Do not sign CSG survey plans or maps – GET ADVICE
CSG companies negotiate with Landholders in two phases. The first phase involves introductions by Company representatives and leads to detailed site inspections and usually environmental, cultural heritage and land surveys of proposed CSG infrastructure locations on your land – well sites, gathering corridors, lay-down areas, gravel pits and more. Landholders are usually asked to agree the location of infrastructure and sign their name on survey plans. The second phase of negotiations involves the negotiation of the terms of a Conduct and Compensation Agreement (CCA) at which point landholders usually obtain independent legal and other professional assistance such as valuation and accounting advice – fees for which the CSG company is liable. Unfortunately it is not until the second phase that…