B08_Attach_02_CUVA_SOW.pdf

CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

BRECKSVILLE, OHIO

Well Plugging and Reclamation of Three (3) Orphaned Wells

CUVA 326071

STATEMENT OF WORK

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS)

DENVER SERVICE CENTER (DSC)

DECEMBER 2022

Task Order (TO) Number: NPS Contract Number: Page 2 of 9

1.0 INTRODUCTION

This project comprises the plugging of three (3) orphaned oil and gas wells and associated surface reclamation, described below.

Dover (FF Hunt)

Based on observations and onsite inspections, the Dover is a shallow oil and gas well with a total depth of 1,708 ft. The wellsite is located along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail and is accessible from a public road near the Brandywine Ski Resort property.

The wellhead is above ground with tubing, rods, and beam pump still in place. A tank battery is located 55 ft to the south of the wellhead and pump. The tanks in the battery are half full of production fluids, oil, and water that will need to be removed via a vacuum truck. There are no visible signs of contamination at the site.

The entire site was once surrounded by a tall security fence that has since fallen down in many areas. This leaves the site open to curious park visitors and poses as an attractive nuisance.

On the wellsite itself approximately 25 trees (to be confirmed) will need to be removed to access the well and tank battery. Trees range in size from three (3”) inches to twenty-four (24”) inches diameter. Downed trees and branches may be left on site and placed as directed by the Park.

Once the well is plugged, the removal of the wellhead, beam pump, and backfilling of the cellar and topsoiling are required. The fencing, wellhead, tubing, rods, beam pump, separator, tanks, and other materials on site, including trash and construction debris outside the fencing, will become the property of the contractor and shall be removed from the site and disposed of properly outside the boundary of the park.

Site reclamation will involve reclaiming approximately 0.5 acres of disturbed area, including the staging area, wellsite area and associated access road by recontouring (if needed) and reseeding with approved native seed mix. Also included is clearing trash and debris such as abandoned tracks for amusement rides, and other wooden and metal large objects from an area outside of the immediate well site.

Methane levels must be recorded and monitored before and after the well is plugged. This will be performed by others under a separate contract. The Contractor shall coordinate well plugging with methane monitoring.

Archeological monitoring is required as noted below in Paragraph 3.8 Cultural and Natural

Resource Protection.

Tree cutting is subject to the timing restrictions noted below in Paragraph 3.8 Cultural and

Natural Resource Protection.

Doubler #2 (Kurtz)

The location appears neglected, recently deserted, and abandoned. No signage is present though evidence of recent rig work includes a bundle of 2-3/8” tubing on location. The most recent date of production is unknown, and no owner or responsible party is apparent. This well is on private property covered by an NPS easement. Work at this site must be coordinated with the property owner.

Task Order (TO) Number: NPS Contract Number: Page 3 of 9

The well appears to be constructed of a 4-1/2” string of production casing inside 8-5/8” surface casing. Production tubing (2-3/8”) appears hung from a Larkin type wellhead on the 4-1/2” casing string; no artificial lift equipment is installed. The 8-5/8” casing is bull-nosed or belled around the 4-1/2” production string at surface. The wellhead, production valves, and a gas drier are enclosed in a 4 ft x 4 ft enclosure.

The Doubler #2 is situated in a shallow depression on a slope. Although the area comprising the entire location and surrounding the well is dry, the shallow depression immediately around the wellhead (and extending slightly downslope beyond the enclosure) is marshy with some standing water. Further, gas bubbles were observed percolating to surface through the standing water around the 8-5/8” surface casing. This evidence suggests the wellbore integrity is compromised and the casing is leaking gas to surface.

Within the fenced enclosure, ball valves on the production tubing are closed. A ball valve on a gas sales-line remains open. Gas can be both heard and felt leaking from the top of a gas drier positioned in the flow loop between the wellhead and the gas sales-line. There is also gas actively bubbling through the water and marshy ground that surrounds the wellhead. Gas leaks must be repaired before any work can commence on plugging the well to avoid injuries or damage to park resources.

Methane levels must be recorded and monitored before and after the well is plugged. This work will be performed by others under a separate contract. The Contractor shall coordinate well plugging with methane monitoring.

Once the well is plugged, the removal of the wellhead and backfilling of the cellar and topsoiling are required. The fencing, wellhead, tubing, and other materials on site will become the property of the contractor and shall be removed from the site and disposed of properly outside the boundary of the park.

