papertrails

Technical Papers & Studies

"Application of a Miniature Fiber Optic Spectrometer
as a Tool for Studying Gas Well Completion Flare Emissions"
Technical paper describing how the spectrometer was configured and used in the field. Cooling requirements and method of doing so as well as example cooled and uncooled spectra are illustrated. (click SpectrometerDesign.pdf )

"Natural Gas Flare Emission Monitoring Using a Miniature Fiber Optic Spectrometer"
Technical paper written for the 1st Annual Coalbed Tech-nologies and Methods Conference hosted by the Univ. of Wyo. in Aug. 2004. It describes details of the spectrometer, how it was used in the field, and the results obtained.
(click finalCBMppr.pdf)

Analysis of nation's natural gas supply after 2005 gulf hurricanes using Federal Energy Administration data refuting implied impacts used in BLM FONSI to justify winter drilling on the Pinedale Anticline - Nov 2005 (click gas_supply)

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Proposal for funding from JIO for the purpose of operating an independent ozone monitor, my challenge to JIO disapproval, and JIO reply - Mar thru Oct 2007 (click Proposal)

Decision Record issued by BLM on a proposal by Questar to conduct drilling through the winter on the Pinedale Anticline with personal annotations added - 2004 (click decision record)	Air Quality protection commitments from Jonah Infill Record of Decision (ROD) that were never fulfilled as illustrated by other documents on this web page (click Jonah ROD)
Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA) Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) document with personal annotations added - 2005 (click FONSI)	Air quality portion of draft supplemental EIS for the proposed Anticline drilling expansion project with portions of special interest in color highlighting - 2007 (click SEIS)
Extracted air quality/visibility portions of draft EIS for Wyo. Range Eagle Prospect exploratory drilling with personal highlighting added; second round - 2007 (click extraction)	NEW EPA response to Initial EIS for expanded development of the Pinedale Anticline - April 2007 (click EPA-l)
NEW EPA response to Revised EIS for expanded development of the Pinedale Anticline - Feb 2008 (click EPA-2 )

Author's challenge of WYO-DEQ regarding its operating permit approval process - March, April 2004 (click) DEQ reply. (click)	Critique put together for enviro groups summarizing author's view of failures by BLM to-date - Aug 2005. (click)
Summary of two public meetings held by BLM to present proposed drilling activities on the Anticline and Eagle Prospect in the Hoback area -Nov 2005. (click)	Opinion editorial rebutting earlier editorial by Malcom Wallop which argued in favor of energy development of Wyoming - Dec 2005. (click)
Author's letter to Casper Star challenging its recent story regarding a poll showing that 70% of respondents did not view energy development as impacting the environment - Feb 2006 (click)	Formal statement from author to Dept. of Interior "Listening Session" conducted in Pinedale - Sep 2006 (click)
Author's compendium of media stories from 2006 on BLM's performance record regarding its role in Sublette County. (click)	Press comment given to reporters present at BLM public forum on "Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project, Sublette County, Wyoming" - Feb 2007 - (click)
Author's formal comment at BLM public forum on "Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project, Sublette County, Wyoming" - Feb 2007 - (click)	NEW Op-Ed to "Pinedale Roundup" summarizing three years of frustrating experience on the Pinedale Anticline Working Group, Air Quality Task Group - March 2007 (click)
NEW Air Quality Petition from Sublette County Citizens - May 2007 (click)	NEW EPA reply to Air Quality Petition from Sublette County Citizens - Sept 2007 (click)
NEW Rebuttal to EPA reply to Air Quality Petition from Sublette County Citizens - Oct 2007 (click)	NEW Open letter to Governor, and two officials at the Univ. of Wyo. proposing an "Iraq Study Group" equivalent, chartered to make recommendations about where and how to develop state resources into the future - Oct 2007 (click)
NEW Breakdown of attendance list at first public comments meeting about revised EIS on year-round drilling proposal for the Pinedale Anticline - Jan 2008 (click)	NEW Comments to a series of gas development permit applications on public display for review- Jan 2008 (click)

Respose to call for comments regarding increase in development in the South Piney gas field - Mar 2003 (click South Piney)	Response to EIS calls for comments regarding the proposed infill project in the Jonah gas field - Jan 2004 (click Jonah Infill)
Response to initial Questar request for relaxing winter stipulations to allow winter drilling - Aug 2004 (click Questar Winter Drilling)	Response to second round of EIS calls for comments regarding the proposed infill project in the Jonah gas field - April 2005 (click Jonah Infill-2)
Response to EIS calls for comments regarding the proposed drilling project in the Wyoming Range above the Hoback Ranches development - Jan 2006 (click Eagle Prospect)	Response to third round of EIS calls for comments regarding the proposed infill project in the Jonah gas field - Feb 2006 (click Jonah FEIS-3)
Response to draft SEIS call for comments regarding increase in development on the Pinedale Anticline - Feb 2007 (click PAPA-1)	NEW Response to EIS calls for comments regarding the proposed drilling project in the Wyoming Range above the Hoback Ranches develop-ment - April 2007 (click PXP-1)
NEW Response to USFS call for scoping comments regarding proposed PXP, 137-well development near Bondurant - Feb 2008 (click PXP-2)	NEW Response to 2nd draft SEIS call for comments regarding increase in development on the Pinedale Anticline - Feb 2008 (click PAPA-2)