4-11-2011 citizens complaint oil and gas united mountain defense
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8/6/2019 4-11-2011 Citizens Complaint Oil and Gas United Mountain Defense
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Paul Davis
Michael Burton
Division of Water Pollution Control
6th Floor, L & C Annex401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243
Jonathan Burr
Paul Schmierbach
Knoxville Field Office3711 Middlebrook Pike
Knoxville, TN 37921
April 11, 2011
To TDEC Staff and Inspectors:
This is a citizen's complaint filed under Tennessee Code Annotated 69-3-118 (a).
On April 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2011, United Mountain Defense volunteers Matt Landon and others visited
oil and gas well sites in Anderson County and Claiborne County, operated by Atlas Energy, KnoxEnergy and/or Miller Energy. We found one or more violations on each of these sites, listed below.
0011875 damaged solar panels; open tank battery; broken pipeline sign
0011878 Open well casing; dripping oil and water
0011516 oil on ground
0011535 abandoned tank battery
0011544 missing Knob or control device
0011578 solar panel damaged on ground
0011588 missing Knob or control device; open well casing with water
0011589 oil on ground dripping from pipe; oil on ground at containment tank
0011592 open drainage pipe with no endcap; salt deposit on wellhead, indicating leak
0011600 dripping wellhead; trash on site
0011699 open well casing
0011701 erosion, major gully and unseeded area; hillside with major erosion
0011707 no well casing
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0011708 oil on ground; erosion and unseeded hills; major gully from erosion
0011710 oil on pipes and ground; no permit on pump jack; open storage tanks collecting rainwater;
litter on site; leaky valve
0011712 oil on ground, oil sheen on water; large oil patch on ground; evidence of fire at site; erosion
0011715 damaged liner; oil on ground at pump jack; no sign on pump jack; large area of deadvegetation
0011832 leaking
0011849 oil on pipes and ground; no permit on pump jack; open storage tanks collecting rainwater;
litter on site; leaky valve
0011864 gas leaking from wellhead
0011869 standing water around tank batteries; major erosion near tank battery; major gullies fromerosion
0011868 extremely rusty pipe
We also visited the Lake City Compressor station and found: a drainage ditch from compressor tankleads into the woods; litter on site; exposed refrigerant on barrel. The GPS coordinates for the Lake
City Compressor Station are: 36 12 5 84 12 38.7
We also visited oil wells that we have already submitted complaints about on February 22nd and foundthat no action has been taken to rectify the violations we found at those sites.
We will personally deliver a CD with video documentation to the Knoxville Field Office. In the
meantime, please take immediate action on the wells listed.
Please send all correspondence regarding these matters to
United Mountain Defense
c/o William WilsonPO Box 20363
Knoxville, TN 37920
Thank you,
William R. Wilson and Matt Landon
On Behalf of United Mountain Defense
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