{"id":3730,"date":"2013-03-07T15:48:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T21:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2017-01-24T11:31:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:31:56","slug":"new-blm-proposals-for-large-oil-and-gas-fields-ignite-wyoming-air-quality-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/03\/07\/new-blm-proposals-for-large-oil-and-gas-fields-ignite-wyoming-air-quality-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"New BLM Proposals For Large Oil And Gas Fields Ignite Wyoming Air Quality Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Wyoming is already one of the country\u2019s top natural gas\u00a0producers. And large new developments under\u00a0review\u00a0by the<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3731\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/03\/Pinedale-Sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3731 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/03\/Pinedale-Sign-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/03\/Pinedale-Sign-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/03\/Pinedale-Sign.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Anne Nowell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>U.S. Bureau of Land Management\u00a0totaling more than 25,000 new wells in the coming years could further solidify\u00a0Wyoming&#8217;s status as a national energy leader.<\/p>\n<p>But what will this leadership look like? Will this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org\/html\/press_room\/pdfs\/Newsletters\/WOC_FL_W11_120111_rev.pdf\">series of development projects<\/a>\u00a0lead to worsening air quality or set an example for safe, responsible development?<\/p>\n<p>The first of these, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/wy\/st\/en\/info\/NEPA\/documents\/rfo\/cd_creston.html\">Continental Divide \u2013 Creston Project<\/a>, is alone one of the largest onshore natural gas developments ever proposed on federal lands in the United States. This enormous development slated for\u00a0the\u00a0Wamsutter\u00a0area of south-central Wyoming, includes drilling nearly 9,000 new natural gas wells across 1,672 square miles (or 1.1 million acres) of public and private lands \u2014 an area a bit larger than the state of Rhode Island. The well-known Jonah Field in western Wyoming, by comparison, covers about 21,000 acres and includes about 3,500 wells.<\/p>\n<p>The scale, concentration and\u00a0vicinity\u00a0of new wells\u00a0proposed\u00a0by the CD-C project are fueling concern for regional air quality issues.\u00a0If managed improperly, this project could lead to more unhealthy air for local residents and workers.<\/p>\n<p>Unhealthy air,\u00a0as a result of oil and gas development,\u00a0has been\u00a0a\u00a0particular issue\u00a0in Pinedale, a community just northwest of the CD-C proposal in Wyoming\u2019s Upper Green River Basin. The\u00a0past\u00a0few winters\u00a0have\u00a0earned the area unwanted\u00a0national attention\u00a0for\u00a0its\u00a0U.S. Environmental Protection\u00a0Agency\u00a0nonattainment designation for ground-level ozone pollution\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0one of the first non-urban areas to\u00a0report\u00a0such high levels of smog.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Leaks from equipment and other sources of emissions in the nearby oil and gas fields have created California-style smog in rural\u00a0Wyoming.\u00a0In recent years, ozone levels in Pinedale (population:\u00a0around 1400)\u00a0have at times been higher than the smoggiest days in Los\u00a0Angeles or\u00a0Houston.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/01\/18\/edf-wyoming-outdoor-council-team-to-protect-wyoming-air-from-oil-and-gas-development\/\">one reason why groups like EDF and the Wyoming Outdoor Council are working with\u00a0state\u00a0and federal regulators<\/a>\u00a0on commonsense measures\u00a0to improve regional air quality.<\/p>\n<p>EDF and other groups have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/news\/environmental-groups-seek-better-protections-one-largest-us-natural-gas-developments-ever-propo\">submitted comments<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0draft environmental impact statement\u00a0to ensure that BLM\u00a0fully understands the air quality implications of the CD-C project and that the\u00a0final proposal\u00a0contains some of the strongest air emission controls anywhere.\u00a0Meanwhile in Pinedale, EDF and WOC are advocating for the state to act swiftly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trib.com\/opinion\/state-must-act-quickly-to-protect-pinedale-area-residents\/article_485f756f-38c2-58f6-b42f-0c4e3f837069.html\">on a series of strong actions agreed to by local citizens, industry and environmental groups alike<\/a>\u00a0and that are\u00a0designed to improve the unhealthy air already plaguing the area.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a two-way street. The CD-C project\u2019s proximity to the nonattainment area underlines the need for strong emission controls on any new wells.\u00a0At the same time,\u00a0the plans for so many new\u00a0emissions\u00a0sources right next door to the Upper Green River Basin make fast action there imperative.<\/p>\n<p>Wyoming has historically been a leader on air quality issues and a national model for holding the oil and gas industry to a high standard. That reputation &#8212; and even more importantly, the health of local citizens &#8212; is what&#8217;s at stake here as these new large-scale developments\u00a0come to Wyoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wyoming is already one of the country\u2019s top natural gas\u00a0producers. And large new developments under\u00a0review\u00a0by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management\u00a0totaling more than 25,000 new wells in the coming years could further solidify\u00a0Wyoming&#8217;s status as a national energy leader. 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