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## Kavya Kasturi
From: Steve Schneider [steveschneider@utah.gov] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 1:19 AM To: Kavya Kasturi Subject: Re: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (UT DNR)


## Kavya, The data search described in your email, included in paragraphs #3 and #4, can be utilized as public data.
Steve Schneider Administrative Services & Policy Coordinator Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Kavya Kasturi < Kavya.Kasturi@erg.com > wrote: Hi Steve,

Thanks for taking the time to talk to me on the phone today. As I mentioned on the phone, my name is Kavya Kasturi-Kuhn and I work for Eastern Research Group, Inc ., a contractor for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. We are supporting EPA with a rulemaking that will cover the un conventional oil and gas extraction industry ( http://water.epa.gov/ scitech/wastetech/gui de/oilandgas/unconv.cfm ).

As part of the rulemaking process, we downloaded data from your website for analysis. EPA has determined that they would like to make these analyses and the raw data available in the public recordto support the rulemaking. We noticed the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining website has a bl anket copyright claim and Terms of Use. However, it is unclear what is covered under this claim and Terms of Use. Below is the citation for the specific data downloaded that ar e in question as well as a description of how the data were used and will be presented. Included in the citation are the Document Control Numbers (DCN) that will identify the data and source in the public docket.

Citation: Utah – SGE00403 - Utah Department of Natural Resources (UTDNR). 2012. Well Information Search. Accessed on 2/4/2013. Available at: http://oilgas.ogm.utah.gov/Data_Cen ter/LiveData_Search/files.htm

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We searched the online database to identify active Class II disposal wells. We exporte d the final list of active Class II disposal wells to Excel which we are proposi ng to publish within an an alysis spreadsheet (SGE00596), where we compiled disposal wells for all states. This separate analysis spreadsheet (SGE00596) is where the raw data from the state website will be published but will be cited with SGE00403.2 

## It would be greatly appreciated if yo u could respond to this email specifying whether or not these data files are copyrighted or not. If not, these files will be made available to the public on www.regulations.gov at the time of proposal. If the data is copyright ed, it will only be made available to the public at a re ad only computer station in Washington D.C..

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kavya P. Kasturi-Kuhn Environmental Engineer Eastern Research Group kavya.kasturi@erg.com
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