Department of Energy
Department of Energy
Meeting:
Informal Fact Finding Hearing - Equitable Production Co. Application for Permit, CBM Gas Well VCI-539500
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 8/21/2009 3:00 pm |
| Location | The hearing will be held in a conference room at the Department of Mines Minerals and Energy, Buchanan-Smith Building, on the Mountain Empire Community College campus; 3405 Mountain Empire Road (Route 387) Big Stone Gap Virginia. . Contact the Division at |
| Board Website | https://www.energy.virginia.gov |
| Agenda document |
Meeting Agenda
8/12/2009
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| Minutes document |
Meeting minutes
8/24/2009
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FINAL
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| Purpose of the meeting In Accordance with §45.1-361.35.H. of the Code of Virginia, the Director of the Division of Gas and Oil has scheduled an Informal Fact Finding Hearing to consider objections received from Wellmore Energy Company, LLC Surface Owner, to be affected by the above-named operation(s). The objections by the Surface Owner were received at the Division of Gas and Oil Office in a timely manner and in accordance with § 45.1-361.35. This notice of hearing is being sent to the permit applicant and to all parties with standing to object as prescribed by §45.1-361.30. All parties are entitled to be represented by counsel at the hearing, if desired. Those receiving notice of this proceeding and who did not object to the application are not required to attend. The objections have been filed by the Surface Owner against the permit applications for EQT Coalbed Methane Gas Operations VCI-539500, in accordance with: § 45.1-361.35. Objections to permits; hearing. 4. The Location of the coalbed methane well or coalbed methane well pipeline will unreasonably infringe on the surface owner’s use of the surface, provided, however, that a reasonable alternative site is available within the unit, granting the objection will not materially impair any right contained in an agreement, valid at the time of the objection, between the surface owner and the operator or their predecessors or successors in interest. Further: The well directly impinges on the VA DMLR permit held by Wellmore Energy Company, LLC. Also, the proposed well work is an unreasonable and arbitray exercise of the well operator’s right to explore for, market, and produce gas. All testimony in this conference must be relevant to objections allowed for and detailed in the Gas and Oil Act. | |
| Meeting Scope |
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
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General business of the board
Discuss particular regulations / chapters
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| Contact Information | |
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| Name / Title: | David E. Asbury, Jr. / Director, Division of Gas and Oil |
| Address: |
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy 1100 Bank Street, 8th Floor Lebanon, 24226 |
| Email Address: | david.asbury@dmme.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (276)415-9700 FAX: (276)415-9671 TDD: (800)828-1120 |
| Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as sign language interpreters and/or real-time captioning services, are available upon request. Please send accommodation requests to the meeting contact as early as possible but no later than seven business days before the date of the meeting. | |