support Document - Volume 2 - 561pgs, 3.36mb

• Socioeconomic Technical Support Document - 178pgs, 4.49mb

Draft EIS - single file, entire document; 446 pgs, 5.10mb	News Release
Appendices - single file, entire document; 352 pgs, 2.90mb	Fact Sheet
Q&As
Draft EIS - section-by-section

• Cover - 2 pgs, 52kb

• Dear Reader Letter - 3 pgs, 170kb

• Comment Addresses - 1 pg, 15kb

• Title Page, Abstract & Executive Summary - 10 pgs, 51kb

• Table of Contents & Acronyms/Abbreviations - 24 pgs, 214kb

• Chapter 1: Introduction - 10 pgs, 147kb

• Chapter 2: Public Participation, Issues & Concerns, & Alternatives - 34 pgs, 343kb

• Chapter 3: Affected Environment - 144 pgs, 2.45mb

• Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences & Mitigation Measures - 154 pgs, 1.37mb

• Chapter 5: Additional Potential Mitigation, Monitoring Measures & Compensatory Mitigation Ideas - 10 pgs, 62kb

• Chapter 6: Consultation & Preparers - 14 pgs, 203kb

• Chapter 7: References - 24 pgs, 151kb

• Chapter 8: Glossary - 16 pgs, 103kb

• Appendix A: BLM Standard Stipulation/Mitigation Requirements - 20 pgs, 543kb

• Appendix B: Operator Committed Practices - 40 pgs, 349kb

• Appendix C: Scoping Issues & Concerns - 26 pgs, 159kb

• Appendix D: A Framework for Adaptive Management in the JIDP Area - 6 pgs, 40kb

• Appendix E: Summary of Impacts - 14 pgs, 163kb

• Appendix F: Air Quality Impacts - 50 pgs, 703kb

• Appendix G: JIDP Development Procedures Technical Support Document - 196 pgs, 2.01mb

DEIS Air Quality Impact Analysis Supplement - 38pgs, 647kb

Draft Air Quality Technical Support Document Supplement - 93pgs, 855kb

Appendix A: June 2005 Air Quality Impact Assessment Protocol - 19pgs, 258kb

Appendix B: Preferred Alternative Emissions Inventory - 7pgs, 96kb

Appendix C: Preferred Alternative Modeling Results - 220pgs, 1.72mb

Appendix D: Early Project Development Stage Emissions Inventory - 63pgs, 832kb

Appendix E: Early Project Development Stage Modeling Results - 156pgs, 2.30mb

Air Quality Technical Support Document - single file, entire document; 94 pgs, 2.59mb

Air Quality TSD Appendices - single file, entire document; 501 pgs, 4.88mb

Air Quality TSD - section-by-section

• Cover & Table of Contents - 12 pgs, 290kb

• Section 1: Introduction - 8 pgs, 430kb

• Section 2: Emissions Inventory - 16 pgs, 507kb

• Section 3: Near-Field Modeling Analyses - 22 pgs, 836kb

• Section 4: Mid-Field & Far-Field Analyses - 32 pgs, 1.14mb

• Section 5: References - 4 pgs, 44kb

• Appendix A: Air Quality Assessment Protocol - 86 pgs, 2.86mb

• Appendix B: Project Emissions Inventories - 55 pgs, 396kb

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• Appendix C: Cumulative Emissions Inventories - 45 pgs, 444kb

• Appendix D: Regional Compression Existing & Proposed - 5 pgs, 171kb

• Appendix E: CALMET Input Data - 9 pgs, 19kb

• Appendix F: Maximum Predicted Midfield & Far-Field Impacts - 301 pgs, 2.25mb

Socioeconomic Technical Support Document - single file, entire document; 370 pgs, 3.96mb

Socioeconomic TSD - section-by-section

• Cover, Title Page & Table of Contents - 16 pgs, 250kb

• Section 1: Overview - 2 pgs, 29kb

• Section 2: Methods - 12 pgs, 87kb

• Section 3: Socioeconomic Profiles & Existing Environment - 138 pgs, 3.07mb

• Section 4: Impact Analysis - 10 pgs, 81kb

• Section 5: JIDP Economic Impact Analysis - 78 pgs, 1.26mb

• Section 6: South Piney Impact Analysis - 20 pgs, 301kb

• Section 7: Social Impacts - 6 pgs, 39kb

• Section 8: Economic Justice - 6 pgs, 48kb

• Section 9: Acronym List & Glossary - 8 pgs, 74kb

• Section 10: References - 12 pgs, 92kb

• Appendix A: Assumed Production Rates, Decline Curves & Discounting Tables for Each Alternative - 62 pgs, 412kb

Scoping Documents

• Federal Register Notice of Intent - 3pgs, 24kb

• Scoping Letter - 2pgs, 88kb

• Scoping Notice - 3pgs, 188kb

º Map - 1pg, 66kb

• Revised Draft Alternatives and Request for Comments - 4pgs, 57kb

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This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Jonah Infill Drilling Project (JIDP) is submitted for your review and comment. The FEIS has been prepared to provide...