INVENTORY OF TAR SAND DEPOSITS IN UTAH

• 141,020 State Trust acres on which tar sands are known or expected
• 52,887 State Trust acres under lease for tar sands
• A typical lease lasts 10-years
• Only a very small part of the above acres could be surface mined
• US Oil Sands Lease with SITLA
• US Oil Sands Contract Report. SITLA.

Federal Lands (BLM)

• NOTE: there are no tar sands in Colorado or Wyoming.
• 2008 - Total identified is 430,686 acres
• 2012 - The proposed preferred alternative identifies 91,045 acres
• RECORD OF DECISION (Issued March 22, 2013)

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY (Utah)

Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (UDOGM)

• UDOGM permit files Username and password is: ogmguest
• UDOGM Board Notes and Dockets

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

PR Springs: Proposed tar sands strip mining project of US Oil Sands (Canadaian company; formally Earth Energy Resources).

• Docket of PR Springs litigation
• UDOGM docket for PR Springs litigation
• DWQ docket for PR Springs litigation
• Earth Energy Resources @ PR Springs for large mining & alternate
• Earth Energy Resources @ PR Spings for small mining & alternate
• 2007 - EER Mining Plan PR Springs in Grand and Uintah County
• 2009 - EER Mining Plan PR Springs in Grand and Uintah County
• 2009 - Presentation by Earth Energy Resources
• 2010 - EA for public comment on water well for PR Springs. BLM
• Public Notice: EER proposal for large scale mining of tar sands at PR Springs. Comments are due: 30 days after March 23, 2010.
• Grand County Council Comments
• 2010 - Initial Comments by Non-Profit Groups
• 2011 - Notice of Intent for exploratory drilling of bitumen deposits at PR Springs by Oil Sands USA
• Math - The PR Springs project will provide the nation with 6 hours of oil consumption.
• Analysis Spreadsheet (xls)
• Ophus Process - What we know about the citrus based processing chemical. MSDA reports.
• Patent Application; Lemon Terpenes; Akzo Surfacant 01; Akzo Surfacant 02;

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD OF UTAH DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS @ PR SPRINGS (State Engineer)

Water Right for US Oil Sands 49-2274 (a33805)

• Geochemistry of springs in the vicinity of Main Canyon. Johnson et al.
• Hydrochemical Data from Perrenial Springs in the PR Spring Area of Southern Uinta Basin. Johnson et al.
• Scanned documents for 49-2274
• Map of water rights, leases and properties of US Oil Sand & DeLambert Ranch
• Drill logs for 5 water production wells
• Administrative record @ Utah Division of the State Engineer
• Water right 41-3523 (Uintah County Water Conservancy District)
• Request For Extension Of Time To File Proof Of Beneficial Use
• Hearing of the Protest for Extension to File Proof (audio file)
• Photos of destructive road and well pad activities

• Water right 49-1567
• Water Right 49-122
• (Docs)

• Willow Watershed 1406006 (Lower Green/Desolation Canyon).EPA.
• Willow Watershed Water Resources Links. USGS.
• EPA groundwater summary of Uinta Basin
• Map: Water well and pipeline
• Map: Topo of PR Springs
• Proposed water well. Division of Water Rights.
• 2010 - Comments on BLM's EA for water well at PR Springs. Living Rivers.
• Map of well site
• Satellite image of well pad for PR Springs mine
• FOIA - BLM Water Right-of-Way @ PR Springs mine
  

• Consolidated Initial Record as of January 2012
• DWQ website archive
• March 2011 - Appeal to Utah Division of Environmental Quality
• November 2011 - Order on motion to dismiss denied
• May 2012 - Transcript of Hearing Vol. 1 & Vol. 2.

TRANSCRIPTS OF HEARINGS FOR PR SPRINGS STRIP MINING OPERATION

• Informal hearing transcription of 7/27/10
• Compilation of reference materials
• 2011- Prepared testimony from expert witnesses: Elliott Lips & Charles Norris 01 & Charles Norris 02
• 2011 - Transcript of Formal UDOGM Hearing of Feb. 2011.
• 2012 - Transcript of expert witness William Johnson
• May 2012 - Transcript of DWQ Hearing Vol. 1 & Vol. 2.

