List of Meetings EPA Participated in with Stakeholders and Industry Groups During the Development of the Proposed 

Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction - DCN SGE00967

Date Topic Participants/Reference

12/5/2011, 

1/5/2012, 

7/28/2014

Reserved 

Environmental 

Services, LLC (RES) - 

Centralized waste 

treatment facility

Call: Andrew Kicinski, Nicholas Haden, RES; Brian D'Amico, Lisa 

Biddle, EPA; Meghan Camp, Brent Ruminski, ERG. Site Visit: 

Nicholas Haden, Andrew Kicinski, RES; Lisa Biddle, Jan Goodwin, 

Adrian Hanley, Karen Milam, Jesse Pritts, EPA; Joel Blanco-Gonzalez, 

EPA Region 3; Katie Boone, Michael Kaufman, Pam McQuistian, PA 

DEP; Cortney Itle, Kathleen Wu, ERG. See "Notes on Conference Call 

with Reserved Environmental Services, LLC" (DCN SGE00245) and 

"Reserved Environmental Services (RES) - Sanitized SVR and Notes" 

(DCN SGE01065)

12/6/2011 Meeting with Oil and 

Gas Industry 

Associations

Mary Smith, Jan Goodwin, Robert Wood, James Covington, Erik 

Helm, Brian D’Amico, Jan Matuszko, Marla Smith, Tom Born, Ahmar 

Siddiqui, Lisa Biddle, Cuc Schroeder, William Swietlik, Scott Wilson, 

Jan Pickerel Richard Witt, EPA; Matt Kellogg, Lee Fuller, IPAA; Amy 

Farrell, ANGA; Roger Claff, API; Alby Modiano, USOGA; Mark 

Himmelstein, NES; Gerry Jacob, PNR; Bruce Thompson, AXPC; 

Dennis Latham, CMAA

12/19/2011, 

1/4/2012, 

2/8/2012, 

1/11/2013

212 Resources. 

Treatment of UOG 

Extraction Wastewater

Mike Zumwalt, Leslie Merrill, Dan Owen, 212 Resources; Lisa 

Biddle, Brian D'Amico, EPA; Meghan Camp, Brent Ruminski, Betsy 

Bicknell, ERG See: "Notes on Conference Call with 212 Resources" 

(DCN SGE00244)

1/11/2012, 

2/8/2012

Lamnipipe. Treatment 

Technologies

Don Nevin, Lamnipipe; Fred Eames, Hunton & Williams (on behalf of 

Lamnipipe); Lisa Biddle, Brian D'Amico, Richard Witt, EPA; Meghan 

Camp, Brent Ruminski, ERG. See: "Notes on Meeting with Lamnipipe 

Inc. on 8 February 2012" (DCN SGE00699)

2/7/2012 Aquaback -Treatment 

Technologies

Scott Newquist, Aquaback; Bob Bastian, Chrystal Beasley, Scott 

Wilson, Jan Pickerel, Lisa Biddle, EPA

2/29/2012 Meeting with Industry 

Representatives on 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG

Rob Wood; January Matuszko; Erik Helm; Tom Born; Jan Pickerel; 

Kim Petro; James Covington; Marla Smith; Brian D’Amico; Lisa 

Biddle; Ahmar Siddiqui; Cuc Schroeder; Maria Gomez-Taylor; 

Richard Mark; Jill Dean; Lee Fuller; Stephanie Meadows; Jason Smith 

Sarah Banaszak; Amy Farrell; Marc Himmelstein; Rebecca 

Thingelstad; George King; Craig Brown; Matt Kellogg; Jan Gilbreath; 

Richard Witt; Brian Schumacher; Chris Impelliteri; David Marker; Erik 

Edgar; Mike Fisher; Tatiana Melnikova; Betsy Bicknell; Meghan 

Camp; Brent Ruminski

See "Notes for Shale Gas Industry Meeting Held on 29 February 2012" 

(DCN SGE00521)

3/26/2012 H2Environmental 

(H2E) Treatment 

Technology

Dr. Jerry Hebert, H2E; Lisa Biddle, EPA

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Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction - DCN SGE00967