Site reclamation will involve reclaiming approximately 10,000 SF (0.23 acres) of disturbed area, including the wellsite area and associated access road, by recontouring (if needed) and reseeding with approved native seed mix.

Archeological monitoring is required as noted below in Paragraph 3.8 Cultural and Natural

Resource Protection.

Bender #1

This well is located at the edge of a woods on the east side of a park field. Bender #1 [which shares its name with a nearby active well, the Bender #1 (API# 34-153-22144)] is thought to have been plugged and abandoned. However, the wellhead and trash are still present at the site.

The Contractor shall confirm plugging through both a document investigation with the State of

Ohio records and by physically sounding the exposed casing to determine if a cement plug is at the surface. Determine whether the well is plugged to current acceptable standards. Submit a confirmation of plugging report to NPS Contracting Officer (CO). Provide pricing to reenter the well with a workover rig and replug in the event the well is found to not be plugged to current acceptable standards, which will be paid only if these services are determined to be necessary and are fully executed.

Access to the site will be through an NPS-owned field along the border of the field and the tree line. The field appears to have been the original access route to the well when it was active. The

Task Order (TO) Number: NPS Contract Number: Page 4 of 9 ground along this access route appears stable enough to support the movement of large vehicles to the wellsite. To minimize ground disturbance, soil should be in firm, dry condition when accessed by contractor’s equipment; heavy vehicles should not be driven on ground that is saturated from precipitation.

The site is overgrown with trees, some of which are greater than 6” in diameter on the wellsite.

These trees can remain in place and be protected from Contractor’s operations and equipment if the well does not need work and only site reclamation is taking place. Provide pricing to remove up to 30 trees to allow large vehicles to access the site in the event the well needs to be replugged or requires other repairs, which will be paid only if these services are determined to be necessary and are fully executed.

Trash and debris that litter the site are to be removed and disposed of properly outside the boundary of the park. These materials include old tubing joints, scrap metal, steel posts, and other related trash. The site will not need to be cleared of vegetation if there are no signs of contamination or larger problems. Debris can be hauled away with use of a pickup truck and trailer. Reseed with native vegetation where needed as directed by CO.

Site reclamation will involve reclaiming approximately 1,500 sf of disturbed area at the well pad with approved native seed mix.

Archeological monitoring is required as noted below in Paragraph 3.8 Cultural and Natural

Resource Protection.

Tree cutting is subject to the timing restrictions noted below in Paragraph 3.8 Cultural and

Natural Resource Protection.

Well Record Information

The NPS has searched old drilling records, land ownership records, the Ohio DNR well files, and has performed on-site observations at the site. Well information is limited and provided in the table below.

Well API #

TRACT

Total

Depth (Ft)

Year

Drilled

Surface

Casing

Size

Surface

Casing

Setting

Depth

Lat Long

Coordinates

UTM

Coordinates

Dover (FF

Hunt)

34-153-

20253

107-19 1,708 1954 8-5/8” with

4-1/2”

Prod

Unknown 41.2841190, -81.5619740

452940.56

(E)

4570450.02

(N) 17T

Doubler #2

(Kurtz)

34-035-

61253

103-06 2,467 1917 TBD Unknown 41.3565931

81.6082569

449121.23

(E)

4578521.95

(N) 17T

Bender #1 34-153-

20096

121-62 3,406 1947 TBD Unknown 41.18252 / -

81.57368

451885.87

(E)

4559177.44

(N) 17T

Task Order (TO) Number: NPS Contract Number: Page 5 of 9

2.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Definitions

Unless noted otherwise herein, the following definitions apply to this contract:

Plugging and Abandonment (P&A) - To place cement plugs into wellbore and abandon

it. A well is abandoned when it reaches the end of its useful life or is a dry hole. The casing and other equipment is removed and salvaged. Cement plugs are placed in the borehole to prevent migration of fluids between the different formations. The surface is reclaimed.

Reclamation - Includes personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to (1) Remove and dispose of equipment, structures, trash and well fluids from the well sites; and (2) Perform specified backfilling, regrading, seeding and mulching of the well sites and associated access roads to the satisfaction of the National

Park Service.

2.2 Contract Management

The Contractor shall manage the overall timeliness and completeness of work and provide quality, pertinent information when identifying problems that arise. The Contractor shall seek to ensure customer satisfaction and professional and ethical behavior of all Contractor personnel.

The Contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management and successful integration and coordination among all activities, resources and Subcontractors needed to fulfill the requirements.

