Welcome to Community Briefing

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Welcome to Community Briefing Concerning
Proposed Gas Drilling Near Monument and Palmer
Lake
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• Agenda and introductions
• Introduction to FRERC---Chris Amenson
• Why are we here?---Fred Lanyon
• What is involved in exploratory drilling? Bill
  Benson
• Area case studies of similar explorations--
  Gloria Lanyon
• Community Discussion---Chris Amenson

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• Introductions
• Front Range Environmental Resource Coalition is a
  community group and legal entity (501 c 3)
• Officers are Chris Amenson, Glenn Yoder, Gloria
  Lanyon, Fred Lanyon
• Memberships are interested parties from local
  HOAs
• Red Rock Ranch, Red Rock Reserve
• Forest View Estates I II, III IV
• Shiloh Pines, Forest View Acres
• Cloven Hoof
• Communities invited to participate---Palmer Lake,
  Monument

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• Goals of FRERC
• To gather information relevant to our community
  of the risks involved in gas drilling in the Mt.
  Herman area
• To communicate that information to residents and
  businesses
• To focus our possible responses and communicate
  them to relevant parties
• To provide a means to seek to ensure best efforts
  at adequate controls.

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The Scope of the Matter by Fred Lanyon
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• Dyad Petroleum Company of Midland, TX has leased
  approximately 21,000 acres in our Front Range
  area from the Forest Service for "wildcat"
  exploration for natural gas.
• The exploration is allowed under the 1982 Forest
  Service management plan.
• That plan was formulated before the population
  explosion that currently abuts the Pike National
  Forest in the Tri-Lakes Area.
• Dyad Petroleum currently has two applications
  before the Forest Service and Bureau of Land
  Management (BLM) for review.

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• Dyad Petroleum's plans call for directional
  drilling under Mt. Raspberry which is immediately
  behind the Red Rocks Ranch subdivision.
• Potentially two 5-acre drilling pads would be
  cleared from the mixed conifer forest.
• An access road would be be built to the drilling
  pad.
• Retaining ponds would be constructed for each
  well.

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• If the initial wells are commercially successful
  then Dyad plans to build a gas collection and
  compression facility on Mt. Herman road about 1/3
  mile from the corner of Mt. Herman and Red Rocks
  Roads near where the white Forest Service signs
  are located.

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• The Forest Service Environmental Impact Statement
  (EIS) draft is in internal review and approval
  and should be released soon (next few weeks?).
• After the EIS draft release there will be a 30
  day public comment period followed by a Forest
  Service rework of the EIS in response to comments
  obtained and then final release of the EIS.

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• The Process and its inherent risksBill Benson

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A Case Study (where things didnt go as
anticipated) by---Gloria Lanyon
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• Pinedale, Wyoming
• A Cautionary Tale

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• HEALTH ISSUES WHICH RESULTED
• Contamination of surface groundwater
• Dust and air pollution
• Soil contamination
• Noise pollution
• Light pollution
• Stress related to living in an industrial zone

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• SAFETY ISSUES
• Potential home fires and explosions (Clark,
  Wyoming)
• Potential of fires or pollution from accidents or
  improper worker conduct e.g., blowouts
• Increased community crime from new workers

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• DECLINE IN QUALITY OF LIFE
• Water well depletion or loss
• Degradation of water quality
• Land disturbance / soil erosion
• Vegetation die-off introduction of noxious
  weeds
• Damage to roads
• Traffic congestion
• Loss of wildlife
• Loss of aesthetics from industrialization of wild
  landscapes

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• WATER QUALITY EFFECTED
• Local wells have been tested and contained
  benzene and TPH (total petroleum hydrocarbons)
  (Pinedale Roundup 5/18/06, 9/27/07 Denver Post
  9/9/06)
• High mountain lakes have shown degradation in the
  Bridger Wilderness including oxygen deficiency,
  acidification from drilling rig emissions harming
  prized trout fisheries delicate aquatic
  ecosystems ( Pinedale Roundup 5/18/06 Upper
  Green River Valley Coalition)
• Federal regulations dont require drilling
  companies to reveal chemicals used in their
  drilling

