LEGAL NOTICE
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RE: APPLICATION FOR UNITIZATION
HUFFMAN A UNIT
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Applicant SWN Production (Ohio), LLC (“SWN Ohio”) hereby gives notice that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (the “Division”), has scheduled a hearing pursuant to Revised Code Section 1509.28 concerning SWN Ohio’s Huffman A Unit to occur on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. The hearing will be held via video conference, as set forth below. SWN Ohio seeks to obtain an Order for Unit Operation from the Chief of the Division as to the Utica/Point Pleasant Formation covering the Huffman A Unit area. This proposed unit area includes lands in Section 5, Township 4, Range 5, Adams Township; Sections 10 and 11, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township; and Sections 2, 3, and 4, Township 4, Range 5, Green Township, all in Monroe County, Ohio. The surface location for the Huffman A Unit will be located in Section 11, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio on Parcel Nos. 04-025007.0000 and 04-025049.0000.
Certain tracts in the Huffman A Unit area are owned, in whole or in part, by persons for whom no address can be located. These tracts are described below by reference to their parcel numbers and their owners’ names: Parcel Nos. 04-025005.0000 and 04-037003.0000 – Owners: Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Loren L. Hoch, deceased.
Additionally, certain tracts in the Huffman A Unit area may potentially be owned, in whole or in part, by persons for whom no address can be located. These tracts are described below by reference to their parcel numbers and their possible owners’ names: (1) Parcel No. 04-025017.0000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Carrie Cox; and (2) Parcel No. 01-025030.1000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Marcelene J. Norris.
Further, an oil and gas lease that may potentially cover Parcel No. 09-012008.0000 in the Huffman A Unit area could be owned, in whole or in part, by an entity for which no address can be located. This potential owner is the Lauderman Oil and Gas Company.
If you would like to attend this hearing, you can use Microsoft Teams to join the meeting via your computer, mobile app, or room device with the following meeting information:
https://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/MICROSOFT-TEAMS/JOIN-A-MEETING
Meeting ID: 257 062 414 426
Passcode: htQTRb
You can also join the meeting via a video conferencing device using the following information:
682042763@t.plcm.vc
Video Conference ID: 116 516 000 9
You may also listen to and participate in the hearing by phone by following the instructions below:
Phone: 1-614-721-2972
Phone Conference ID: 860 204 924#
Service by publication shall be complete upon the expiration of four weeks after the date of the first publication of this notice. The date of the first publication of this notice is Thursday, July 13, 2023. The date of last publication is Thursday, August 3, 2023.
Dated: Thursday, July 13, 2023
Applicant contact information:
SWN Production (Ohio), LLC
Attn: Gary Nuckolls
10000 Energy Drive
Spring, Texas 77389
(832) 796-6109
gary_nuckolls@swn.com
For further information regarding this hearing, please visit the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management’s website at http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/unitization.
July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 2023
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NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
To M.F. Piatt, Anna Holtsclaw (last known address Sardis, O. R. F. D.), Wilbur Graydon Holtsclaw (last known address Rt. 4, Woodsfield, OH 43793), and Alice Boggs Holtsclaw, along with their unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, successors and assigns, if any, whose identities and addresses are all unknown; you are hereby notified that you have been named as a defendant in a legal action entitled Claugus Family Farm & Forests, L.P. v. M.F. Piatt, et al. This action has been assigned case number 2023-082 and is pending before Judge Selmon in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Ohio at 101 N. Main Street #33, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793.
The object of Plaintiff’s complaint is to obtain a court order declaring that any interest that defendants might be able to otherwise claim under a royalty conveyance recorded at Monroe County Deed Volume 30, Page 140, concerning one half of the oil and gas royalties relating to 40 acres (more or less), has been extinguished by operation of law. Plaintiff’s Complaint identifies you as a defendant having potential interest in the royalties conveyed in the referenced document.
You are hereby required to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for six successive weeks. The last publication will be made August 31, 2023 and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date.
If you fail to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time state, judgment will be entered granting relief requested in the Complaint.
Dated: 7/18/2023
Respectfully submitted,
CRITCHFIELD, CRITCHFIELD & JOHNSON, LTD.
By: Andrew P. Lycans (S.Ct. #0077230)
225 North Market Street, P.O. Box 599
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-264-4444; Fax: 330-263-9278
E-mail: lycans@ccj.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023
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LEGAL NOTICE
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RE: APPLICATION FOR UNITIZATION
HUFFMAN B UNIT
MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Applicant SWN Production (Ohio), LLC (“SWN Ohio”) hereby gives notice that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (the “Division”), has scheduled a hearing pursuant to Revised Code Section 1509.28 concerning SWN Ohio’s Huffman B Unit to occur on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. The hearing will be held via video conference, as set forth below. SWN Ohio seeks to obtain an Order for Unit Operation from the Chief of the Division as to the Utica/Point Pleasant Formation covering the Huffman B Unit area. This proposed unit area includes lands in Section 5, Township 4, Range 5, Adams Township; Sections 11 and 12, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township; and Sections 2, 3, 4, 33, and 34, Township 4, Range 5, Green Township, all in Monroe County, Ohio. The surface location for the Huffman B Unit will be located in Section 11, Township 4, Range 5, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio on Parcel Nos. 04-025007.0000 and 04-025049.0000.
