Notice of Public Hearing
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

RE:      Docket Number: DIO-24-002

Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp), by letter dated May 15, 2024, filed an application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) for a Class II Underground Injection Control Disposal Injection Order for existing well Susan Dionne 8, onshore in the Ninilchik Unit (NU), Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 

In response to an application for disposal filed by an operator, the AOGCC may issue an order authorizing the underground disposal of oil field wastes that the commission determines are suitable for disposal in a Class II well, as defined in 40 C.F.R. 144.6(b) as revised as of July 1, 1998, which is adopted by reference, or the underground storage of hydrocarbons. [1]

This notice does not contain all the information filed by Hilcorp.  You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting the AOGCC’s Special Assistant, Samantha Coldiron, at (907)793-1223 or samantha.coldiron@alaska.gov.

A public hearing on the matter has been tentatively scheduled for July 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.  The hearing, which may be changed to full virtual, if necessary, will be held in the AOGCC hearing room located at 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501.  The audio call in information is (907) 202 7104 Conference ID: 977 858 930#.  Anyone who wishes to participate remotely using MS Teams video conference should contact Ms. Coldiron at least two business days before the scheduled public hearing to request an invitation for the MS Teams. To request that the tentatively scheduled hearing be held, a written request must be filed with the AOGCC no later than 4:30 p.m. on June 17, 2024.

If a request for a hearing is not timely filed, the AOGCC may issue an order without a hearing.  To learn if the AOGCC will hold the hearing, call (907) 793-1223 after June 18, 2024.

In addition, written comments regarding this application may be submitted to the AOGCC, at 333 west 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 or samantha.coldiron@alaska.gov. Comments must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on July 3, 2024, except that, if a hearing is held, comments must be received no later than the conclusion of the July 16, 2024, hearing.

If, because of a disability, special accommodations may be needed to comment or attend the hearing, contact Samantha Coldiron, at (907) 793-1223, no later than July 9, 2024.

Brett W. Huber, Sr.
Chair, Commissioner