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION (EPA)

Air Quality at Proposed PR Springs Mine

• Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five;
• Air Reources and Chemical Processing
• NSPS Subpart Ja
• 2010 - Fact sheet on ozone standards

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ASPHALT RIDGE MINING OPERATIONS (near Vernal, Utah)

• Map - Asphalt Ridge Projects.
• Brief History of Asphalt Ridge Development.

Crown Asphalt Ridge (CAR) Korea Technology Industry of America (Defunct)

• Website - JAM Industrial, Inc. (Tar sands demonstration project that ended in bankruptcy).
• 2004 - Study Demonstration Process Bitumen Utah Tar Sand. Society of Petroleum Engineers.
• CAR Google Earth
  

• CAR - Public Notice Public Notice
• CAR - Application Letter. 2012.
• CAR - Application. 2012.
• CAR - Application Appendix A Lab Report. 2012.
• CAR - Application Appendix B Well Logs. 2012.
• CAR - Application Attachments. 2012.
• CAR - Statement Of Basis. 2012.
• Comments - Western Resource Advocates and Living Rivers. 2012.
  
• Response - To WRA and LR. 2012.

MCW Energy Group @ Asphalt Ridge

• MCW Energy - GoogleEarth.
• MCW Energy - Public Notice.
• MCW Energy - DWQ Application.
• MCW Energy - Construction Permit.
• MCW Energy - Statement of Basis.

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AIR QUALITY

2013 - Air Quality in the Industrial Heartlnd of Alberta Canada and Potential Impacts to Human Health. Simpson et al.

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ARCHEOLOGY

• 2002- Perspectives Revisited: Overview of Cultural Resources Uinta Basin & Tavaputs Plateau. Spangler.

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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

• 1983 - Uinta Basin Synfuels Development, FInal Environmental Impact Statement. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMsynfuelsFEIS1983.pdf
• 1983 - Utah Combined Hydrocarbon, Regional Draft Environmental Impact Statement. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMregionalDEIS1983a.pdf
• 1984 - Utah Combined Hydrocarbon, Regional Final Environmental Impact Statement. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMregionalFEIS1984.pdf
• 1984 - Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMveranalRMP1984.pdf
• 1984 - Air quality assessment for the Environmental Impact Statement on the Federal Oil Shale Management Program.www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMAirQualityOSTS1984.pdf
• 1985 - PR Spring Combined Hydrocarbon Lease Conversion Draft Environmental Impact Statement. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMprSpringsDEIS1985.pdf
• 1985 - PR Spring Hydrocarbon Lease Conversion Final Environmental Impact Statement. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMprSpringsFEIS1985.pdf
• 1990 - Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMwinterRidgeWSA1990.pdf
• 1999 - Utah Wilderness Inventory. www.riversimulator.org/Pubs/OSTS/Ref/BLMwilderness1999.pdf
• 2013 - Oil Shale & Tar Sands, Programatic Environmental Impact Statement: Official web site.ostseis.anl.gov/documents/index.cfm
• RECORD OF DECISION (Issued March 22, 2013)

Paving Seep Ridge Road in Uintah County

• Environmental Assessment
  

2008 Oil Shale & Tar Sands Programmatic EIS

• Home Page
• Federal Notice
• Environmental Impact Statement
• Record of Decision
• Additional Information
• Tar Sands: Basic Information
• Oil Shale: Basic Information
• Endangered Species List
• Comments of California Attorney General

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CORPORATE WEBSITES

• Company Profiles
• Nevtah Capital Management
• US Oil Sands formerly Earth Energy Resources
• 2007 - EER Mining Plan PR Springs in Grand and Uintah County
• 2009 - EER Mining Plan PR Springs in Grand and Uintah County
• 2013 - US Oil Sands Corporate Presentation
• 2009 - Presentation by Earth Energy Resources
• Korea Technology Industry of America (Defunct)
• Presentation: Mining in Uintah County
• Temple Mountain Energy
• Wentworth Energy (Asphalt Ridge tar sands)
• American Sands Energy Corp

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DOCUMENTS

• 2007 - Analysis of Utah Tar Sands. Baxter.
• 2008 - History of Tar Sands in North America. Congressional Research Service.
• 2010 - Energy-Water Nexus: Better Understanding of Water Resources. GAO.
• 2010 - American Tar Sands. Willliams.
• 2010 - Water Availability for Tar Sands and Oil Shale. Keiter.
• 2012 - Energy Water Nexus for Utah
• Oil Shale Politics in Utah: Holding Government Officials, Lobbyists, and Corporate Management Accountable to the Public

