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This POD submitted by AMSO will demonstrate the commercial and environmental benefits of <br />• recovering shale oil from the Illite Mining Interval. <br />as <br />m <br />? o <br />r? Qr. <br />O a, ?- <br />W <br />- 1750 5150 <br />- 1800 5100 <br />- 1850 5050 <br />- 1900 5000 <br />; .............*"T fb..... <br />1950 <br />2000 4900 <br />- 2050 4850 <br />2100 4800 <br />- 2150 4750 <br />2200 4700 <br />2250 4650 <br />- 2300 4600 <br />- 2350 4550 <br />- 2400 4500 <br />Resource Data <br /> <br />it <br />U Oil Shale Composite Oil Shale <br />n (US gallton of Rock) (US gallton of Rock) a Notes <br /> <br /> <br />0 10 20 30 40 50 <br />0 10 <br />20 30 40 50 'O <br />T <br /> <br />'=. <br /> Leached <br /> Zone <br /> Aquifer <br /> Syatem <br /> Dissolution Surface <br /> <br /> Lowest Nahcolite <br />.... P2 ............................... ........ ......... ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ ... ... ........ ......... ............. Mite Contact <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Source: John R. Dynes <br /> Open-File Report <br /> <br />t 98-483 (1998). USGS <br />R1 Drill Hole: Sulfur Creek 1 <br /> Location: Sec. 21, T2S, <br /> R98W <br /> <br /> Well drilled in the NWl/4 <br /> of EGL's 160-acre Site <br /> <br /> EGL site core provided <br />RO by Shell Oa Company <br />i <br />di <br />t <br />hi <br />h <br /> n <br />ca <br />es <br />g <br />er grade and <br />thi <br />k <br />il <br />h <br />l <br />i <br />l <br /> <br />Wasatch Fm c <br />er o <br />s <br />a <br />e <br />nterva <br />s <br />• Figure I-1. Detailed stratigraphy of the illite-rich mining interval proposed for AMSO's RD&D <br />POD. The illite-rich oil shale mining intervals below the nahcolitic oil shale facies and contains <br />about 30% of the oil shale resource. <br />The BLM analyzed the potential impacts from EGL's submitted Plan of Operations through the <br />preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA: available at the BLM White River Field <br />Office website). The potential impacts from EGL's Plan of Operations, as modified through the <br />EA (Proposed Action with Mitigation), were found not to be significant. This result was <br />documented through a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record. <br />Conducting RD&D operations in the Illite Mining Interval avoids aquifer impacts, so the <br />potential environmental impacts associated with the revised RD&D plan presented in this POD <br />will be less than those analyzed and considered acceptable by the BLM. Consequently, water <br />monitoring needs are substantially reduced from the original EGL Plan of Operations. <br />EGL's proposal and submitted Plan of Operations contemplated the evolution of its technology <br />through analysis, research, and site characterization prior to finalizing its plans for field testing. <br />AMSO's Addendum to the Plan of Operations, approved by the BLM in 2008, was one step in <br />this evolutionary process. It is through this process that a sensible, phased, and deliberate testing <br />program has evolved that will have the least environmental impact and will provide the needed <br />technical knowledge and know-how to achieve commercial shale oil production. AMSO has <br />maintained the essence of the Conduction, Convection, Reflux (CCRTm) retorting process during <br />this technology evolution. <br />C, <br />7