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Kavya Kasturi

From: Bill Sydow [bsydow@nogcc.ne.gov]

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:47 PM

To: Kavya Kasturi

Subject: RE: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (NE OGCC)

K,

There is no copyright on the data.  The copyright is only for software programming and images which you are not

interested in.

Bill Sydow

Director

308‐254‐6919  (O)

308‐254‐6922 (F)

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

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:39 AM 

To: bsydow@nogcc.ne.gov

Subject: FW: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (NE OGCC) 

Hi Bill,

I wanted to check in again regarding our conversation 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. Also, if you have further questions on the rulemaking, please

contact Lisa Biddle at EPA. Her email and phone number are biddle.lisa@epa.gov and 202-566-0350. 

Thanks, 

Kavya

From: Kavya Kasturi 

Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 1:52 PM 

To: 'bsydow@nogcc.ne.gov' 

Subject: Copyright data clarification for US EPA (NE OGCC) 

Hi Bill,

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 unconventional oil and gas extraction industry

(http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/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 record to support the rulemaking. We noticed

the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 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: Nebraska – DCN SGE00393 – Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (NOGCC). 2012. Well Data.

Downloaded on 12/21/2012. Available at: http://www.nogcc.ne.gov/NOGCCPublications.aspx.  
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We queried the database to identify active Class II disposal wells. The final list of active Class II disposal wells will also be

included in a separate analysis spreadsheet with DCN SGE00596, where we compiled disposal wells for all states. This

separate analysis spreadsheet (DCN SGE00596) is where the raw data from the state website will be published but will

be cited with DCN SGE00393.

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 let me know if you have any questions.

Kavya P. Kasturi‐Kuhn

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group

kavya.kasturi@erg.com

240‐654‐2524