BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE ) CAUSE NO. 1V
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COLORADO OIL )
AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION BY )
D J PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC., ) DOCKET NO. 0209-OV-14
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO )
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On May 1, 2002, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC”) staff conducted an onsite inspection of the Sargent Farms "A" No. 1-D Well located in the SE¼ SW¼ of Section 25, Township 2 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M. The inspection determined that the well was not producing.
On April 26, 2002 COGCC staff issued a Notice of Alleged Violation (“NOAV”) to D J Production Services, Inc. (“D J Production”) for the Sargent Farms "A" No. 1-D Well. The NOAV cited violations of Rule 309., failure to submit Production Reports, Form 7, Rule 310A., failure to submit Production Levy Reports, Form 8, Rule 319.b.(1), failure to obtain Director approval for a well shut-in more than six (6) months, Rule 319.b.(3), failure to plug and abandon a well which has been shut-in more than six (6) months, and Rule 326.b., failure to conduct a mechanical integrity test on a well which has been shut-in more than two (2) years. There have been no production records submitted to the COGCC since January 1, 2001. The NOAV required that a mechanical integrity test be performed on the well and all reports be submitted to the COGCC by June 10, 2002. Per return receipt, D J Production accepted the NOAV on May 3, 2002. A mechanical integrity test was not performed on the well and the required reports were not submitted to the COGCC by the abatement date of June 10, 2002.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, pursuant to the above, has scheduled the above-entitled matter for hearing on:
Date: Monday, September 23, 2002
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Suite 801, The Chancery Building
1120 Lincoln Street
Denver, CO 80203
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations for this hearing as a result of a disability, please contact Shannon Haliw at (303) 894-2100, extension 114, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.
Pursuant to said hearing in the above-entitled matter at the time and place aforesaid, or at any adjourned meeting, the Commission will enter such orders as it deems appropriate and necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare and to prevent the waste of oil and gas, either or both, in the operations of said field, and carry out the purposes of the statute.
In accordance with Rule 509., any interested party desiring to protest or to intervene should file with the Commission a written protest or a notice to intervene no later than September 9, 2002 briefly stating the basis of the protest or intervention. Such interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or notice to intervene to the person filing the application. An original and nine (9) copies shall be filed with the Commission.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By_________________________________
Dated at Suite 801 Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary
1120 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado, 80203
August 28, 2002