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http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ogb/database.aspx 6/7/2013
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http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ogb/database.aspx 6/7/2013
From: Biddle, Lisa

To: Sarah Yates; Brent Ruminski; James OConnell

Cc: Pritts, Jesse

Subject: FW: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:51:55 AM

You can put the Alabama information listed below in the public docket. See confirmation email

below.

Thank you,

Lisa

_____________________

Lisa A. Biddle

U.S. EPA, Office of Water

ph: (202) 566 0350

Biddle.Lisa@epa.gov

From: Marvin Rogers [mailto:mrogers@ogb.state.al.us] 

Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:55 AM

To: Biddle, Lisa

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Ms. Biddle

The records of the Alabama Oil and Gas Board are public records. EPA may utilize our records.

Marvin Rogers

Assistant Attorney General

General Counsel

Alabama Oil and Gas Board

From: Biddle, Lisa [mailto:Biddle.Lisa@epa.gov] 

Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:49 AM

To: Marvin Rogers

Cc: Sarah Yates (sarah.yates@erg.com)

Subject: FW: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

_____________________

Lisa A. Biddle

U.S. EPA, Office of Water

ph: (202) 566 0350

Biddle.Lisa@epa.gov

From: Kavya Kasturi [mailto:Kavya.Kasturi@erg.com] 

Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 12:38 PM

To: Kavya Kasturi; mrogers@ogb.state.al.us
Cc: Brent Ruminski

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Hi Marvin,

Thanks again for talking to me last week. Do you have any further questions on the email? Please let

me know if you can confirm that the data file is not copyrighted via email per our conversation last

week.

Thanks,

Kavya

From: Kavya Kasturi 

Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:00 PM

To: 'mrogers@ogb.state.al.us'

Cc: Brent Ruminski

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Hi Marvin,

Thanks for getting back to me. We downloaded the attached list of active Class II disposal wells by

searching your website, which has a blanket copyright claim:

http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ogb/database.aspx. Can you please confirm that this data file is not

copyrighted such that EPA can publish this data to support the rulemaking for the unconventional oil

and gas extraction industry? If so, it will be published by EPA at www.regulations.gov and will have

the document control number (DCN) SGE00526, which will include a detailed citation to the AL OBG

website.

More information on the rulemaking is available here:

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

Thanks,

Kavya

From: Kavya Kasturi 

Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:07 PM

To: 'mrogers@ogb.state.al.us'

Cc: Brent Ruminski

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Hi Marvin,

I just left you a voicemail but wanted to check in via email as well. If you have any questions

regarding the copyright claim clarification described in my last email. While the copyright claim is

not visible on the direct link where we obtained the information

(http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ogb/database.aspx) the claim is visible on the Oil and Gas Board
homepage. If you’d like to discuss any of this over the phone, please feel free to give me a call or let

me know if there is a good time to reach you.

Thanks,

Kavya

From: Kavya Kasturi 

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 2:24 PM

To: 'Marvin Rogers'

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Hi Marvin,

Thanks for getting back to me. It looks like we’re playing phone tag! Is there a good time to reach

you? Are you available at all this afternoon or on Monday? If it’s easier, I can answer any question

you have via email instead. Please let me know and thanks again for your help.

Thanks,

Kavya

From: Marvin Rogers [mailto:mrogers@ogb.state.al.us] 

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:57 PM

To: Kavya Kasturi

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

I just tried to call you.

Please return the call

Marvin Rogers

205-247-3680

From: Kavya Kasturi [mailto:Kavya.Kasturi@erg.com] 

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:42 AM

To: Marvin Rogers

Cc: Brent Ruminski

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Hi Marvin,

I wanted to check in again regarding my email and voicemail from last week. If you have a moment

to get back to me regarding the copyright status of the data files, I’d greatly appreciate it. If you

have any questions or would like to discuss, please let Brent or I know.

Thanks,

Kavya

From: Kavya Kasturi 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 2:19 PM

To: 'mrogers@ogb.state.al.us'

Cc: Brent Ruminski

Subject: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (AL OGB)

Hi Marvin,

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 unconventional oil and gas extraction industry

(http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/oilandgas/unconv.cfm). Irene Burgess directed me

to you and I also left you a voicemail.

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

record to support the rulemaking. We noticed the Alabama Oil and Gas Board website has a blanket

copyright claim. However, it is unclear what is covered under this claim. Below is the citation for the

specific data downloaded that are 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: Alabama – SGE00526 - Geological Survey of Alabama - State Oil and Gas Board (AL OGB).

2013. Well Records Database. Accessed on 6/4/2013. Available at:

http://www.gsa.state.al.us/ogb/database.aspx.

We searched the online database to identify active Class II disposal wells. We exported the final list

of active Class II disposal wells to excel which we are proposing to publish within an analysis

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 SGE00526.

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. If the data is copyrighted, it will only be made

available to the public at a read only computer station in Washington D.C..

Please CC Brent Ruminski on your response. His email address is brent.ruminski@erg.com and he is

also cc’ed on this message. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Kavya P. Kasturi-Kuhn

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group

kavya.kasturi@erg.com

240-654-2524