Date Topic Participants/Reference

5/9/2012 Chesapeake Energy - 

UOG operations

Jennifer Hoffman, Troy Jordan, Brian Grove, Jimmie Hannontree, 

Chesapeake; Jan Matuszko, Brian D'Amico, Lisa Biddle, Cuc 

Schroeder, Erik Helm, Richard Witt, EPA; Meghan Camp, Brent 

Ruminski, ERG. See "Site Visit Report Chesapeake Energy 

Corporation Marcellus Shale Gas Operations Sanitized" (DCN 

SGE00635)

5/15/2012 BLX - oil and gas 

operations

Richard Brewer, BLX; Brian D'Amico, Lisa Biddle, Erik Helm, EPA; 

Betsy Bicknell, Meghan Camp, Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Notes on 

Conference Call with BLX, Inc on 15 May 2012" (DCN SGE00283)

5/24/2012, 

8/6/2012

Talisman Oil and Gas 

Operations

Walt Hufford, Talisman; John Sohn, McKenna, Long, and Aldridge, 

LLP; Lisa Biddle, Erik Helm, Brian D'Amico, EPA; Meghan Camp, 

Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Talisman - Sanitized Notes" (DCN 

SGE01064)

6/5/2012 CNX (Consol) Gas 

Corporation - oil and 

gas operations

Tom Medalia, CNX (Console); Lisa Biddle, Brian D'Amico, EPA

6/14/2012, 

9/17/2012, 

5/6/2014

Clean Streams - CWT 

facility in 

Williamsport, PA

Tim Miller, Richard Weaver, Clean Streams; Lisa Biddle, Tom Born, 

Brian D'Amico, Erik Helm, Pooja Parikh, EPA; Casey MacQueen, 

Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Site Visit Report: US Gas Field Fluids 

Management (formerly Clean Streams) Marcellus Shale Gas 

Operation" (DCN SGE00299)

6/14/2012, 

9/18/2012

Eureka - CWT facility 

in Williamsport, PA

Jerel Bogden, Dan Ertel, John Staton, Eureka; Lisa Biddle, Tom Born, 

Brian D'Amico, Erik Helm, Pooja Parikh, EPA; Casey MacQueen, 

Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Site Visit Report Eureka Resources, LLC 

Marcellus Shale Gas Operations" (DCN SGE00300)

6/19/2012, 

8/13/2012

Citrus Energy 

Corporation - UOG 

operations

Rick Fields, Citrus; Heather Burkhart, Entech Engineering, Inc.; Lisa 

Biddle, Erik Helm, EPA; Meghan Camp, Casey MacQueen, ERG. See 

"Site Visit Report Citrus Energy Corporation Marcellus Shale Gas 

Operations" (DCN SGE00275)

6/26/2012 Anadarko Petroleum 

Corporation - UOG 

operations

Clay Bretches, Mark Conrad, Chris Doyle, Mark Hanley, Greg 

Pensabene, Justin Stone, Rob Gough, Brad Milliken, Doug Shotts, 

Nathan Bennett, Anadarko; Lisa Biddle, EPA. See "Site Visit Report 

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Marcellus Shale Gas Operations" 

(DCN SGE00280)

7/2/2012 North Star Disposal - 

Information on 

underground injection 

wells used for disposal 

of oil and gas 

extraction wastewater

Bill Hays, Dave Jenkins, Terry Smerks, North Star; Lisa Biddle, Erik 

Helm, EPA; Betsy Bicknell, Meghan Camp, Brent Ruminski, Lori 

Weiss, ERG. See "Conference Call with North Star Disposal, Inc 

Regarding Underground Injection Operations in Ohio" (DCN 

SGE00279)

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Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction - DCN SGE00967

Date Topic Participants/Reference

7/18/2012, 

8/28/2012, 

5/8/2014

XTO Energy, Update 

on ELG rulemaking for 

UOG

Joe Cardenas, Paul Krishna, XTO; Robert Nolan, ExxonMobil, Lisa 

Biddle, Erik Helm, Brian D'Amico, Ahmar Siddiqui, Tom Born, Pooja 

Parikh, EPA; Meghan Camp, Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Meeting with 

