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Paul Davis

Michael Burton

Division of Water Pollution Control

6th Floor, L & C Annex401 Church Street

Nashville, TN 37243

Jonathan Burr

Paul Schmierbach

Knoxville Field Office3711 Middlebrook Pike

Knoxville, TN 37921

April 11, 2011

To TDEC Staff and Inspectors:

This is a citizen's complaint filed under Tennessee Code Annotated 69-3-118 (a).

On April 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2011, United Mountain Defense volunteers Matt Landon and others visited

oil and gas well sites in Anderson County and Claiborne County, operated by Atlas Energy, KnoxEnergy and/or Miller Energy. We found one or more violations on each of these sites, listed below.

0011875 damaged solar panels; open tank battery; broken pipeline sign

0011878 Open well casing; dripping oil and water

0011516 oil on ground

0011535 abandoned tank battery

0011544 missing Knob or control device

0011578 solar panel damaged on ground

0011588 missing Knob or control device; open well casing with water

0011589 oil on ground dripping from pipe; oil on ground at containment tank

0011592 open drainage pipe with no endcap; salt deposit on wellhead, indicating leak

0011600 dripping wellhead; trash on site

0011699 open well casing

0011701 erosion, major gully and unseeded area; hillside with major erosion

0011707 no well casing

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0011708 oil on ground; erosion and unseeded hills; major gully from erosion

0011710 oil on pipes and ground; no permit on pump jack; open storage tanks collecting rainwater;

litter on site; leaky valve

0011712 oil on ground, oil sheen on water; large oil patch on ground; evidence of fire at site; erosion

0011715 damaged liner; oil on ground at pump jack; no sign on pump jack; large area of deadvegetation

0011832 leaking

0011849 oil on pipes and ground; no permit on pump jack; open storage tanks collecting rainwater;

litter on site; leaky valve

0011864 gas leaking from wellhead

0011869 standing water around tank batteries; major erosion near tank battery; major gullies fromerosion

0011868 extremely rusty pipe

We also visited the Lake City Compressor station and found: a drainage ditch from compressor tankleads into the woods; litter on site; exposed refrigerant on barrel. The GPS coordinates for the Lake

City Compressor Station are: 36 12 5 84 12 38.7

We also visited oil wells that we have already submitted complaints about on February 22nd and foundthat no action has been taken to rectify the violations we found at those sites.

We will personally deliver a CD with video documentation to the Knoxville Field Office. In the

meantime, please take immediate action on the wells listed.

Please send all correspondence regarding these matters to

United Mountain Defense

c/o William WilsonPO Box 20363

Knoxville, TN 37920

Thank you,

William R. Wilson and Matt Landon

On Behalf of United Mountain Defense