MARCH AGENDA
BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
IN AND FOR THE STATE OF UTAH
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A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010, IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1594 WEST NORTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
THE DIVISION OF OIL, GAS AND MINING WILL CONDUCT A BRIEFING SESSION AT
8:00 AM:
1. Status Update on Informal Rulemaking: Valid Existing Rights, Coal Program
2. Nonsubstantive Rule Amendments: Coal R645-301-624, Oil and Gas R649-3-31, and R649-9-1
3. Legislative Update
4. Other
5. Next Month's Agenda and Division Calendar
6. A public meeting will be held during a working session at approximately noon in Room 1010 to review Earth Day Nominee?s presentations and to determine next month's 2010 Earth Day Award Winners.
THE BOARD WILL HEAR THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AT 9:00 AM:
1. Docket No. 2009-019 Cause No. C/025/0005 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, and National Parks Conservation Association, Petitioners; Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, Respondent ? Request for Board Review of the Division's October 19, 2009 approval of the Application of Alton Coal Development, LLC to Conduct Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations in Coal Hollow, Kane County, Utah.
(Continued from January 27, 2010 to the March 24, 2010 Board Hearing)
2. Docket No. 2010-001 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Saundria Whitmer, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
3. Docket No. 2010-002 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Robbin Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
4. Docket No. 2010-003 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Ronald Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
5. Docket No. 2010-004 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Joyce Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
6. Docket No. 2010-005 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Mac E. Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
7. Docket No. 2010-006 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Stuart Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
8. Docket No. 2010-007 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Benny Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
9. Docket No. 2010-014 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Karnel Murdock and Shirley Reed, Petitioners, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
10. Docket No. 2010-018 Cause No. 131-127 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of June Murdock, Petitioner, to Compel Mountain Oil and Gas, Inc. and Homeland Gas and Oil, Ltd., Respondents, to Account for and Pay Royalties in Accordance with the Petitioners' Interest in Production from the 1-2B1E Well, Located in Section 2, in Township 2 South, Range 1 East, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
11. Docket No. 2010-009 Cause No. M/047/0090 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club, Petitioners, v. Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, Respondent ? Request to Appeal the Decision of the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining Approving the Application of Earth Energy Resources to Conduct Tar Sands Mining and Reclamation Operations at the PR Springs Mine, Uintah
County and Grand County, Utah.
12. Docket No. 2010-011 Cause No. 241-08 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP for an Order Extending the Board?s Orders in Cause Nos. 241-1, 241-2, 241-4, and 241-5 Establishing 160 Acre Drilling and Spacing Units for the Production of Gas (Including Coalbed Methane) from the Ferron Formation in Portions of Section 25, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, SLM, Carbon County, Utah.
13. Docket No. 2010-012 Cause No. 241-01A ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for an Order Modifying the Board?s Order in Cause No. 241-1 to Allow an Additional (Second) Well in Each of the 160-Acre (or Substantially Equivalent) Drilling Units for the Production of Gas (Including Coalbed Methane) from the Ferron Formation in Sections 32 and 36, Township 13 South, Range 10 East, SLM, and Sections 2 Through 4, Township 14 South, Range 10 East, SLM, Carbon County, Utah.
14. Docket No. 2010-013 Cause No. 131-128 ? In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation for an Order to Force Pool the Interests of all Owners Refusing or Failing to Agree to Lease Their Interest or Otherwise Bear Their Proportionate Share of the Costs of Drilling and Production Operations of the Livsey 25-15 Well Drilled in Section 25, Township 2 South, Range 1 West, USM, Uintah County, Utah.
(Copies of the agenda are available at www.ogm.utah.gov and at the administrative offices.)
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons requiring auxiliary communicative aids and services to enable them to participate in this hearing should call Julie Ann Carter at (801) 538-5277, at least three working days prior to the hearing.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons requiring auxiliary communicative aids and services to enable them to participate in this hearing should call Julie Ann Carter at (801) 538-5277, at least three working days prior to the hearing.