Ohio Department of Natural Resources 

JOl-IN R. KASICH. GOVERNOR 

March 31, 2015 

Brent Ruminski 

Eastern Research Group, Inc., 

14555 Avian Parkway, Suite 208 

Chantilly, VA 20151 

Dear Mr. Ruminski: 

JAMES ZEHRINGER. DIRECTOR 

Thank you for your request to use the documents identified in the attached March 

13,2015 correspondence below (collectively the "Works"). The Ohio Department of 

Natural Resources ("ODNR") hereby grants US EPA the right to display the Works on 

www.regulations.gov and reproduce the Works as necessary for said display. This 

grant of rights is limited to non-commercial, governmental purposes only and 

subject to the following condition: 

ODNR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND 

CONCERNING THE WORKS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR 

OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, 

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, 

NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, 

ACCURACY, OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR 

NOT DISCOVERABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE 

EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THIS EXCLUSION MAY NOT 

APPLY TO THIS GRANT. 

I have the authority to grant the foregoing permission on behalf of ODNR. 

Sincerely, 

Office of the Director • 2045 Morse Rd • Columbus, OH 43229-6693 • ohiodnr.gov 
From: Brent Ruminski [mailto:Brent.Ruminski@erg.com] 

Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 2:53 PM 

To: Irwin, Steven 

Cc: DNR oilandgas 

Subject: Copyright Data Clarification for US EPA (OH DNR) 

Hi Steven 

My name is Brent Ruminski and I work for Eastern Research Group, Inc., a contractor for the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). We are supporting EPA with a rule making that will 

cover the unconventional oil and gas extraction industry 

(http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/oilandgas/unconv.cfm). 

As part of the rulemaking process, we downloaded oil and gas production data from the OH DNR 

website for analysis. EPA has determined that they would like to make these analyses and the raw data 

available in the public record to support the rulemaking. We noticed the OH DNR website has a blanket 

copyright claim. However, it is unclear what is covered under this claim. Below is a list of specific files 

that we have downloaded that are in question. It would be greatly appreciated if you 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. The document control 

number (DCN) listed with each reference should help you find the reference after proposal if the data 

are not copyrighted. 

• 2011 Utica Shale Production (Available at: http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#ARCHl) -

SGE00559 

• 2012 Utica Shale Production (Available at: http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#ARCHl)-

SGE00560 

• 2013 Quarterly Horizontal Shale Production: 1st Quarter (Available at: 

http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#ARCHl)- SGE00964 

• 2013 Quarterly Horizontal Shale Production: 2nd Quarter (Available at: 

http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#ARCHl) - SGE00965 

• 2013 Quarterly Horizontal Shale Production: 3rd Quarter (Available at: 

http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#ARCHl)- SGE00727 

• 2013 Quarterly Horizontal Shale Production: 41

h Quarter (Available at: 

http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#ARCHl)- SGE00737 

• Utica/Point Pleasant Shale Cumulative Permitting Activity through 12/07/2013. Downloaded on 

12/12/2013. Last updated on 12/6/2013. Available at: 

http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#SHALE - SGE00561 

• Ohio Department of Natural Resources (OHDNR). 2012. Risked Based Data Management System 

(RBDMS) Database. Downloaded on 12/21/2012. (available at: 

http://oila ndgas.ohiodnr .gov /well-information/oil-gas-well-data base) - SGE00397 /SG E00398. 

Note: the published data will only contain a list of ~200 records for underground injection 

disposal wells obtained from this database since the underlying database is too large 

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Brent Ruminski 

Eastern Research Group, Inc. {ERG)