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Powder River Basin Controlled Ground Water Area
Powder River County
Location
• All sections in Township 6N Ranges 45E and 46E
• All sections in Township 5N Ranges 40E and 47E
• All sections in Township 4N Ranges 38E and 39E, 41 E through 46E
and 48E
• All sections in Township 3N Ranges 37E through 49E
• All sections in Township 2N Ranges 36E through 50E
• All sections in Township 1N Ranges 36E through 50E
• All sections in Township 1S Ranges 37E through 50E
• All sections in Township 2S Ranges 37E through 51E
• All sections in Township 3S Ranges 37E through 51E
• All sections in Township 4S Ranges 37E through 51E
• All sections in Township 5S Ranges 36E through 50E
• All sections in Township 6S Ranges 36E through 51E
• All sections in Township 7S Ranges 37E through 51E
• All sections in Township 8S Ranges 37E through 51E
• All sections in Township 9S Ranges 37E through 51E
The area includes all formations above the Lebo member of the Fort Union Formation.
Effective Date: December 15, 1999
Information
Applies only to wells designed and installed for the extraction of coalbed methane (CBM).
CBM development must follow the standards for drilling, completing, testing, and production of CBM wells as adopted by the Board of Oil and Gas Conservation.
CBM operators must offer water mitigation agreements to owners of water wells or natural springs within one-half mile of a CBM operation or within the area that the operator reasonably believes may be impacted by the CBM operation, whichever is greater. This area will automatically be extended one-half mile beyond any well adversely affected.
DNRC will designate a Technical Advisory Committee to oversee groundwater characteristics and monitoring and reporting requirements.
Final Order - Powder River Controlled Ground Water Area
Ground Water Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines
- Coal Bed Methane Annual Reports
- Powder River Basin Controlled Ground Water Area Technical Advisory Committee
- The purpose of these reports are to describe the activities of TAC and the impacts of CBM development on ground water resources.
- 2000-2001 Annual Report
- 2002 Annual Report
- 2003-2004 Annual Report
- 2005 Annual Report
- 2006 Annual Report
- 2007 Annual Report
- 2008 Annual Report
- 2009 Annual Report
- 2010 Annual Report
- 2011 Annual Report
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