So You Want to Build a Pipeline? (Who are you going to ask?)
Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute
5th Annual Conference Casper, WY Brian Jeffries
Executive Director
Total 924 miles of pipeline in design
596 miles of 16” 165 miles of 12” 135 miles of 10” 28 miles of 8” 12 counties impacted BLM, State, Indian and Fee Land Numerous roads, rivers, ditches, pipelines to be
crossed
So how hard can it be to get from Point A to Point B?
Big Horn Basin Assumptions/Results
• Oil price = $100
• CO2 price = $2.50
• Incremental oil produced = 171 MM bbls
• Incremental state revenue = $2.76 Billion
At least four things a project needs
• Product to move
• Customers
• Financing
• Origin and Destination (a route)
ROW Providers
Grantor Method
BLM Permit
USFS Permit
State of Wyoming Permit
Indian Reservation Negotiated
Private Negotiated
A source for the maps that follow
Bighorn Basin Resource Management Plan Revision Project Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement April 2011 BLM Wyoming - Cody & Worland Field Offices
Short list permits/consultations (p 1 of 8)
Who What Comments
BLM Right of Way grant and temporary use permit
BLM Plan of development
BLM Consultation and concurrence for Section 106 compliance process
Plan for cultural resources encountered
Short list permits/consultations (p 2 of 8)
Who What Comments
BLM Archeological Resources Protection Act and Cultural Resources Permit
Permit to excavate or remove resources
BLM Sensitive Species Consultation
Habitat or species specific surveys
USFWS Consultation on Endangered Species Act and Biological Opinion
Short list permits/consultations (p 3 of 8)
Who What Comments
USFWS Potential Class 1 Air Impact Review
Will air modeling be required?
Corp of Engineers Nationwide Permit under Clean Water Act
Applies to wetlands and water bodies encountered
Corp of Engineers Section 10 of rivers and harbors Act
Pipeline permit to cross navigable waterways
Short list permits/consultations (p 4 of 8)
Who What Comments
USDOT Encroachment Permit
Highway crossings
USDOT Pipeline safety Integrity management program
EPA Water quality certification
Wetlands or streams crossed
EPA National pollutant discharge
construction and hydro test discharges
Short list permits/consultations (p 5 of 8)
Who What Comments
USATF Storage and use of explosives
Potential blasting during construction
WYSHPO Clearance regarding historical resources
WYDEQ Permit for temporary turbidity increase
Stream crossings
Short list permits/consultations (p 6 of 8)
Who What Comments
WYDEQ Permit for temporary discharge
Hydro testing
WYDEQ Storm water discharge
Construction related
WY Game and Fish Wildlife issues
WY State Engineer Temporary use of un-appropriated water
Hydro testing
Short list permits/consultations (p 7 of 8)
Who What Comments
WY State Lands & Investments
Temporary access and permit to construct
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act
NRCS Erosion control recommendations, re-vegetation specifications
Short list permits/consultations (p 8 of 8)
Who What Comments
Various Counties, Water Districts, Irrigation districts, railroads, existing pipelines
Temporary access, special use permits, crossing permits, coordination of construction
Take away points
• The many areas of concern can invite many interested parties to the process
• Meeting desired criteria can run into competing resolutions
• GIS is a critical tool in navigating the process
• The expense of planning a pipeline is usually unrecoverable if not built
Take away points
• Resource Management Plans have large impacts on development
• Issues covered in the RMP cannot be dismissed out of hand
• Substantial time and expense is required to prepare the application
So You Want to Build a Pipeline? (Who are you going to ask?)
Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute
5th Annual Conference Casper, WY Brian Jeffries
Executive Director www.wyopipeline.com
307.237.5009