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  • 7/29/2019 Addressing Well and Field Infrastructure Siting Challenges in the Wetlands and Streams of the Haynesville, Marcellus, Utica and Eagle Ford Shale Plays.

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    Russ Krauss, SPE!Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC!!

    Addressing Well and Field

    Infrastructure Siting Challenges in theWetlands and Streams of theHaynesville, Marcellus, Utica and

    Eagle Ford Shale Plays

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    Permitting Projects With Surface Impacts !Early knowledge of and upfront planning for

    unavoidable impacts, improves project timetables,

    demystifies project budgets, and enables liabilitytransfer.!

    Derisked projects

    !Enhanced predictability!

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    Typical Regulators of Wetlands And Streams!Haynesville/LA Marcellus/PA Utica/OH Eagle Ford/TX

    Federal

    US Army Corps ofEngineers: Vicksburg

    District

    US Army Corps of

    Engineers:Pittsburgh, Baltimore

    Districts

    US Army Corpsof Engineers:Pittsburgh,

    HuntingtonDistricts

    US Army Corps

    of Engineers:Galveston, FortWorth Districts

    US EPA Region 6 US EPA Region 3US EPA Region

    5

    US EPA Region

    6

    US Fish & Wildlife

    Service Region 4

    US Fish & Wildlife

    Service Region 5

    US Fish &Wildlife Service

    Region 3

    US Fish &Wildlife Service

    Region 2

    State

    Louisiana Department

    of EnvironmentalQuality

    (LA DEQ)

    PennsylvaniaDepartment of

    EnvironmentalProtection

    (PADEP)

    OhioEnvironmental

    ProtectionAgency

    (Ohio EPA)

    Texas

    Commission onEnvironmentalQuality (TCEQ)

    Louisiana Departmentof Wildlife and

    Fisheries (LDWF)

    Pennsylvania Game

    Commission

    Texas Parksand Wildlife

    Department(TPWD)

    Louisiana Department

    of Natural Resources(LA DNR)

    Pennsylvania Fish

    and BoatCommission

    Texas General

    Land Office(GLO)

    Pennsylvania

    Department ofConservation and

    Natural Resources(PA DCNR)

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    Functional Assessment Methods Applied toQuantify Impacts to Waters of the United States !

    Play State Wetlands Streams

    Haynesville Louisiana Vicksburg District:Charleston Method

    Little Rock District StreamAssessment Method

    Marcellus Pennsylvania Ratio and Level 2Wetland Rapid

    Assessment Protocol

    Ratio and Level 1, Level 2Riverine Rapid Assessment

    Protocol

    Utica Ohio Ratio Ratio and

    Huntington/PittsburghApproaches

    Eagle Ford Texas Fort Worth District:

    TXRAM, GalvestonDistrict: HGMi

    Fort Worth: Ratios, TXRAM

    Galveston: Interim StreamAssessment SOP

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    Haynesville Shale !

    January, 2010 November, 2010 November, 2011

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    Marcellus Shale!

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    Utica Shale!

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    Eagle Ford Shale!

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    Comparison of Assessment Methods onSingle Wetland Fill Project!

    DistrictAssessment

    MethodRatio: Offsets

    to Impacts*

    Cost perImpactAcre**

    Vicksburg Charleston Method 3.6:1 $72,000

    NewOrleans

    Modified CharlestonMethod

    2.4:1 $48,000

    Galveston HGMi 0.7:1 $15,000

    Fort Worth TXRAM 0.6:1 $12,000

    *Based on results of typical bottomland hardwood wetland impact/mitigation scenariocomparison conducted by Society of Wetland Scientists Functional AssessmentWorkshop, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana. !**Assumes $20,000 per mitigation acre. !

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    Impact Planning Benefits!!

    Scope and Magnitude!Budget!

    Risks and Threats!Predictability!

    Active Community Member !Responsible Operator!

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    SPE 163804!!Thank You.!!Questions?!!

    Russ Krauss, Vice President, Marketing & Analysis!Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC!

    5020 Montrose Blvd., Suite 201!Houston, TX 77006!

    D 713-986-9222!C 713-962-2957!E [email protected]!