So You Want to Build a Pipeline? (Who are you going to ask?)

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1 So You Want to Build a Pipeline? (Who are you going to ask?) Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute 5 th Annual Conference Casper, WY Brian Jeffries Executive Director

2 Scoped Field Reservoir Combinations and Sources (and Sequestration sites)

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4 Total 924 miles of pipeline in design 596 miles of miles of miles of miles of 8 12 counties impacted BLM, State, Indian and Fee Land Numerous roads, rivers, ditches, pipelines crossed So how hard can it be to get from Point A to Point B? to be

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6 Big Horn Basin Assumptions/Results Oil price = $100 CO2 price = $2.50 Incremental oil produced = 171 MM bbls Incremental state revenue = $2.76 Billion

7 At least four things a project needs Product to move Customers Financing Origin and Destination (a route)

8 ROW Providers Grantor BLM USFS State of Wyoming Indian Reservation Private Method Permit Permit Permit Negotiated Negotiated

9 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

10 Feds dominate surface ownership

11 Be aware of fish and wildlife

12 Be aware of special status species

13 Be aware of soils and erosion

14 Be aware of back country byways

15 Be aware of paleontological issues

16 Be aware of existing ROWs

17 Be aware of historic trails

18 Be aware of motor travel restrictions

19 Be aware of heritage and visual issues

20 Be aware of wilderness study areas

21 Short list permits/consultations (p 1 of 8) Who What Comments BLM BLM BLM Right of Way grant and temporary use permit Plan of development Consultation and concurrence for Section 106 compliance process Plan for cultural resources encountered

22 Short list permits/consultations (p 2 of 8) Who What Comments BLM BLM USFWS Archeological Resources Protection Act and Cultural Resources Permit Sensitive Species Consultation Consultation on Endangered Species Act and Biological Opinion Permit to excavate or remove resources Habitat or species specific surveys

23 Short list permits/consultations (p 3 of 8) Who What Comments USFWS Corp of Engineers Corp of Engineers Potential Class 1 Air Impact Review Nationwide Permit under Clean Water Act Section 10 of rivers and harbors Act Will air modeling be required? Applies to wetlands and water bodies encountered Pipeline permit to cross navigable waterways

24 Short list permits/consultations (p 4 of 8) Who What Comments USDOT Encroachment Permit Highway crossings USDOT Pipeline safety Integrity management program EPA EPA Water quality certification National pollutant discharge Wetlands or streams crossed construction and hydro test discharges

25 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

26 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

27 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 NRCS Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act Erosion control recommendations, re-vegetation specifications

28 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

29 Recapping

30 Fauna

31 Special Fauna

32 Soils and slopes

33 Back Country By- Ways

34 Paleontological Resources

35 Existing ROW Corridors

36 National Trails

37 Travel Management

38 Heritage Resources

39 Wilderness and Historic

40 Simplify please

41 Animals

42 Special Animals

43 Dirt

44 Drives

45 Fossils

46 Pipes and wires

47 Trails

48 Travel

49 Views

50 Wilderness

51 Now you know what the pipeline engineers lay awake thinking about

52 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

53 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

54 So You Want to Build a Pipeline? (Who are you going to ask?) Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute 5 th Annual Conference Casper, WY Brian Jeffries Executive Director