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• WILDLIFE LOSS
• Pinedales valley is home to 25 species listed as
  threatened or endangered, Bald Eagle, Mountain
  Plover, Northern Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon.
  Wintering ground for elk, pronghorn antelope.
• By 2005, an estimated 46 of winter mule deer
  herd had already disappeared (Pinedale Roundup
  10/13/2005)
• There has been a 51 decline of male sage grouse
  on their lakes, (sage grouse are considered a
  harbinger species) (Pinedale Roundup 10/13/2005)

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• AIR QUALITY DECLINE
• The nations cleanest air now has turned to a
  constant brown haze over Pinedale (Upper Green
  River Valley Coalition, 4/10/2006)
• Wyoming Dept. of Environmental Quality issued two
  Ozone Advisories for 3/23 and 3/24 for the Upper
  Green River Valley in Sublette County. These
  were the 4th and 5th Ozone Advisories from DEQ
  within 27 days between February March, 2008
  (Pinedale Online! 3/23/08)
• BLMs own analysis suggests that level of
  development could diminish air quality as far
  north as Grand Teton National Park (Denver Post
  9/9/06)

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Final Comments and Open Discussion Chris Amenson
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• Dyad is a privately-held company of eight people,
  located in Midland, TX. I could find no
  outstanding litigation concerning them.
• We twice invited Dyad Petroleum Company to come
  tonight to discuss with us what they plan, and
  how they would protect our environment.
• Dyad declined to come to meet with us tonight,
  indicating that it is premature for me to be
  meeting with your group.  The Drilling Permit has
  not been issued and it is still not definite that
  a permit will be granted.
• if a well is drilled as planned, I would
  suggest a meeting with a few of your community
  leaders with the US Forest Service would be
  helpful.  

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This proposed drilling is in our back yard. If
not us, who? If not now, when? Will you help
keep our neighborhood?
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Critical Success Factors

• Enhance information flow to all of us.
• Ensure accountability for responsible parties.
• Heighten public awareness through
• communication
• Being willing to fund for critical costs

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Call to Action
Accountable Entities
Dyad Petroleum
BLM
Potential Community Impact
US Forest Service
Natural Setting
Local Govt
Water Boards
Wildlife Habitat
HOAs
Awareness Information
Air/Water Quality
Community Meetings
Noise/Traffic
Media /Press
Property Values
Lessons Learned (Pinedale)
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Communication Coverage
Cloven Hoof Forest View Acres Red Rock
Ranch Fred and Gloria Lanyon Shiloh Pines
Marianne LaRivee Forest View I II
Glenn Yoder Forest View III IV Lowell
Pierce
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We Believe
Factual Understanding
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We Believe
Factual Understanding
Community Involvement
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We Believe
Factual Understanding
Community Involvement
Unity of Purpose
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We Believe
Factual Understanding
Community Involvement
Unity of Purpose
Best Possible Outcome
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• Things You Might Consider
• E-mail Jeff Hovermale to get a copy of the EIS
  sent to you jhovermale_at_fs.fed.us
• Get in touch with your state and federal
  representatives to let your opinion be known and
  heard. Tell them you will hold them accountable.
  Their e-mail addresses can be found at
  www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2008A/csl.nsf/direc
  tory?openframeset
• Attend the Comment Forum to be held by US Forest
  Service---date to be announced.
• Keep up to date by frequently checking in at the
  FRERC website www.frerc.org

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• Things You Might Consider
• Tell your friends and neighbors about what is
  being considered and to get involved.
• Hold your local town governments (Monument and
  Palmer Lake) accountable for protecting your
  water and air. Let them know you will.
• Come to the next open meeting we will have---once
  the EIS is released and we have an opportunity to
  review and comment upon it.

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• Help we can use---labor and money!
• Representing your neighborhood.
• Review of the upcoming Environmental Impact
  Statement ---do you know a person or an
  organization who has the skills to critique the
  EIS report?
• Not now, but likely soon, we will need tax
  deductible financial contributions from community
  members who want to do their best to protect out
  community. Money will be used only for evaluation
  costs and legal expenses.
• Will you help us help you?
• Will you stay involved? Give us your e-mail.

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Next Steps

• EIS Review and Comment
• Deciding on follow-up meeting plans

Thank you for coming tonight.