The Contractor shall have a single point of contact between the Government and Contractor personnel assigned to support the contract. The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed under this contract and shall be responsible and accountable for Subcontractor performance on this requirement. The prime

Contractor will manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of

Interest (OCI) considerations.

The Contractor shall be responsible for furnishing copies of plan, specifications and special provisions or the necessary portions thereof, to subcontractors and parties furnishing materials for the project.

2.3 Reporting

The Contractor shall prepare and submit reports specifically detailed in this SOW. The

Contractor shall prepare other reports as required by the NPS or any regulatory agency that has issued a permit for the site work or has other authority over the work activities or the site.

Examples of such reports may include, but are not limited to, Spill Reports and Accident

Reports.

3.0 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Precondition Items

The Contractor shall identify and obtain all requisite precondition items. Precondition items include all local (borough, county), state, and Federal permits, agreements, authorizations, Task Order (TO) Number: NPS Contract Number: Page 6 of 9 notices, and stipulations from any entity having jurisdiction/ownership of the land/property to be affected. The Contractor shall comply with applicable laws and regulations per the applicable jurisdiction/ownership of the land/property to be affected. The Contractor shall comply with onsite inspections, other stipulations, and any subsequent correction items that may result.

3.2 Project Schedule

The Contractor shall submit a detailed schedule showing the periods in which work will be performed and milestone dates to complete the planning, mobilization/demobilization, fieldwork, and reporting tasks. The project schedule shall be provided in Gantt chart format and shall include dates for starting and completing critical features of the work. See Division 1 Section 01

32 16 “Construction Schedule” for specific NPS requirements.

Performance milestones include the following:

Performance Requirement/ Milestone Due no later than*

Pre-work Conference 14 days after Contract Award

Draft Plugging and Abandonment Plan 14 days after Contract Award

NPS Review and Comments 7 days after receipt of draft plan

Response to NPS Comments 7 days after receipt of NPS comments

Final Plugging and Abandonment Plan 7 days after acceptance by NPS

Weekly Progress Meetings TBD

Substantial Completion Inspection TBD

Final Completion Inspection TBD

Draft Closeout Report 14 days after project completion

NPS Review and Comments 7 days after receipt of draft closeout report

Response to Comments 7 days after receipt of NPS comments

Final Closeout Report 7 days after acceptance by NPS

*Calendar days

Where the scheduled performance milestone falls on weekend or Federal holiday, the due date or activity date shall become the first business day following the weekend or holiday.

3.3 Site Safety and Accident Prevention

The Contractor shall develop and follow an Accident Prevention Plan (APP) for all field activities associated with this contract and for all persons performing work under this contract.

See Division 1 Section 01 35 23 “Safety Requirements” for specific NPS requirements.

3.4 Emergency Spill Response

See Division 1 Section 01 35 23.10 “Emergency Spill Response” for specific NPS requirements in the event of a spill.

3.5 Waste Management Plan

The Contractor shall prepare a plan detailing how wastes will be managed both on site and off site. As appropriate and as applicable, this plan shall include any wastewater generated, pumped, or collected as part of any field activities. The plan shall propose facilities to be used for

Task Order (TO) Number: NPS Contract Number: Page 7 of 9 treatment, storage, and/or disposal or recycling; shall identify whether transfer facilities are to be used; and explain how the wastes will be tracked to ultimate disposal or recycling.

Waste management shall be in accordance with Division 1 Section 01 74 19 “Construction

Waste Management and Disposal,” and Division 2 Section 02 81 01 “Offsite Transportation and

Disposal” provided in Attachment B.

3.6 Mobilization

The Contractor shall transport all equipment, supplies, materials, and personnel to perform the plug and abandonment field work at the well site. At a minimum, the Contractor shall coordinate to ensure that government personnel will be on site to witness the plugging and abandonment of the well.

3.7 Demobilization

The Contractor shall demobilize all personnel, equipment, excess materials, and waste well materials brought to the site or generated at the site during the work described in this SOW.

3.8 Cultural and Natural Resource Protection

Refer to Specification Sections for detailed requirements for the following cultural resource protections.

• Archaeology: Archeological monitoring by NPS archeologist or paraprofessional archeologist is mandatory during project work. No work involving ground disturbance will be conducted without an archeological monitor present. Protection of archeological resources shall be in accordance with Division 1 Section 01 35 13.22 “Archeological

Protection.”

Refer to Specification Sections for detailed requirements for the following natural resource protections.

