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GAULEY RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

GLEN JEAN, WV

Well Plugging and Reclamation of One (1) Orphan Well

GARI (NERI) 325969

STATEMENT OF WORK

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS)

DENVER SERVICE CENTER (DSC)

DECEMBER 2022

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This project comprises the plugging of one (1) orphaned gas well and associated surface reclamation, described below.

Mower Lumber #1

Based on observations and on-site inspections, Mower Lumber #1 is an abandoned well located along a ridgeline within Gauley River National Recreation Area. The Mower Lumber was primarily a natural gas well drilled to a depth of 2,070’. The wellsite sits about 2,100’ from the main road (Lucas Road). The access road is lightly overgrown with trees, two (2”) inches to twenty (20”) inches in diameter. There are also large fallen trees crossing the old access road that will need to be pushed aside before equipment can be moved in. The road is firm and appears to be stable enough to allow heavy equipment up to the wellsite with minimal grading and reinforcement in several areas. Regrading and recontouring of the access road are estimated to be less than 1 acre (15’ wide road, 2200’ long).

The wellsite itself has one wellhead, one 200-barrel fluids tank, a separator, and a flowline meter station located toward the edge of the wellsite. Flowlines are below grade on the wellsite but appear to be above grade beyond the wellsite and to the meter station. There are no gates or security fences leading up to the wellsite that could allow curious park visitors into proximity with the abandoned equipment. There are no visible signs of contamination of any sort at the wellsite.

Once the well has been properly plugged the removal of the wellhead, surface piping, buried flowlines to edge of well pad, separator, meter station, and fluid tank is required. The contractor will also remove any other assorted trash or junk related to the oil and gas operation and dispose of it properly outside the boundary of the park. Site reclamation will involve reclaiming approximately 2 acres of previously disturbed area, including the wellsite area and associated access road, by recontouring (if needed) and reseeding with approved native seed mix.

Methane levels must be recorded and monitored before and after the well is plugged. This will be performed by others (i.e., GRD). The Contractor shall coordinate well plugging with methane monitoring.

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

Resource Protection.

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

Natural Resource Protection.

1.1 Well Information

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

Well API #

Total

Depth

(Ft)

Year

Drilled

Surface

Casing Size

Surface

Casing

Setting

Depth

Lat Long

Coordinates

UTM

Coordinates

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Mower

Lumber #1

47-019-

00082

2,070’ 1952 Unknown Unknown 38.222387, -81.037128

237377.01

(E)

4234745.93

(N) -37S

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.

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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, 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” in Attachment B for specific NPS requirements.

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3.4 Emergency Spill Response

See Division 1 Section 01 35 23.10 “Emergency Spill Response” in Attachment B 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 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).

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• 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).

• 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 November 15 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 West Virginia

Department of Environmental Protection, whichever is more stringent, unless otherwise specified herein. West Virginia requirements are specifically addressed in the West Virginia Code, Chapter §22 Article 6 Sections 23 and 24, and the West Virginia Legislative Rules Title §35

Series 4 Sections 13 and 14. 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 Gauley River National Recreation Area 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.

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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 for Notice and Application to plug and abandon a well

(WV §35-4-13. Plugging, Abandonment and Reclamation) and include procedures and products in accordance with Division 2 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 of well pad, staging areas, and access road, including

• Soil Fill

• Grading

• Topsoil

• Seedbed Preparation

• Seed and Seeding

• Straw Mulch

• Erosion Control Materials