Regular Item #1:Buey Unit Well #1HOil & Gas Drilling Permit

October 20, 2014

Background

• Texas Railroad Commission • Primary Regulator of Oil and Gas Industry• Drilling Permit• Protecting Ground Water

• College Station Oil and Gas Regulations Chapter 4, Section 13• Additional Regulations• Location / Buffering• Truck Routes / Surety• Road Access

Location Rules

• No Drill Site may be located or operated:• Within 50 ft of Street, ROW, Alley, or PUE• Within 600 ft of Cemetery, Park, or

Residential Unit (Unless Waived by the Owner and Tenant)

• Within 1000 ft of a School or Hospital

Classification

• Well Area Classified as High Impact• Uses within 1000 ft of the Well Site• High Impact Well Classification Uses

• Residential *• Administrative• Professional• Commercial Neighborhood

• High Impact Well Additional Requirements• Screened with a fence with 30 days of Completion• Landscaping Required• Retain a Consultant

Consultant

• Required as a High Impact Well• 3rd Party • Consultant is to be retained by City • At Applicant Cost• To Evaluate and Prepare an Environmental

Impact Analysis Report (EIA)• City Retained CME Testing and Engineering• M. Frederick (Rick) Conlin, P.E.

PRC

• Project Review Committee - Required by Ordinance to make a Recommendation to City Council• Committee Members

• P&Z Chair• PDS Director• Fire Marshall• City Engineer

• Met and Recommended Approval Sept 19th with the Conditions:

• All Waivers being secured• 10 ft wide earthen fire access around pad• All EIA recommendations from Consultant

Updated Well Site Location

• Applicant was not able to secure All Required Waivers

• Applicant relocated Well Site to the NW such that no Residences, Cemeteries, or Parks are within 600 ft • Therefore, per the Ordinance, no Waivers are

required• All other Application Items remained identical

Site Layout

Draft Permit Requirements

• Truck Route Map• Wellborn Road• Rock Prairie Road• Holleman Drive

• Applicant must Repair any Damage to Roads, etc

• $250,000 Bond (for each well)• Insurance

Truck Route Map

Draft Permit Requirements

• Site Fire Fighting - Boots and Coots• Halcon Emergency Preparedness and

Response Plan• Halcon Spill Prevention Control and

Countermeasure Plan• 8 ft Wooden Fence• Landscaping – Wax Myrtles and Pampas

Grass• Sound Walls – Noise Mitigation

Screening / Fencing Plan

Sound Walls

Site Layout

Questions

Offset Distances