1. West Virginia Natural Gas Well-Site General Permit: A Quick Look West Virginia Division of Air Quality Fred Durham Director

2. A well of unknown origin with original, late 1800s set-up. Currently producing…

3. Unconventional Well Drilling & Fracking Lagoons – water is reused several times 16 fracking engines

4. An overview of the wellbores and separators with the wellbores in the front.

5. Produced water and/or oil tanks.

6. Line Heaters (1 mmBTU each typically)

7. Vapor Combustor

8. Permitting Pathways Three Permitting Pathways – Minor source – Major source in a NAAQS Attainment Area – Major source in a NAAQS Non-Attainment Area National Ambient Air Quality Standards – Health-based emission standards set by EPA Pollutant-specific Often a combination of above Info Needed: What, where and how much? – Facility type, location, potential air emissions

9. General Permitting Process in WV Pre-application meeting Application submission – Applicant places legal advertisement Permit reviewed for completeness within 30 days – Information requests/application revised – Completeness starts statutory clock Review period commences (provided no reason for denial) with draft permit/fact sheet Formal 30-day public notice period – Large projects often have public meetings – Answer comments – Revise the draft permit as needed Issue/Deny the permit Parties have 30 days to appeal to Air Quality Board

10. General Permit G70-A For oil and natural gas production facilities designed and operated for the purpose of oil and natural gas production located at the well site. Activities may include: – natural gas well completion operations; – separation of the condensate, – natural gas and water in gas production units; – additional separation of the natural gas, condensate, and water emulsion in heater treaters; – compression of the natural gas; – dehydration of the natural gas; – storage of the condensate and produced water; and – loading of tank trucks to transport condensate and produced water from the facility.

13. Contact Information Fred Durham Director Division of Air Quality West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Phone: 304.926. 0499, ext. 1238 Fax: 304.926.0749 William.F.Durham@wv.gov West Virginia Division of Air Quality 601 57 th Street, South East Charleston, WV 25304