Columbia Gas Plans to Plug Leaky Wells in West Virginia
Published Date: 2/13/2025
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Summary
Columbia Gas Transmission wants to safely close two old gas wells and their pipelines in West Virginia to reduce safety risks. This project will cost about $1.4 million and follows new safety rules. If you’re interested, you have until a set deadline to speak up or object.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Automatic authorization if no timely protest
If no protest is filed by the April 8, 2025 deadline, or if a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing, the proposed abandonment activity will be deemed authorized effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time, the request will instead be considered by the Commission.
Planned abandonment of two gas wells
Columbia Gas Transmission plans to plug and abandon two injection/withdrawal wells (Wells 7527 and 7536), their connecting pipelines, and appurtenant facilities at the Terra Alta South Storage Field in Preston County, West Virginia. The project is estimated to cost $1.4 million and is intended to limit integrity risk in alignment with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Storage Final Rule.
Public filing and intervention rights
You can file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about the project at no cost; submissions must be filed by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 8, 2025. Individuals who intervene by that deadline gain party status and the right to request rehearing of Commission orders and later challenge those orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
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