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Id:

299218

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TAL]SIVAN

ENERGY

USA

tNC

County:

Out

Of

Staie

Address:

337

DANTEL

ZENKER

DR

HORSEHEADS,

NY

14845

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program: Oil& cas

Comptaint

Type:

po

ution

Date

Response

Assigned:

O8/22l2013

Dale

Reponse

Duer

09/05/2013

Date

First

Response:

O8/28l20j3

lnspector:

CAtN

H

STONE

Supervisol

STEPHANtE

A

WHARTON

Date

Resotved:

08/2812013

Type:

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2199883

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Sud;ce

Activities

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nolified

by

terler

dated

9/4/13

Date

lnvestjgated:

08/28/2013

lnvestigation

td:

304682

lnspeclion

Report

(#2199883,

2199886).

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pennsytvania

DEPARIMENT

OF

EN 'IRON]YENIAL

PROTECIION

NORTHCENT&AL

REGIONAL

OFFICE

Re:

DEP

CoEplaint

No.

299218

Warren

Towship;

Bradford

Counq,

Dear

.

This

letter

is in

iespoDse

to the

cotrcems

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vou

provided

to

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Deparhnent

of Environmental

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well

pads.

onceroing

rqddish mud

leaking

aom

the

o'Rourke

and

Our

iospectors,

Cain

Stone

and

Dave

Engle,

ftom

our

Oil

&

Gas

ptogam

responded

to your

ooplainL

aad visited

rhe

sire

on

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a

copy

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Activities

Inspection Report.

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you

have

a-ny

questioqs

or

need

a,

S.,O_327.051g.

dditional

informatioq

please

contact

Mr.

Dave

Engle

a1

Thark

you

again

for

taking

the

time

to

codact

DEp.

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fu,a "w,

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sltes, Department

representatives

prosenf were

cain

Stono and

David Engle,

Thoo.Rourkgw6llsitewaginspectedfil6t.orange-ledstainingwasobservedonthonorlheastsedimenttrap

tinor{pic1t.

sveralof

the rocks used

ln

ths

con;truction oftha sedimenttrap

had

laysrs

of

rust and

were coated

i"

,"'"i""i"

"i"i".

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layers

tn

ths

rock are

tikely

iron depo'its

whlch

dissolved and

flowed

into

tho

ilil;;i;;;i;";

the oia"nge'iea

stains'

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sediment

trap was

23

4" c, had a

pH

of

8

{

and

a

"p"liif"

"""ir"tf"it'

* 315

FS-/cm,

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no other

occurrence. ofreddish

matetlalobservod

on or nearthe

o'Rourke

well slte.

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oiitre

pao

leicz;.

rhe biofilm

w,s

likelv deposited

bv iron related

bacteria'

whlch

uiirir'"i lion

in *"t"t

tol

glowth:

wealso

noticed

asveral

rdox

concenhatlons

in

the disturbed

sollofthe

pipuri*

,igr,i oi

*iv to

tio

east ofthe

wel

pad

(plc3).

Redox c

ncenka

o

ns.

occ ur

when ihs

reduced

iron,

which

;t;;1"

;p6il;G;";ih

,oot6, is

exposod

to alr

a;d oildized

to

form rust Rdox

concentratlons

indlcato

the

'

presenc

of lron

in iie

soil.

Thre werc

no other

occurrnces

of

reddlsh matrial

observed

on

or

near tho YQunq

The

comolaln{s

descriD

on of

5

lnches

of

red

mud appears to

be

describing

a

blofilm produced

by

iron'relatecl

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ltiB i;

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or

bacteria

that is able

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utilize

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pres.nce

of

iron in watsr

to

grow

ln

slow

r*r"q

t;;i"i,

riB,"irr

pioduce

a film

on the

water surface

that

resembles the

sheen

of a

peiroloum substance

t;ic4).'When ihe IRB

fiim i6 broken,

lt separates

lnto angular

blocks

which dl.tinguish

lt from a

petroleum

sheen

lir,i"i fl'"'i"

LlitiJg"$rer.

tne witiatso

proauce

a bio{iim

which looks

tike

an

orange-red

slime

(Pics), When

thls

biofilm dries

out,

it resemblos

an orange'red

crust

(Picg).

nern.a*",

on sl2u20rs

a

complalnt

lnvesligation

was conducted

at the

Talisman Energy

usA

lnc.

(Talisman),

O'Rourke

W

05-046

and

young

R 05,080

welisits.

The complaint

was concerning

reddish

mud

in

a

wetland

near

Th biolllm

produced

by

IRB is a naturally

occurrlng

phenomenon

Thgre

were no

vlolatlons

clted'

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Pic

5.

Iron related

bacteria can

fonn

a biofilm that

resemblcs

orange-

rcd

mud.

Pic

6. When

rhe

iron related

bacteria

biofilm

dries out,

it

resembles

an

orange

crust.


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