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Constructive Partnerships:

This document outlines the collaborative efforts between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC) to enhance the permitting processes for oil and gas activities. Key topics include APD issues, hydraulic fracturing rule updates, and the ongoing partnership established with a Memorandum of Agreement signed in 2013. The BLM aims to streamline operations, improve environmental outcomes, and address challenges in the Bakken region. The initiative also focuses on increasing staffing, providing training, and employing innovative tools like AFMSS 2.0 for better processing visibility and efficiency.

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Constructive Partnerships:

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  1. Constructive Partnerships: • The BLM & NDPC

  2. Topics… • Work with the NDPC • APD issues • Flaring requirements • After initial 30-days/50 MMcf • Hydraulic fracturing rule update • Sequester effects on BLM MT/DKs

  3. North Dakota Petroleum Council • BLM and NDPC MOA Signed February, 2013- • Donation of funding to the BLM • Facilitated increased staffing to process APDs • Renewable annually • MOA utilized Bureau-wide as a template by other BLM offices • APD Priority Lists- • Third Party Contractors for EAs- • USFS & Tribal lands

  4. Workshops with Industry

  5. Workshops with Industry • BLM APD Workshop • BLM Inspection and Enforcement Workshop • 33 and 200 Industry Representatives • BLM staff experts from all 4 Montana/Dakotas BLM Oil and Gas offices • E-Commerce APD submittal

  6. Bakken Executive Group BLM Montana State Director initiated in April 2012 • Consists of State and Regional level Federal executives • Working to collaboratively address challenges in the Bakken • Improving Permitting Processes • Improving Environmental Outcomes • Developing and Maintaining Human Capacity • Fort Berthold Working Group: • Capitalizing on Progress • Executive Order 13604 • Improve performance on Federal permitting, Infrastructure Review

  7. Permitting Workload Challenges: • Embracing new processes • Continued assistance from other offices • Hiring, retaining and training additional staff • Resolving interagency permitting speed-bumps

  8. 2006, 2010 – 2013 BudgetsNDFO Staffing Levels

  9. WO BIG THREE:

  10. Numberof APDs

  11. APDs Received-Approved-Pending

  12. Spudded - Completed

  13. Workforce Progress • Per Diem Rates • Retention, Recruitment and Relocation • Student Loan Repayment Program • Increase in Labor and Operational Funding • Special Salary Rates/Locality Pay

  14. APD Permitting Progress • Following Existing Fee/Fee Policy Guidance • New Policy – Processing Federal Wells Proposed from Adjacent Private Lands/Minerals • BFEG - Explore Options for Authorizing Drilling Permits from Adjacent Private Lands/Minerals • Notice of Staking and Application for Permit to Drill Processing • AFMSS 2.0 (APD Processing System)

  15. AFMSS 2.0 Operators BPM Software BLM Staff AFMSS II Database • NOS/APD Processing Module is the first component in the new Automated Fluid Minerals Support System (AFMSS 2.0) • Utilizes the BizFlow™ Business Process Management (BPM) platform to ensure: • Information is complete, accurate and auditable • Standardization of permitting process across BLM field offices • Visibility into process by BLM and Operators • BLM control over internal bottlenecks • Expected outcomes: • Faster processing • Fewer deficiencies • Real-time awareness of permit status

  16. What is the Schedule • Implement APD/NOS module • 1st office 11/4/2013 • Video training available ~ 11/20/2013 • 2ndoffice 12/2/2013 • All offices by 1/15/2014 • Paper APDs • Will continue to accept, but may take longer since we will have to scan documents and enter data necessary for the workflows • Will require use of electronic interface about June, 2014 via NTL (will eventually update Onshore Order 1) • Digital record will become Official Record (~June, 2014) • BLM will not have to take time and resource to print and file • Operators will have electronic access to all their records

  17. Flaring

  18. Hydraulic Fracturing Rulemaking

  19. Sequestration effects on BLM MT-DKs

  20. THE PATH FORWARDMontana/Dakotas BLM • Internal • Responsive to a heavy/ demanding workload • Seek additional funding for labor and operational costs • Utilize hiring flexibilities • Continue efforts on Inspection and Enforcement challenges • External • Explore an MOU between Federal and State Agencies • Continue workshops for permitting/inspection processes • October meeting BFEG/Ft. Berthold Working Group • Support amendment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005

  21. Questions?

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