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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is 
seeking public input on its Well Site Safety Plan Standards 
and Casing and Cementing Standards that are referenced in 
the DEP’s Emergency Rule for horizontal drilling, filed 
Aug. 22 with the Secretary of State’s Office.

As part of the rule, all applications for well work permits 
involving well sites that will disturb three acres or more 
of surface must include a well site safety plan to spell 
out what steps will be taken to protect persons on site, as 
well as the general public and the environment. The plan is 
to be developed in accordance with standards developed by 
the DEP’s Office of Oil and Gas (OOG).

The Emergency Rule also includes operational rules intended 
to protect water quantity and quality and instructs 
operators to construct wells and conduct casing and 
cementing activities of all horizontal wells in accordance 
with OOG standards.

Public input on the OOG standards will be accepted until 
Sept. 30, 2011, and can be mailed to the Office of Oil and 
Gas, 601 57th St., S.E., Charleston, WV., 25304 or emailed 
to DEP.comments@wv.gov. Copies of the OOG standards can be 
viewed by clicking on the Office of Oil and Gas section on 
the DEP homepage at: www.dep.wv.gov.

As directed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on July 12 in 
Executive Order No. 4-11, the DEP filed its Emergency Rule 
to increase regulatory oversight of horizontal well 
development in the state.


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