Certain tracts in the Huffman B Unit area may potentially be owned, in whole or in part, by persons for whom no address can be located. These tracts are described below by reference to their parcel numbers and their possible owners’ names: (1) Parcel No. 04-025017.0000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Carrie Cox; and (2) Parcel No. 01-025030.1000 – Potential Owners: Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Marcelene J. Norris.
If you would like to attend this hearing, you can use Microsoft Teams to join the meeting via your computer, mobile app, or room device with the following meeting information:
https://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/MICROSOFT-TEAMS/JOIN-A-MEETING
Meeting ID: 281 004 583 816
Passcode: D4kdFv
You can also join the meeting via a video conferencing device using the following information:
682042763@t.plcm.vc
Video Conference ID: 116 520 491 9
You may also listen to and participate in the hearing by phone by following the instructions below:
Phone: 1-614-721-2972
Phone Conference ID: 668 413 750#
Service by publication shall be complete upon the expiration of four weeks after the date of the first publication of this notice. The date of the first publication of this notice is Thursday, July 27, 2023. The date of last publication is Thursday, August 17, 2023.
Dated: Thursday, July 27, 2023
Applicant contact information:
SWN Production (Ohio), LLC
Attn: Gary Nuckolls
10000 Energy Drive
Spring, Texas 77389
(832) 796-6109
gary_nuckolls@swn.com
For further information regarding this hearing, please visit the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management’s website at http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/unitization.
July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 2023
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NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND
NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS
August 3, 2023
County of Monroe
101 N. Main St., Room 34, Woodsfield, OH 43793
740-472-1341
To All Interested Agencies, Groups, and Individuals:
These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the County of Monroe.
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS
On or about, but not before, August 21, 2023, the County of Monroe will submit a request to the State of Ohio for the release of Federal funds under Section 104 (g) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; Section 288 of Title II of the Cranston Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), as amended; and/or Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; to be used for the following project(s):
Project: Center Township Parking Facilities
Activity: Parking Facilities
Source of Federal Funds: Community Development Block Grant
Project Description: Concrete 2 Handicap Accessible Parking Spaces
This project is a Multi-Year Project.
Location: Moore Ridge Road, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
Estimated Cost of the Project: $18,000
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
The County of Monroe has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the office of the County of Monroe, 101 North Main Street, Room 34, Woodsfield, OH 43793 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 4 P.M. The ERR may also be provided upon request electronically via email. Please submit your request by U.S. mail to the Monroe County Commissioners, 101 North Main Street, Room 34, Woodsfield, OH 43793 or by email to sheilaturner@monroecountyohio.com.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the County of Monroe by U.S. mail or email at the addresses above. All comments received before August 21, 2023 will be considered by the County of Monroe prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.
ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION
The County of Monroe certifies to the State of Ohio that L. William Bolon in his capacity as President of the Board of Monroe County Commissioners consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The State of Ohio’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the County of Monroe to use Program funds.
OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS
The State of Ohio will accept objections to its release of funds and the County of Monroe’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the County of Monroe; (b) the County of Monroe has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the State of Ohio; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Development at OCD@development.ohio.gov. Potential objectors should contact the State of Ohio to verify the actual last day of the objection period.
L. William Bolon
President,
Board of Monroe
County Commissioners
August 3, 2023
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
MONROE COUNTY ENGINEER
FORD 6610 TRACTOR SALE
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Monroe County Commissioners, 101 N. Main Street, Room 34, Courthouse, Woodsfield, OH 43793, until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, August 14, 2023, for the sale of the following:
One (1) Ford 6610 Tractor with ditching attachment and spare tires
The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the above said time and place.
Bid form, and tractor condition information MUST be obtained at the Monroe County Engineers Office, 47134 Moore Ridge Road, Woodsfield, OH 43793.
Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein.
The Board of Monroe County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any an all bids.
By Order of the Monroe County Commissioners.
Sheila Turner, Clerk
August 3, 10, 2023
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NOTICE
The following matters are the subject of this public notice by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public notice, including any additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information, a public hearing, filing an appeal, or ADA accommodations may be obtained at: https://epa.ohio.gov/actions or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.ohio.gov
Application Received for Air Permit
SWN Production (Ohio) LLC-Ormet 9 Pad
43879 St Rte 7, Hannibal, OH 43931
ID #: A0074979
Date of Action: 07/26/2023
SWN has determined that recent reconfigurations of the equipment inventory at the Ormet 9 Wellpad have rendered the site eligible for coverage under General Permit 12.1 (GP 12.1, High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas Well-Site Production Operations). Therefore, SWN is submitting this application for GP12.1 for the Ormet 9 Wellpad.
August 3, 2023
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