APPLICATION PROCESSING

KEY DEFINITIONS NOTES

APPLICATION SUBMISSION PERMIT TIME FRAME

Registration with ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management:

• Insurance

• Bonding

• Authority & Authorization Form

Date Stamp

Review forCompleteness

Fees Deposited

Posted to Website

Local Officials

Affected Mine Owners

Oil and Gas Inspector

Inspector

Company

Website Update

Maps UpdatedGeology

• Spacing• Casing• Special Permit Conditions

Inspector•Pre-site for Urban/Shale

• Expedite - within 7 days• Non-urban - 10 to 21 days• Urban - 18 to 30 days

• Non-urban - 24 months• Urban - 12 months

Notifications for Urban Sites:

• Landowners within 500’ of well

• Local Officials

Water Sampling:• Urban (required)

• Horizontal Shale (voluntary)

Drill Application Submitted

Obtain Road Use Maintenance Agreement (RUMA)

Drill Application Received

PROCESS INITIALIZED

EPA/ACOE ReviewEPA/ODH Inspection

Apply for 401/404 Permits(if applicable)

Pre-site Review(with Inspector)

Construct Centralized

Impoundment

Sanitary Facilities

Site Constructionand

Pit Construction(Urban, permit required)

Site Construction(Non-urban)

Pit Construction(Non-urban)

Approval of Application

Notification to Inspector

Commencement of Drilling

(witness and approval)Permit Copies Distributed

Notification to Inspector

Site Construction

PermitIssued

Notify DNRor EPA?

Notify DNRor EPA?

WaterlineInstallation

Technical ReviewNotifications

APPLICATION AND PERMITTING

Industrial and Regulatory Procedures and ResponsibilitiesOIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING TIME LINE*

* Time line not to scale; it is for visual representation only.

Industrial ResponsibilitiesDNR: Ohio Department of Natural Resources

ACOE: Army Corps of Engineers

EPA: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

PUCO: Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

ODH: Ohio Department of Health

401 Permit: Isolated Wetland Permit EPA

404 Permit: Stream Impact Permit ACOE

BOP: Blow-out Preventer

NORM: Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material

Division of Oil and Gas

Other Regulatory Agencies

Undefined Responsibilities

County EngineerTwp. Road Department

ACTIVE WELL SITE

6 TO 30 DAYS 7 TO 21 DAYS 1 TO 4 MONTHS 1 TO 30+ YEARS

Commencementof Drilling

Well No LongerProductive

PeriodicWell Inspections

Waste Disposal:• Drill Cuttings (ODH/NORM)

• Buried on Site• Taken to EPA Approved Landfill

• Frac Flow-back Fluid• To Class II Injection Well

Well Stimulation:• Perforation

• Hydraulic Fracturing

Preliminary Restoration• Urban Area - 3 Months

• Non-Urban - 6 Months

Well Completion/Logs Received:

• Entered in Database• Posted to Website• Chemical Reporting

Pit Closure (if applicable):• Urban - 14 Days

• Non-Urban - 60 Days

Conductor CasingSubmit

Pipeline Schematics Surface

Casing

BOPInstallation

Production Casing

Installation/Construction of Pipelines

Intermediate Casing

(if applicable)

Well Logging

Gathering Line (Power Siting

Board Review)

Production FacilityConstruction

Well in Production

Well Servicing Operations

andChemical Reporting

Well Completion Report and Logs Submitted(60 Days After WellDrilled to Total Depth)

Production Reports Received:

• Entered in Database

• Posted to Website

Production Reports Due(Currently annual)

Well Drilled to Total Depth

Air QualityPermit

Notifications to Inspector for Witness and Approval

EPA

Notification of PipelinesDNR/PUCO

OIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING TIME LINE*

* Time line not to scale; it is for visual representation only.

NOTES

PROCESSING TIME FRAMEINACTIVE WELL VALID 2 YEAR PERMIT

Final Restoration:• Urban Area - 3 Months

• Non-urban Area - 6 Months

Temporary Inactive Application Submitted

Plugging Application Submitted

Well Plugged

Date Stamp

Review forCompleteness

Fess Deposited

Posted to Website

Plugging Application Received

DatabaseUpdated

Plugging Report Submitted

Approval of Application

Notification to Inspector

Witness and Approve

Notification to InspectorWitness and Approve

PermitIssued

Field Review/Approval

Approved PermitIssued(valid 1yr)

Technical ReviewDate Stamp

Sent to Inspector

Review forCompleteness

Temporary Inactive Application Received

APPLICATION AND PERMITTING FOR WELL CLOSURE

OIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING TIME LINE*

* Time line not to scale; it is for visual representation only.

NOTES

• Expedite - within 7 days• Other - 10 to 21 days

Inspector

Company

Website Update

Permit Copies Distributed