<div dir="ltr">Dawn, <div>Thank you for your contact and sharing that information with all of us. Did Shroeder address your questions about proximity to water supply sources and well capacity? I didn't see that in the info you forwarded, but thought you may have other info. I am intending on writing a letter as well so just trying to find out the most helpful questions to ask.</div><div>Kelcey</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 12:09 AM Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Per George’s request, last night I wrote to Adam Schroeder of the Ohio DNR, seeking information about injection wells in Washington County. He responded within 24 hours. Here’s what he said. Note the attachments. I regret that I did not ask for the locations of the 15 wells.<div><br></div><div>—dawn<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">"<a href="mailto:Adam.Schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov" target="_blank">Adam.Schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov</a>" <<a href="mailto:Adam.Schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov" target="_blank">Adam.Schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>RE: Public Records Request re injection wells in Washington County</b><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">November 10, 2020 at 4:29:02 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">Dawn Hewitt <<a href="mailto:hewitt@earth-maker.com" target="_blank">hewitt@earth-maker.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Good afternoon Ms. Hewitt,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you for your email and for contacting the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Washington County has 15 active injection wells. Those wells injected 7,441,330 barrels in 2019. Trumbull County has the most active injection wells in the state with 19. The Division does not keep records of West Virginia or Pennsylvania. <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/1509.021" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Section 1509.021</a><span> </span>(L) of the Ohio Revised Code addresses well spacing. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is the regulator of<span><span> </span>township and municipal water supplies.</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please see below for the well and depth:<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">API_WELLNO Drillers total depth DTD<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167279580000 1850<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167274010000 1911<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167297670000 4510<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167238620000 6093<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167284620000 6159<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167297660000 6251<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167297310000 6300<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167294640000 6445<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167295430000 6455<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167294450000 6458<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167293950000 7230<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167296580000 7246<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167295770000 7303<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">34167296850000 7332<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Division does not speculate as to the capacity of these wells.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please find the requested inspection reports attached to this email. I have attached brine disposal spreadsheets dating back to 2012 to this email.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Again, thank you for contacting the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Stay safe.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Adam Schroeder<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Public Information Officer<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ohio Department of Natural Resources<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Division of Oil & Gas Resources Management<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">614-265-6937<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/</span></a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From:</b><span> </span>Dawn Hewitt <<a href="mailto:hewitt@earth-maker.com" target="_blank">hewitt@earth-maker.com</a>><span> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday, November 09, 2020 8:57 PM<br><b>To:</b><span> </span>Schroeder, Adam <<a href="mailto:Adam.Schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov" target="_blank">Adam.Schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Public Records Request re injection wells in Washington County<u></u><u></u></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin-bottom:2.25pt"><span style="font-size:21pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span>Dear Mr. Schroeder: </span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span>As a resident of Marietta, I am deeply concerned about injection wells here in Washington County. This letter is a </span>Public Records Request under ORC 149.43 regarding injection wells near where I live:<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;min-height:20.3px"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span>1. How many injection wells are there in Washington County? It is my understanding that there are more injection wells in this one county than in the entire states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Is that true? Is it true that there are more injection wells in Washington County than in any other county in Ohio?</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;min-height:20.3px"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span>2. How close are injection wells to township and municipal water supplies in Washington County?</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;min-height:20.3px"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span> 3. How many barrels of brine waste were injected in these wells in the past five years?</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;min-height:20.3px"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span> 4. What is the estimated capacity of those wells?</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;min-height:20.3px"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span> 5. How deep are the injection wells in Washington County?</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal;min-height:20.3px"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><span> 6. I request copies of the inspection reports of the injection wells in Washington County for the past five years. </span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal">7. It is my understanding that Ohio gets $.05/barrel for brine originating in Ohio, and $.20/barrel from waste from out of state. Is that accurate? How much total revenue did the State of Ohio earn in the past five years from injection well fees, and can this revenue be broken down by state source? <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal">Thank you for your attention to this matter.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal">Sincerely, <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal">Dawn Hewitt<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal">622 N. 7th St.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal">Marietta, OH 45750<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:normal"><u></u> <u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br><br><br><br><b><span style="color:red">CAUTION:</span></b><span style="color:red"><span> </span>This is an external email and may not be safe. 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