XTO Energy, Inc. about Unconventional Oil and Gas Sanitized (DCN 

SGE00276)

8/8/2012 Information about 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG and state-level 

data and considerations

Lisa Biddle, Jan Pickrel, Chrystal Beasley, EPA; representatives from 

several states including Alaska, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New 

Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and 

Virginia; I-Hsin Lee, Christine Wong, Tetra Tech. See "States 

Pretreatment Coordinators' Quarterly Conference Call" (DCN 

SGE00742)

9/5/2012 Meeting with Industry 

Representatives on 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG

Lisa Biddle, Brian D’Amico, Jan Matuszko, EPA; Alby Modiano, U.S. 

Oil and Gas Association; Dennis Latham, Alabama Coalbed Methane 

Association; Lee Fuller, Matt Kellogg, IPAA; Marc Himmelstein, 

National Environmental Strategies; Bruce Thompson, American 

Exploration and Production Council; Jerry Jacob, Pioneer Natural 

Resources; Chris Hill, Chesapeake; Amy Farrell, Jason Smith, 

America’s Natural Gas Alliance

10/10/2012 Meeting with Industry 

Representatives - ELGs 

101 for trade 

associations

Robert Wood, Erik Helm, Brian D’Amico, Jan Matuszko, Ahmar 

Siddiqui, Lisa Biddle, Andrew Kriger, Scott Wilson, Pooja Parikh, 

Paula VanLare, EPA; Matt Kellogg, Lee Fuller, IPAA; Amy Farrell, 

Jason Smith, ANGA; Roger Claff, Amy Emmert, Peter Tolsdorf, API; 

Tim Stewart, USOGA; Mark Himmelstein, NES; Bruce Thompson, 

AXPC; Dennis Latham, CMAA; Jerry Jacobs, Pioneer Natural 

Resources

10/10/2012, 

1/24/2013, 

4/25/2013, 

8/5/2013, 

12/5/2013, 

8/13/2014

Information about 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG and state-level 

data and considerations

Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, Lynn Zipf, Andrew Hanson, Damon 

Highsmith, Eileen McGovern, Elizabeth Skane, William Nickerson, 

Scott Wilson, EPA; representatives from ECOS, ACWA, and the 

IOGCC; and representatives from several states including Oklahoma, 

Wyoming, Ohio, Alaska, Colorado, Alabama, West Virginia, Texas, 

and Pennsylvania. See "Summary of EPA-State Pilot on Improving 

Regulatory Implementation" (DCN SGE00762)

10/11/2012 Quicksilver - UOG 

operations

Todd Hutson, Keith Mouser, James Segars, Carl Bowers, Quicksilver; 

Lisa Biddle, Ahmar Siddiqui, Brian D'Amico, EPA; Meghan Camp, 

Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Conference Call with Quicksilver 

Resources, Inc. About Shale Gas Operations Sanitized" (DCN 

SGE00607)

11/5/2012 ConocoPhillips - UOG 

operations

Warren Emerson, Neal Goates, Steve Jester, Alena Jonas, 

ConocoPhillips; Lisa Biddle, Brian D'Amico, Erik Helm, EPA; Meghan 

Camp, Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Conference Call with 

ConocoPhillips about shale gas operations" (DCN SGE00695)

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Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction - DCN SGE00967

Date Topic Participants/Reference

2/20/2013 Meeting with Industry 

Representatives from 

IPAA on ELG 

rulemaking for UOG

Lee Fuller, Matt Kellogg, IPAA; Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, Ahmar 

Siddiqui, Karen Milam, EPA; Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Meeting 

with IPAA about the Unconventional Oil and Gas Effluent Guideline 

Rulemaking" (DCN SGE00696)

2/28/2013 Meeting with Industry 

Representatives on 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG

Amy Farrell, Jason Smith, ANGA; Lee Fuller, Matt Kellogg, IPAA; 

