Salt Lake City — The Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining meets Wednesday, April 26 at 8:30 a.m., at the Department of Natural Resources located at 1594 West North Temple in Salt Lake City. The meeting will be streamed live on the Department of Natural Resources YouTube channel with the Briefing Session available at https://youtu.be/TSGUC891oag and Board Hearing https://youtu.be/wyvKaxbVhFM.
The Division of Oil, Gas and Mining will conduct a Briefing Session at 8:30 a.m.:
1. Presentations of Earth Day Awards (There will be a short break for a group photo)
2. Minerals Rulemaking
3. Update of May Field Trip
4. Other
5. Next Month’s Agenda and Division Calendar
6. Opportunity for Public Comment
The Board will hear the following Matters at 10 a.m.:
1. Per Acre Bonding Costs for Small Mines and Exploration – The Division will present information about average costs per acre for reclamation, followed by an opportunity for public comment. The Board will be asked to approve a figure that will be used for bonding small mines and exploration operations.
2. Docket No. 2017-009 Cause No. ACT/007/020 (05) – In re: Request by the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining to: (1) Forfeit the reclamation surety; (2) Order the Division to proceed with a Trustees Sale, Foreclosure, or other Sale of the real property held as surety for the reclamation obligations and use the proceeds from the sale for reclamation of the Horizon Mine; (3) Authorize the Utah Attorney General to proceed as necessary to recover civil penalties from officers, directors, or agents of Hidden Splendor Resources, Inc., for failure to abate violations; and (4) Direct the Division and Utah Attorney General to take all necessary actions to require Alexander H. Walker III, and any other agents, owners, and controllers of Horizon Mine, to complete reclamation of the Horizon Mine, Permit No. ACT/007/020, located in Sections 13 and 17, Township 13 South, Range 8 East, SLM, Carbon County, Utah.
3. Docket No. 2017-011 Cause No. C/007/0005 E – In the matter of the Request for Agency Action of HUNTINGTON-CLEVELAND IRRIGATION COMPANY to appeal the decision of the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining approving the application of Canyon Fuel Company for a permit to undertake coal mining operations in the Flat Canyon Lease Addition for the Skyline Mine, located in Sections 21, 28, and 33 in Township 13 South, Range 6 East, and Sections 4 and 5 in Township 14 South, Range 6 East, Sanpete County, Utah.
4. Docket No. 2017-010 Cause No. 139-144 – In the matter of the Request for Agency Action of AXIA ENERGY II, LLC for an order pooling all interests, including the compulsory pooling of the interests of certain non-consenting and unlocatable owners, within two 1,280-acre drilling units established for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Lower Green River-Wasatch (Colton) Formations, comprised of all of Sections 29 and 32, and 28 and 33 of Township 2 South, Range 2 West, U.S.M., Duchesne County, Utah.
5. Docket No. 2017-013 Cause No. RO&G-2017-01 – In the matter of Rulemaking to further define the manner in which an owner consents to the drilling and operation of a well and agrees to bear the owner’s proportionate share of the costs as referenced in the recently-amended definitions of “Consenting Owner” and “Nonconsenting Owner” found at Utah Code Section 40-6-2(4) and 40-6-2(11).
Copies of the agenda are available at ogm.utah.gov and at the administrative offices. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons requiring auxiliary communicative aids and services to enable them to participate in this hearing should contact Julie Ann Carter at 801-537-5277 at least three business days prior to the hearing. One or more Board members may participate electronically pursuant to R641-100-600. The specified meeting location would serve as the anchor location for public participation.