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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD HEARINGS APRIL 19, 2016 Pursuant to Sections 45.1-361.9B and 45.1361.22.B of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Gas and Oil Board will hold its scheduled monthly hearing commencing at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at the Russell County Government Conference Center, 139 Highland Drive, Lebanon, Virginia. 1. The Board will receive public comments. 2. The First Bank and Trust Company, Escrow Agent, for the Virginia Gas and Oil Board, will appear to address the Board on the Quarterly Report. 3. A petition from EnerVest Operating, LLC, to disburse funds from the escrow account for Well V-550323, to all known owners in Tract 1. Unit V-550323. Docket Number VGOB 03- 1021-1215-01. Continued from March 2016. 4. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for 1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 3, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Harrison- Wyatt LLC, David Price, Michael W. Price, Sr., Barbara G. Price, Kermit Price, Kelvin Price, Wilma Diane Taylor, Teresa Stevens, Juanita Elizabeth Price, Russell Price, Mary Elizabeth Shortt, Edna Gail Musick, Tena Dingus & Charles Rexford Musick; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Harrison-Wyatt, LLC. Unit Z9. Docket Number VGOB 91-0430- 0115-02. 5. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) Refund of escrow payments heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent. (1) Reimburse overpayment of funds deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to unit BUS1 to CNX Gas Company LLC, as depicted upon the annexed Exhibit. (2) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 12, as depicted upon the annexed table; (3) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Elmer & Evelyn Jackson; and (4) dismissal of coal owners: Hugh MacRae Land Trust / Torch Oil & Gas Company. Unit BUS1. Docket Number VGOB 91-0716-0136-02. 6. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 106, 106C, 106F, 106G, 106I, 106J, 106K, 120B, 123A and 999, as depicted upon the annexed tables. Unit SLW11. Docket Number VGOB 92-0818-0248-01. 7. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) The disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 3, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to the parties of the royalty split between Harrison-Wyatt, LLC, and Robert Russell & Lynette B. Rash. Unit Y8. Docket Number VGOB 92-1117-0291-02. 8. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 3, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to the parties of the prevailing plaintiffs: Ira Gordon Ratliff & Connie Marie Ratliff. Unit T18. Docket Number VGOB 95-0321-0494-01. Continued from March 2016. 9. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 1, 2, 3, 6, & 10, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Anna R. Lambert, Elizabeth Ann McCowen Justice & CNX Gas Company LLC. Unit X29. Docket Number VGOB 95-0418-0500-03. 10. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 2A, 2B, 2C, 3, & 6, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to: Jack Kirby Mullins, Jr., Rita Jill Baker, Kathy Looney, Phyllis J. Boyd, Daniel Arthur Johnson, Russel Dean Johnson, Kendris Harman, Henry F. Harman, Sarah Jane Keen, Walter L. Keen & Patty Chambers, and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Hugh MacRae/Torch Oil & Gas Co. Unit V28. Docket Number VGOB 96-0116-0530-05. 11. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for 1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 2, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Yukon Pocahontas Coal Company, LLP, Bucahanan Coal Company, LLP, Sayers-Pocahontas Coal Company, LLP, Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., Emanuel Wade, Nick Deskins, Valmy Shannon, Eleanor Hagy, Scotty Bond, David Smith, Donald Smith, Judy Tiedemann, Paul Smith, Peggy Smith, Pauline Cole Casey & Robert Brian Casey; and (3) dismissal of coal owners: Yukon Pocahontas Coal Company, LLP, Bucahanan Coal Company, LLP, Sayers-Pocahontas Coal Company, LLP & Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P. Unit U27. Docket Number VGOB 97-0218-0563-05. 12. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 1E, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Paul Bohon, Harty Loria, Jennilyn Quillen, Joe Bohon, Charles Dewain Bohon, III., Phyllis Jean Estep, Dorothy E. Lowe & Ruth Stump. Unit X36. Docket Number VGOB 98-0324-0628- 03. 13. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 3A & 3B, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Elmer & Evelyn Jackson; and (3) dismissal of coal owners: Hugh MacRae Land Trust / Torch Oil & Gas Company. Unit DD24. Docket Number VGOB 01-0320-0878-03. 14. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 4, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Harrison- Wyatt LLC & Deborah Crumpton; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Harrison-Wyatt, LLC. Unit Y7. Docket Number VGOB 01-0821-0918-01. 15. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for 1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 1B & 1D, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Buckhorn Coal Company, Lowie Perkins, Earnest and Nancy Perkins, and Goldie Hess; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Buckhorn Coal Company. Unit AZ111. Docket Number VGOB 02-0416-1023-03. 16. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 2A & 4, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Teddy Wayne McGlothlin (one time payout from escrow as previous owner) & CNX Gas Company, LLC; authorization to begin paying royalties directly to the party that was previously identified as “unlocatable,” Clarence Randall McGlothlin; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Swords Creek Land Partnership. Unit EE36. Docket Number VGOB 02-1015- 1083-02. 17. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 1A, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Teddy Wayne McGlothlin (one time payout from escrow as previous owner) & CNX Gas Company, LLC.; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Swords Creek Land Partnership. Unit EE37. Docket Number VGOB 03-1021-1205-03. 18. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 1E, 2A, & 2B, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Swords Creek Land Partnership, Viola Meadows, Arnold J. Keen, Anna R. Lambert, Elizabeth Justice, Bill R. Hale, Linda Matney, Brenda Weddle, Brenda Carol Banks, Judith Fuller, Joyce Baldwin, Wilma Jean Honaker, Joshua M. Harman, Roby A. Hylton, Jr., Regina D. Stoll, Clyde Harman, Jack M. Harman, Eunice Keen Vance, Brandon Keene, Jerry Lee Stilwell, Phyllis Vandyke Keen, Bruce Hammond, Stuart Land & Cattle Co. of VA, Inc., Paul E. Richardson, Shelby Richardson, Robert Blake, Jr., Ralph Yahne, Patricia Tucker, Robert W. Blake, III, Loretta Mae Richardson, Carrie Mullins, Marvin Shortt, Pauline Muse, Claude Junior Newberry, Ricky Vanover, Tammy Hardman, Angela Leonard, Melissa Alley, Harold Westley Newberry, Wanda Salyers; and (3) dismissal of coal owners: Swords Creek Land Partnership and Stuart Land & Cattle of VA, Inc. Unit AW124. Docket Number VGOB 03-1118-1223-02. 19. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for 1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 1A, a portion of 1B, a portion of 1D & 1F, as depicted upon the annexed table; 2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Swords Creek Land Partnership, HC Bostic Coal Company, Dorothy J. Keene, David Whittaker, Linda Lowman, Betty Cole, Judy Miller, L. Karen Webb, Donna Plaster, Lilly Keen Whited, Lanny Dale Miller, Jr., Mark Cordle, Loretta Mae Richardson, Lolita Lockhart, Ralph Carter Lockhart, Charlie Powell, Rita Powell, and Loretta Mae Richardson; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Swords Creek Land Partnership. Unit BD119. Docket Number VGOB 04-0720-1310-01. 20. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for 1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 6 & 7, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Swords Creek Land Partnership, Buckhorn Coal Company, Lanny Dale Miller, Jr., Mark Cordle, Lolita Lockhart, & Ralph Carter Lockhart; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Swords Creek Land Partnership. Unit BE118. Docket Number VGOB 04-1019-1345-01. 21. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for 1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 2, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Swords Creek Land Partnership & Buckhorn Coal Company. Unit BF117. Docket Number VGOB 04-1019-1347-01. 22. A petition from CNX Gas Company, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tracts 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D & 2E, as depicted upon the annexed table; (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Knox Creek Coal Corporation, Coal Mountain Mining Company, Sterling Ball, Charlotte Ball Compton, Phyllis Ball Stilwell, Judy Carol Bales, Connie Houchens, Marvin Cline, Emory A. Horn, Ola Gay Vandyke, Betty Hinkle, Sylvia Miller, Doris Mitchell, Brenda Shortt, Bobby Osborne, Melvin Osborne, Michelle Tuggle, Susie Osborne, John Lee Osborne, Walter Boyd, Ruth Osborne Smith, Ida Proffitt, Nancy Jackson, Darlene Ward, Arthur M. Stilwell, Daniel J. Osborne, Marvin Osborne, Hubbard Osborne, Jackie D. Osborne, Sylvia A. Byrd, Linda S. Shelton, Curtis Stilwell, Elsie Elizabeth Stilwell, Theodore Stilwell, Bessie Lowe, Wanda Hagy, Thomas H. Stilwell, Daniel J. Stilwell, Bernice R. Lamb, Virginia N. Stilwell, Martha J. Stilwell, Jennifer Shawn Compton, Jonathan Lodge Compton, Judith Clayton & Commonwealth Coal Company; and (3) dismissal of coal owner: Coal Mountain Mining Company. Unit AV130. Docket Number VGOB 06-0117-1558-01. 23. The Board will receive an update of Board and Division activities from the staff. 24. The Board will review the March 2016 minutes for approval. Information concerning the above docket items can be viewed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at the office of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Gas and Oil, 135 Highland Drive, Lebanon, Virginia. All questions concerning the agenda should be directed to the Division of Gas and Oil by telephoning 276-415-9700. Anyone needing special accommodations due to a disability for the April 2016 hearing should contact the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy in advance of the hearing at 276-415-9700 or by calling the Virginia Relay Center TTY/TDD at 1-800-828-1120 or 1140 by April 12, 2016. The deadline for filing of petitions to the Board for the May 2016 hearing is 5 p.m., Friday, April, 08 with the May hearing scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Russell County Government Conference Center, 139 Highland Drive, Lebanon, Virginia.