Amy Emmert, API; Jeff Bull, Troy Jordan, Chesapeake; Joe Cardenas, 

Lindsay Bass, XTO Energy; Michael Dunkle, Pioneer; Craig Brown, 

QEP; Michael Parker, ExxonMobil; Marc Himmelstein, NES; Dennis 

Latham, CMAA; Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, Ahmar Siddiqui, Karen 

Milam, Jesse Pritts, Cindy Roberts, EPA; Brent Ruminski, Betsy 

Bicknell, ERG; Erik Edgar, Ryan Stapler, Abt. See "Meeting with 

Industry Representatives about the Unconventional Oil and Gas 

Effluent Guideline Rulemaking" (DCN SGE00613)

5/20/2013 Center for Sustainable 

Shale Development 

(CSSD) - Information 

about ELG rulemaking 

for UOG and 

background on CSSD

Andrew Place, Center for Sustainable Shale Development; Lisa Biddle, 

Jan Matuszko, Karen Milam, Scott Wilson, Chitra Kumar, Jesse Pritts, 

Cindy Roberts, EPA

8/14/2013 Information about 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG and state-level 

data and considerations

Lisa Biddle, Jesse Pritts, Rebecca Roose, Ginny Phillips, Jan Pickrel, 

EPA; Susan Kirsch, Association of Clean Water; administrators from 

ACWA; representatives from several states including Alaska, 

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, 

Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and 

West Virginia; I-Hsin Lee, Christine Wong, Tetra Tech. See "States 

Pretreatment Coordinators' Bi-Monthly Conference Call" (DCN 

SGE00743)

8/30/2013 Call with 

Environmental Defense 

Fund (EDF) - 

Information about ELG 

rulemaking for UOG

Dan Mueller and Nichole Saunders, EDF; Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, 

EPA

9/5/2013 Ohio State University's 

Plans to study 

Hydrualic Fracturing

Jeff Daniels, Roman Lanno, OSU; Lisa Biddle, Jesse Pritts, Tom Born, 

Chitra Kumar, Chris Impellitteri, Kirk Scheckel, EPA

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Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction - DCN SGE00967

Date Topic Participants/Reference

9/12/2013 Southwestern Energy - 

UOG operations

Thomas Alexander, James Bolander, Peter Fyfe, Roy Hartstein, Mark 

Mazock, Sean McKaren, Doug Melton, Southwestern; Lisa Biddle, 

Karen Milam, Jesse Pritts, EPA; Maria Okpala, EPA Region 6; Sarah 

Hays, Brent Ruminski, ERG. See "Site Visit Report Southwestern 

Energy Fayetteville Shale Operations" (DCN SGE00625)

11/8/2013 Purestream - Treatment 

Technologies

Amy Hansen, Todd Ennenga, Purestream; Lisa Biddle, Jesse Pritts, 

Karen Milam, EPA; Meghan Camp, Sarah Hays, ERG. See "Meeting 

with Purestream Technology about Treatment Technologies Relevant 

to the Unconventional Oil and Gas Industry" (DCN SGE00717)

11/14/2013 North Carolina 

Regulations and Future 

Oil and Gas Activity

Lisa Biddle, EPA OW; Karri-Jo Shell, EPA Region 4; Lori 

Montgomery, PE, North Carolina Division of Water Resources

2/7/2014 Hydrozonix - 

Treatment 

Technologies

Jinxuan Hu, Mark Patton, Hydrozonix; Brent Ruminski, ERG. See 

"Notes on Meeting with Hydrozonix, LLC on 7 February 2014" (DCN 

SGE00705)

2/11/2014 John Crane - Treatment 

technologies

Chris Songer, Mike Kalodimos, John Crane; Lisa Biddle, Jesse Pritts, 

EPA; Sarah Hays, ERG. See "Meeting with John Crane about 

Treatment Technologies" (DCN SGE00718)

4/15/2014 Radium 226 Analyses 

at University of 

Pittsburgh

Professor Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Jesse Pritts, Lisa Biddle, 

Adrian Hanley, EPA; Kathleen Wu, Debbie Falatko, ERG

4/29/2014 Center for Sustainable 

Shale Development - 

Update on ELG 

rulemaking for UOG

Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, EPA; Susan Packard LeGros, Center for 

Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD)

5/14/2014, 

6/4/2014

Information about 

ELG rulemaking for 

UOG and discussion of 

tribal considerations 

and data

National Tribal Water Council (May 14, 2014); National Tribal 

Caucus (June 4, 2014); Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, EPA. See 

"Summary of EPA Outreach and Coordination with Indian Tribes for 

the Proposed Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas 

Extraction Wastewater" (DCN SGE00785)

5/29/2014 Information about ELG 

rulemaking for UOG 

and discussion of 

possible tribal 

considerations

Jeff Hunt, Department of Interior; Lisa Biddle, EPA.

See "Tribal Unconventional Oil and Gas Operations and Wastewater 

Management Call Summary" (DCN SGE01123)

6/30/2014 Call with 

Environmental Defense 

Fund (EDF) - Update 

on ELG rulemaking for 

UOG

Dan Mueller and Nichole Saunders, EDF; Lisa Biddle, Jan Matuszko, 

EPA

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Pretreatment Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction - DCN SGE00967

Date Topic Participants/Reference

8/6/2014 Seneca oil and gas 

operations and 

wastewater 

management and 

treatment

Randy Garrett, Seneca; Terry Beasy, Craig Clerkin, Bernie Duesel, 

John Weigold, Heartland; Jesse Pritts, Karen Milam, EPA; Debra 

Falatko, Cortney Itle, Sarah Yates, ERG. See "Site Visit Report Seneca 

Resources Corporation" (DCN SGE01047)

9/16/2014 Call with 

Environmental Defense 

Fund (EDF) - Update 

on ELG rulemaking for 

UOG

Dan Mueller, Nichole Saunders, Scott Anderson, Holly Pearen, EDF; 

Brian Penttila, Consultant to EDF; Lisa Biddle, Jesse Pritts, Janet 

Goodwin, EPA

10/8/2014 IPAA meeting - Update 

on status of ELG 

rulemaking for UOG 

and CWT study

Jesse Pritts, Lisa Biddle, EPA; Matt Kellogg, IPAA; Lee Fuller, IPAA; 

Andrew Shaw, McKenna Long and Aldridge LLP (On behalf of 

Calfrac and Talisman); Jim Elliott, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC; 

Brian Woodard, Chesapeake Energy; Angie Burckhalter, Devon 

Energy; Wyatt Boutwell, Vicki Cooper & Associates (On behalf of the 

Association of Energy Service Companies); Gretchen Kern, Pioneer 

Natural Resources; Kristen Lingley, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.; 

Kari Gibson, ConocoPhillips; Andrew McNeil, Kentucky Oil and Gas 

Association; Rudy Vogt, CV Resources (Kentucky Oil and Gas 

Association); Sarah Gainer, Chesapeake Energy; Mike Smith, QEP 

Resources; Puneet Verma, Chevron; Doug Jordan, Southwestern 

Energy; Gerri Edens, BakerHostetler ; Chris Marraro, BakerHostetler; 

Greg Washington, Chevron; Luke Johnson, Brownstein Hyatt Farber 

Schrek, LLP (on behalf of Noble); Penny Seiple, Ohio Oil and Gas 

Association

10/27/2014 Information about ELG 

rulemaking for UOG

Grady McCallie, North Carolina Conservation Network; Lisa Biddle, 

EPA

11/12/2014 API meeting - Update 

on status of ELG 

rulemaking for UOG 

and CWT study

Bob Sandilos, Chevron; Frank Lyon, Newpark; Poh Boon Ung, BP; 

Lindsay Bass, XTO; Kiran Srinivasan, Hess; Amy Emmert, API; 

Roxana Herrera, BP; Fernando Sierra, Shell; Stephanie Olson, 

Marathon; Jenny Yang, Conoco Phillips; Lisa Biddle, Jesse Pritts, EPA

12/8/2014 Clean Water Action - 

Update on ELG 

rulemaking for UOG

Jesse Pritts, Lisa Biddle, EPA; John Noel, Jennifer Peters, Clean Water 

Action

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