• Soils, Topography, Geology: Remove any spilled fluids, materials, or contaminated soils resulting from the plugging procedure and dispose of them in an approved disposal facility outside the park boundary. Cleanup and removal of spills within the contractor's approved area of operations will meet the standards of 36 CFR 9.86, Spill Control and

Emergency Preparedness (Section 01 35 23.10 Emergency Spill Response).

• Soils, Topography, Geology: Grades after construction will not pond water within the boundary of the construction area. Final grades will conform to the natural contours of adjacent areas. The creation of perfectly smooth surfaces should be avoided but areas should be free of hills and gullies. A slight roughness is desirable for vegetation establishment. Seedbed will be approved by the Contracting Officer prior to seeding (Section 31 22 00 Earth Moving).

• Water Quality and Hydrology - Equipment: In the event of a fuel or oil leak/spill, the work shall cease immediately, spill containment deployed, and NPS and other jurisdictional authorities shall be called (Section 01 35 23.10 Emergency Spill

Response).

• Vegetation - Native Plantings: Ensure that the disturbance footprint (well pad, access road, staging area) is replanted with appropriate native plant materials and mulched as prescribed by the park biologist (Section 32 92 00 Seed and Seeding).

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• Vegetation - Weed/Seed Free: All construction equipment that will leave paved or dirt roads shall be pressure-washed prior to entering the park and shall be clean of any soil, plant matter, or other materials. NPS natural resource specialists or the CO shall inspect the vehicles prior to entry into the park (Section 31 22 00 Earth Moving).

• Rare, Threatened & Endangered Species: To prevent impacts to federally listed bats, ensure that all tree cutting is restricted to the period between October 1 and March 30 (31

10 00 Site Clearing).

The Contractor may request a waiver from the requirements in this section, and the NPS may waive certain requirements, if the NPS agrees that site conditions do not warrant certain requirements.

3.9 Plugging and Abandonment of the Well Bore

The NPS’s goal in plugging is to ensure that oil, gas, brine, or other well fluids do not contaminate the fresh or usable water strata or escape to the surface. Plugging, surface cleanup, and reclamation activities shall be performed according to regulatory standards for Federal wells, specifically, in accordance with the requirements of 43 CFR 3162.3-4 (a) (b) and Bureau of Land

Management Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 2, or the rules and regulations of the Ohio

Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, whichever is more stringent, unless otherwise specified herein. These are specifically addressed in the Ohio Revised Code, Chapter

1509, and the Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501. The removal of all rods, tubing, casing, and liners as necessary to plug and abandon the well in accordance with these regulations is required.

All fluids, salvaged well materials, contaminated soils, debris, and other waste materials that are generated by the Contractor become property of the Contractor. The same shall be removed from within the exterior boundaries of Cuyahoga Valley National Park when the plugging operation is complete, and disposed of in accordance with pertinent Federal, state, and local laws.

All operations shall be carried out working through an approved control head in good working order that is attached to the surface casing at all times. No in-ground pits, lined or otherwise, will be used. Saltwater, oils, and sludge generated during the plugging operations may be temporarily stored only in properly constructed and maintained liquid tight tanks. Such materials must be removed at any time the Contractor is requested to do so by the Contracting Officer.

The Contracting Officer reserves the right to halt plugging operations at any time contract specifications are not followed, weather conditions prohibit or impeded satisfactory completion of the contract work, or archeological resources are uncovered during the course of the construction activities.

3.9.1 Plugging and Abandonment (P&A) Plan

The Contractor shall develop and submit to the NPS a draft plan for review and comment and a final plan detailing the manner and method of execution for Plugging and Abandonment (P&A) of the well, including mudding, cementing, and filling. The P&A plan must be approved by the

NPS prior to the issuance of a Notice to Proceed.

The plan shall meet the requirements to plug and abandon a well in accordance with a state plugging permit (Ohio Revised Code §1509.06 - Application for Permit to Drill, Reopen, https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/energy_onshoreorder2.pdf https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/energy_onshoreorder2.pdf

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Convert, or Plug Back a Well) and include procedures and products in accordance with

Specifications Section 02 90 00 “Abandoned Oil and Gas Well Plugging.”

3.10 Surface Reclamation and Revegetation/Restoration of Native Plant Cover

Refer to Attachment B for Specifications that apply to surface reclamation and restoration, including

• Soil Fill

• Grading

• Topsoil

• Seedbed Preparation

• Seed and Seeding

• Straw Mulch

• Erosion Control Materials