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ECONOMIC VIABILITY

• 2013 - Executive Summary: Tar Sands Oil Shale Market Assessment. U of U.
• 2013 - Oil Shale Market Assessment. U of U.
• 2013 - Capitalization Rate Study for Centrally Assessed Properties. Utah Tax Commission.
• 2011 - Economic Impact of Marcellus Shale Gas. Cornell.
• 2011 - Marcellus Shale: What Are The Limitations? Cornell.
• 2010 - Oil Shale: 14 Unanswered Questions. Headwater Economics.
• 2008 - North American Oil Sands History Development Prospects. Congressional Research Service.
• 2008 - Developments In Oil Shale. Congressional Research Service.
• 2007 - Testimonies Oil Shale. RAND.
• 2006 - Oil Shale History Incentives Policy. Congressional Research Service.
• 2005 - Oil Shale Development USA. RAND.

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ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES

• Critical Habitat Designation. USFWS.
• Mexican-spotted owl
• Greater sage grouse
• Graham's Penstemon (Photo) (Recent news) (Aid to identify)
• Screen of endangered species at Red Leaf Resources
• Map 01 & Map 02: endangered species @ Red Leaf Resources
• Sage grouse brood habitat at PR Springs
• Critical Habitat Map. The Wilderness Society.

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GEOLOGY

• Oil Shale and Tar Sands web page. Utah Geologic Survey.
• Tar Sands Bibliography (2009). UGS.
• USGS publications library
• 2013 - Hydrochemical Data from Perrennial Springs in the PR Spring Area. Johnson.
• 2008 - Oil shale and tar sands Programmatic EIS. BLM.
• 2008 - Holocene Debris Flows on the Colorado Plateau. Webb.
• 1996 - Tar Sands Resources Uinta Basin. Blackett.
• 1992 - Hydrocarbons along proposed Book Cliffs Highway. UGS.
• 1984 - Characteristics of PR Springs Tar Sands. Dana.
• 1984 - Economic Potential of PR Springs Tar Sands. UGS.
• 1983 - Potential Impacts on Hydrology from Tar Sands Industry. USGS.
• 1980  - PR Springs Tar Sands. UGS; Dahm.
• 1980 - Characteristics of PR Springs Tar Sand Deposits. DOE.
• 1980 - Characterization of Utah Bitumen. BoM.
• 1980 - Properties of Utah Tar Sands. BoM.
• 1979 - Geology Oil Impregnated Sandstone Utah. UGS; Campbell.
• 1975 - Hydrologic Reconnaisance of Southern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado. Price & Miller.
• 1975 - Mineral Resources of Uintah Ouray Reservation. USGS.
• 1971 - Grand County Tar Sands. UGS; Gwynn.
• 1970 - PR Springs Tar Sands. UGS; Byrd.
• 1966 - PR Springs Tar Sands. Open File Report; UGS.
• 1966 - PR Springs stratigraphic column of tar sand deposits
• 1964 - Bituminous Sandstone Uinta Basin. Covington.

Geologic Bibliography

• Uinta Basin Geology

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LEGAL DOCUMENTS

• 2009 - Letter from Western Resource Advocates.
• Petitioners withdraw with prejudice
• PR Springs Settlement. SUWA, Sierra Club, Western Resource Advocates.
• Comments on Air Quality from Oil and Gas Development in Dixie Nat. Forest
• 2010 - Montana Environmental Information Center v BLM
• 2010 - Mexican spotted owl critical habitat decision
• 2010 - History of Mexican spotted owl appeal

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MAPS & GIS

• BLM PEIS: Tri-state  deposits
• Uinta Basin

Google Earth

• Tar sand deposits 01. Data from BLM PEIS.
• Tar sand deposits 02. Data from BLM PEIS.
• Satellite image of well pad for PR Springs mine

PR Springs

• Map of 1966
• Tar sand saturation map of 1966
• 1966 - PR Springs stratigraphic column of tar sand deposits
• Stratigraphic column Section 27 (Monument Ridge Road Junction)
• Location of spings
• Map: Topo of PR Springs
• Map: Proposed mining operations @ PR Springs
• Location of tar sand deposits in Uinta Basin

Green River Refinery (proposed) (click here)

SITLA

• Oil shale resource ownership
• Parcels in Grand County (14.9%; about 550 sq. miles)
• US Oil Sands Lease with SITLA
• US Oil Sands Contract Report. SITLA.

