Rose Valley Lake - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Rose Valley Lake - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Rose Valley Lake - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
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Non-Surface Use Oil <strong>and</strong> Gas<br />
Cooperative Agreement<br />
Mission: To protect, conserve, <strong>and</strong> enhance the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources <strong>and</strong><br />
provide fishing <strong>and</strong> boating opportunities
Mission: Protect, conserve, <strong>and</strong> enhance<br />
the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources*<br />
<strong>and</strong> provide fishing <strong>and</strong> boating<br />
opportunities<br />
<strong>Fish</strong> = fish, amphibians, reptiles, <strong>and</strong> “any<br />
plant or animal that grows or lives in or<br />
upon the water”
Rely on <strong>Fish</strong>ing Licenses, <strong>Boat</strong> Registrations, <strong>and</strong><br />
Related Federal Funds to do Almost Everything . . .
Declining License Sales<br />
1982 - Fee Raised by $3<br />
Sales drop by 7.75%<br />
1991 - $5 Trout/Salmon Stamp<br />
introduced Sales drop by 7.65%<br />
1996 - Fee Raised by $4.25<br />
Sales drop by 8.69%<br />
2005 - Fee Raised by $4.75 &<br />
Trout/Salmon Stamp Raised by $3<br />
Sales drop by 9.6%
Alternative Funding:<br />
Four Major Concepts
License Flexibility
Reimbursement for <strong>Commission</strong> Services<br />
257 US ACOE 404<br />
Permits<br />
20,000 Envelopes<br />
623 DEP Stream <strong>and</strong><br />
Wetl<strong>and</strong> Encroachment<br />
13 DEP Water Allocation<br />
Permits<br />
Permits<br />
902 Aquatic Herbicide<br />
Permits<br />
2900 PNDI<br />
Reviews<br />
325 Triploid<br />
Grass Carp<br />
Permits<br />
680 Timber Rattlesnake Hunt<br />
Permits<br />
2 FERC Hydropower Licenses<br />
135 Scientific Collectors<br />
50 PennDOT Projects<br />
(including 130 Stream <strong>and</strong><br />
Wetl<strong>and</strong> encroachments)<br />
69 Blasting Permits<br />
Permits<br />
12 L<strong>and</strong>fill<br />
Projects<br />
99 <strong>Lake</strong> Drawdown<br />
Permits<br />
142 Mining Permits<br />
Numbers per year
Consumptive Use & Degradation Fees
Natural Gas <strong>and</strong> Water Access
PFBC-Controlled L<strong>and</strong> & Water<br />
~14,000 Acres<br />
Within Marcellus<br />
Region (~43,000<br />
Statewide)<br />
40 Impoundments<br />
Within Marcellus<br />
Region
Natural Gas<br />
Adjoining properties are under lease<br />
Irresponsible to allow gas to be<br />
taken without compensation<br />
No Drilling on PFBC Properties<br />
Model agreement<br />
www.fish<strong>and</strong>boat.com/ngwa.htm
Water Access<br />
Minimize truck traffic<br />
Minimize impacts to other surface<br />
waters<br />
Strict monitoring <strong>and</strong> environmental<br />
requirements<br />
No impacts to anglers <strong>and</strong> boaters
<strong>Rose</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Commission</strong> property<br />
is +/- 626.28-acres<br />
Located in Gamble<br />
Township, Lycoming<br />
County<br />
389 Acre<br />
Impoundment
BigStar Energy, LP<br />
5-year primary term<br />
$3,500 per acre up-front bonus = $2.14 million<br />
If well is not drilled within 30 months, BigStar<br />
pays additional $750 per acre, or $459,308<br />
18.25% royalty rate with a step-up rate of 19%<br />
upon documented well payout<br />
Non-surface use agreement<br />
Includes water monitoring & water protection<br />
provisions<br />
Money deposited into <strong>Fish</strong> Fund <strong>and</strong> used to<br />
repair high hazard dams
High-Hazard Dams in PA<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> has 3,254 dams<br />
775 classified as high-hazard by federal National<br />
Dam Safety Program, administered by state DEP<br />
<strong>Commission</strong> manages 56 of the dams<br />
38 are classified as high-hazard<br />
18 are further considered unsafe<br />
Funding level needed to repair <strong>Commission</strong>’s highhazard<br />
dams is estimated to be $125.5 million<br />
Funding for high-hazard, unsafe dams $34.5 million<br />
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How Will the PFBC Use the Money?<br />
• 18 high-hazard, unsafe dams<br />
• 2 removed from list<br />
• Repairs underway on 6<br />
• Repairs planned for 3<br />
Criteria<br />
People impacted<br />
Cost/Funding<br />
Urgency<br />
Local support<br />
Economic impact<br />
<strong>Fish</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> boating<br />
• 7 remain unfunded 16
Questions?<br />
www.fish<strong>and</strong>boat.com
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