1 Daisy Wang

From: Tom Kropatsch [tom.kropatsch@wyo.gov] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 12:02 PM To: Daisy Wang Subject: Re: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (WYOGCC)

Hi Daisy, Sorry, had to get confirmation from our IT folk s that they didn't have any concerns. You can use the files you downloaded there is no specific copyright issues related to those.

Thanks,

Tom Kropatsch Deputy Oil and Gas Supervisor Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2211 King Blvd PO Box 2640 Casper, WY 82602 Office: (307) 234-7147 Cell: (307) 274-7487
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Daisy Wang < Daisy.Wang@erg.com > wrote:

Hi Tom,

I’m just following up on this request – could you please let us know if this data is copyrighted or not?

Thanks,
Daisy

Sincerely,
Daisy Wang
Environmental Engineer
Eastern Research Group, Inc.

(848) 209-9675
daisy.wang@erg.com2 From: Daisy Wang Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 5:50 PM To: 'Tom Kropatsch' Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (WYOGCC)

Hi Tom,

Below is a list of the files we ha ve downloaded that are in question.

- Well Header Data 111412 (Available at: http://wogcc.state.wy.us/urecordsMenu.cfm?Skip='Y'&oops=ID24928 )

- Production Data (Available at: http://wogcc.state.wy.us/WebUpFileapis.cfm?oops=1 )
For this, we uploaded a file of well API num bers and downloaded the resulting excel file.

We would like to publish the excel file with production data and the whole well header database in the public record. It would be greatly appreciated if you could res pond 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 copyrighted, it will only be made ava ilable to the public at a read only computer station in Washington D.C..

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,
Daisy Wang
Environmental Engineer
Eastern Research Group, Inc.

(848) 209-9675
daisy.wang@erg.com3 From: Tom Kropatsch [ mailto:tom.kropatsch@wyo.gov ] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 5:29 PM To: Daisy Wang Subject: Re: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (WYOGCC)

Hi Daisy,
If you could send a list of the f iles that would be great.

Thanks
Tom Kropatsch
Deputy Oil and Gas Supervisor

WOGCC

307-234-7147

On Feb 13, 2015, at 1:37 PM, Daisy Wang < Daisy.Wang@erg.com > wrote:
Hi Mr. Kropatsch,

My name is Daisy Wang and I work for East ern Research Group, Inc., a contractor for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. We are supporting EPA with a rule making that will cover the unconventional oil and gas extraction industry ( http://water.epa.gov/sc itech/wastetech/guide /oilandgas/unconv.cfm ).

As part of the rulemaking process, we dow nloaded data from the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission website for analysis. EPA has determined that they would like to make these analyses and the raw data availabl e in the public record to support the rulemaking. We noticed that the website has a blanket copyright claim, but it is unclear what is covered under this claim. Could you help us to clarify if specifi c data files are copyright ed or not? If so, I can send you a list of the data files that are in questio n. If not, could you please point us to the best person who can answer our question?4 I recently left you a voicemail with this same information, but hopefully it will be easier to read in an e-mail! Thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
Daisy Wang
Environmental Engineer
Eastern Research Group, Inc.

(848) 209-9675
daisy.wang@erg.com

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