University of Utah

• Interactive Map

Other

• Critical Habitat Map. The Wilderness Society.
• Map - Where tar sand oil is refined
• Map: PR Springs water well and pipeline
• Map: Topo of PR Springs
• Map: Proposed mining operations @ PR Springs

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NEWS

• 6/15/10 - Wildflower vs. Oil Shale. Salt Lake Weekly.
• 11/30/10 - GAO: More research needed on oil shale, water
  
• 9/17/2007 - Tar sands, oil shale. Energy Bulletin.
• 3/17/2010 - First US Tar Sands to Break Ground in Utah.
• 3/18/10 - Tar sand industry comes to eastern Utah.
• 3/24/10 - Decision on wildflower protection expected soon. Assoc. Press.
• 3/28/10 - Company seeks first U.S. oil sands project in Utah. SL Tribune.
• 3/29/10 - Sage Grouse will play role in Western energy development. Marten Law.
• 4/29/10 - Salazar aide - Oil shale not ready for prime time

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NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

• Document archive. Western Resource Advocates.
• Fossil Foolishness. Western Resource Advocates
• Northern Rockies Rising Tide
• CERES Report on Oil Shale/Water Nexus.
• Tar Sands: Feeling the climate crisis. FOE Europe.
• Dirty Oil. Greenpeace.
• 2011  - Between a Rock and a Dry Place: The Impact of Oil Shale Development  and Climate Change on the Colorado River Basin Water Supply. NRDC.

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PHOTOS

• Baseline Map: Drill Test Sites PR Springs
• Book Cliffs Divide Road Grand County; Reduced
• Camp One; Reduced
• Camp Two; Reduced
• Drill Pads; Reduced
• East Canyon Grand County Approach; Reduced
• Equipment Yard; Reduced
• Landscapes; Reduced
• Neighboring Gas Well; Reduced
• Pit; Reduced
• Processing Site; Reduced
• Products; Reduced
• PRsprings; Reduced
• Water Well Site One; Reduced
• Earth Energy Resources @ PR Springs, June 2010
• Earth Energy Resources test pit: #1; #2; #3; #4;
• BLM PEIS photos

Aerial Photos

• Aerial photos of East Tavaputs Plateau. Large file. Includes operations by US Oil Sands and Red Leaf Resources; areas of chained trees; wilderness and roadless areas.
• Tar sand mining boundary of PR Spring 01 (blue line is Grand & Uintah border)
• Tar sand mining boundary of PR Spring 02

Satellite Images

• Satellite image of well pad for PR Springs mine

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TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

• White Paper. Utah Mining Association.

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UNIVERSITY

• 2007 - Utah Tar Sands: Worth the Energy?
• 2009 - Oil Shale Report. University of Colorado at   Boulder.
• University of Utah ICSE Digital Repository
• 2009 - Western US Tar Sands Conference

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USGS

• Oil shale and tar sands interactive web page (excellent resource)
  
• 1995 - Surface disturbances and the role of accelerating erosion. Belnap.
• Graphic: tar sand deposits in the USA.

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UTAH GOVERNMENT

• Home page: Utah Oil, Gas & Mining
• Public records: Utah Oil, Gas  & Mining. (Username and password is ogmguest)
• FTP Site.  Utah Oil Gas & Mining
• PR Springs water right 01 and 02. Utah Division of Water Rights.
• 1980 - An Assessment of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development
• 2009 - Bibliography of tar sand deposits & map. Utah Geological Survey.
• 2009 - Approval of PR Springs strip mine for tar sand. UDOGM.
  2010 - Notice regarding PR Springs Mine to Grand County Council. UDOGM.
• 2012 - Energy Water Nexus for Utah

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VIDEO

• Fossil Foolishness. Western Resource Advocates.
• A film by Leslie Iwerks
• The Tar Sands Blow
• Tar Sands, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Red Leaf Resources. EcoFLight.

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WILDLIFE
Southest Utah (includes East Tavaputs Plateau)

• Amphibian Inventory. DWR.
• Avian Inventory. DWR.
• Bison Reintroduction. DWR.
• Black Bears. DWR.
• Ecosystem Evaluation. DWR.
• Mammal Inventory. DWR.
• Reptile Inventory. DWR.
• Bison Herd Unit Management Plan
• Inventory of birds