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Oil and Gas Environmental Program. Program Review February 18, 1999. Environmental Level III Team. DAVID ALLEMAN, NPTO JOHN FORD, NPTO NANCY HOLT, NPTO DEXTER SUTTERFIELD, NPTO GARY WALKER, NPTO MICHAEL NOWAK, FETC BILL HOCHHEISER, HQ NANCY JOHNSON, HQ . BALANCE:
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Oil and Gas Environmental Program Program Review February 18, 1999
Environmental Level III Team DAVID ALLEMAN, NPTO JOHN FORD, NPTO NANCY HOLT, NPTO DEXTER SUTTERFIELD, NPTO GARY WALKER, NPTO MICHAEL NOWAK, FETC BILL HOCHHEISER, HQ NANCY JOHNSON, HQ
BALANCE: Economic Growth Environmental Protection Energy Supply Revenue from Federal Lands Goals and Objectives Government Role
Goals and Objectives DOE Role • Sound Science • Lower-Cost Compliance Technologies • Federal-State-Industry Dialogue • Regulatory Impact Analysis
MISSION Maximize Recovery of Oil and Gas by Reducing the Cost of Effective Environmental Protection
GOALS • Enable Industry to Reduce Compliance Costs and Improve Environmental Performance • Promote Cost-Effective, Risk-Based Regulatory Decisions • Improve Communication and Tech Transfer Among Governments, Industry, and the Public
APPROACH • Regulatory Impact Analysis • Regulatory Streamlining • Risk Assessment/Data Management • Technology Development
What’s New • Federal Lands Technology Partnership • Remediation • Air Quality • Data Management • Streamlining
Major Successes in 1998 • TRI - Convinced EPA to Delay Inclusion of Oil and Gas • Alaska Study on Lease Stipulations • AOR - Texas Expanding Appication of AOR’s - $50 Million • Environmental Manuals - KY and Rocky Mountains • Model State Regulations for NORM • RBDMS - Generic Version Distributed • BAGI - Demonstrated Van-Mounted Unit for Distribution Systems: Began Discussions with EPA
Planned Accomplishments 1999 & 2000 • Downhole Oil-Water Separation - Field Test 2 Technologies, Developing New Technology - $500 million • Synthetic Muds - Presumptive Rulemaking Proposed by EPA • TRI Pilot - Colorado - $100 Million • Plasma-Assisted Catalysis: Reduced Diesel Emissions at Reduced Cost • BAGI - Refinery Test: Revolutionize LDAR Requirements - $300 Million • Air Tracers - Regional Haze • Federal Lands Technology Partnership - Improving Access by Demonstrating Environmental Performance
Issues • Low Prices • Abandonments • Reduced Compliance • Partnership Funding • Gas Program Funding - Lost $600K
Opportunities • Synthetic Muds - Data Collection and Monitoring • Federal Lands Access • Data Management • Air Quality • Regional Haze • Particulates