BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
IN
THE MATTER OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE ) CAUSE NO. 1V
RULES
AND REGULATIONS OF THE
AND
GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION BY ) DOCKET NO. 0304-OV-04
FREDERICK I. SHAFFER JR.,
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On July 7, 1998, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
(“COGCC”) staff conducted an onsite inspection of the State Pyles #1 Well located in the NW¼ SE¼ of Section 6, Township 20
South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M. and the State-Pyles-Calvert #1 Well
located in the SW¼ NE¼ of Section 11, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th
P.M. and found the wells to be temporarily abandoned with equipment on location. The owner of the wells, Frederick I. Shaffer
Jr. (“Schaffer”) was required to either perform a mechanical integrity test
(“MIT”), produce or plug and abandon the wells by
On May 26, 1999 COGCC staff issued Notices
of Alleged Violation (“NOAV’s”) to Shaffer, alleging
violations of Rule 326.b.(1), requiring wells shut-in longer than two (2) years
to be tested for mechanical integrity.
The NOAV’s required Shaffer to perform MIT’s
by
On
As of
Schaffer should be found in
violation of Rule 326.b.(1) for failure to either perform a mechanical
integrity test (“MIT”), produce or plug and abandon the State-Pyle #1 Well and
the State-Pyles-Clavert #1 Well and should be assessed a find of Four Thousand dollars ($4,000)
in accordance with Rule 523.a.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission of the State of
Date:
Time:
Place: City of
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,
if any party requires special accommodations for this hearing as a result of a
disability, please contact Audra Serlet at (303) 894-2100, extension 114, prior
to the hearing and arrangements will be made.
Pursuant to said hearing in the above-entitled matter at the time and
place aforesaid, or at any adjourned meeting, the Commission will enter such
orders as it deems appropriate and necessary to protect public health, safety
and welfare and to prevent the waste of oil and gas, either or both, in the
operations of said field, and carry out the purposes of the statute.
In
accordance with Rule 509., any interested party
desiring to protest or to intervene should file with the Commission a written
protest or a notice to intervene no later than April 7. 2003
briefly stating the basis of the protest or intervention. Such
interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or notice
to intervene to the person filing the application. An original and nine (9) copies shall be
filed with the Commission.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OIL
AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF
By_________________________________
Dated at