DEC has prepared an APDES Preliminary Draft Individual Permit, AK0053690 – Cook Inlet Energy, Sabre Oil and Gas Project (Permit). The Preliminary Draft Permit, Fact Sheet, and associated documents are available to the applicant for 10-day review. Following the close of the applicant review period, DEC will prepare a Draft Permit and Fact Sheet for a formal 30-day public review period. Public comments will be accepted during the formal 30-day review period. You can access the documents on DEC’s Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program webpage at: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/water/wwdp/index.htm
Alaska DEC Contact:
Gerry Brown
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Water - Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program
555 Cordova St
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-4874
Gerry.Brown@alaska.gov
Preliminary Draft Permit Review:
Start Date: June 6, 2017
End Date: June 20, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time
Permit No.: AK0053690
Applicant:
Cook Inlet Energy
Sabre Oil and Gas Exploration
601 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 310
Anchorage, AK 99501
Proposed Permit Coverage:
The Permit will authorize the discharge of water-based drilling fluids and drill cuttings and other ancillary discharges from a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) conducting oil and gas exploration in Cook Inlet at the Sabre site outside of the Trading Bay Game Refuge. The Permit is anticipated to be used during the 2018 drilling season and will be available for a five-year term unless terminated by the applicant sooner.
The discharges of drilling fluids and drill cuttings and fluids, cuttings, and cement at the seafloor include the authorization of a 100 meter (m) radii, cylindrically-shaped mixing zone and a 25 m radii, cylindrically-shaped zone of deposit. Ancillary discharges of noncontact cooling water, fire control test water, and completion, treatment or test fluids that may include chemical additives are authorized a 100 m radii, cylindrically shaped mixing zone. The discharge of graywater is authorized to have a 35 m chronic and 17 m acute radii, cylindrically-shaped mixing zones.
Deadline for Written Applicant Review Comments:
The deadline for proposed final permit review comments by the applicant is
June 20, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time.
Administrative Record:
The APDES Preliminary Draft Permit, Fact Sheet, and associated documents are available for public review at the DEC offices located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Wasilla, and Soldotna. Please contact the office of your choice to arrange for hard copies of the documents to be available for your review.
43335 Kalifornsky Beach Road, Suite #11 Soldotna, AK 99669 907-262-5210 | 555 Cordova Street Anchorage, AK 99501 907-269-6285 | 410 Willoughby Ave #303 Juneau, AK 99811 907-465-5300 |
If you would like further information or to see any additional supporting technical documents, contact the permit writer at the address shown on page 1.
The documents are also accessible from the DEC website at:
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/water/wwdp/index.htm
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