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MondayO&GAnnouncementTalkingPoints

IndustryActivity: Ohio:

o 935Uticawellspermitted/583drilled/169producing MahoningCounty #9instatefornumberofpermits

o 28permitted/8drilled/0producing HarrisonCounty #2instatefornumberofpermits

o 139permitted/90drilled/20producingResponsibleRegulation

WehavetripledourOilandGasstaffinthelast3yearstomorethan100.Wehavemorethan50inspectors.

GovernorhasworkedwithLegislaturetostrengthenandupdateourlawsandrulesmultipletimes.

Wearewritingadditionalrulestofurtherstrengthenourlaws.(Questionsaboutcentralizedimpoundmentsandotherupdates)

Wearetakingalookatrulesinotherstates;weareexaminingindustrybestpractices;weareapplyingOhiospecificlawsandwewillwrite

strongrules.Thenwewillmakesureinspectorsdothenecessaryfollow

uptomakesuretherulesarefollowed.

InjectionWells Ohioslawsandrulesregardinginjectionwellsaresomeofthemostcomprehensiveinthenation.

Updatespassedlastyear,allowODNRtoordercompaniestorunaseriesoftestsinordertopermitnewwells,includeextensiveseismic

testing.

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Therehasneverbeenaninstanceofgroundwatercontaminationrelatedtotheinjectionofoilfieldwaste.

Forperspective,theU.S.EPAreportsthereare144,000ClassIIinjectionwells

in

the

nation;

less

than

200

are

in

operation

in

Ohio.

SeismicActivity ODNRhastakenextraordinarystepstobettermonitorandunderstandallseismicityinOhio.

ODNRismonitoringseismicactivitystationsat6locationsaroundOhio,specificallyrelatedtoinjectionwellsandwearerequestingfundingto

monitoradditional

wells.

WehavebeefedupourUICstaff,withmoreinspectorsandexpertsspecializedinseismicactivity.

Wenowhavethecapabilitytorecordseismicactivitythatwasntbeingrecordedinourstatebecausewehavebetterequipment.Thisallows

everyone,ODNRandresearcherstobetterunderstandseismicactivity

inOhio.

Recently,severalOhionewspapersapplaudedoureffortsfortryingtostudyandlearnmoreaboutthisissue.

Sole&ExclusiveAuthority LegislaturegaveODNRsoleandexclusiveauthorityrelatingtooilandgasactivity.

Confidentweareusingtherightpeoplewiththerightlawstoprotecthumanhealth,safetyandtheenvironment.

Wearequalifiedandcapabletoregulatetheindustrystatewidebecauseweusescience,notemotionorpoliticstoregulatethis

industry.

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NuisanceAbatement WeunderstandOhioisdifferentinregardstoOilandGasdrillingbecausemorepeoplelivehereandliveneartheactivity.

ODNRisapplyingspecialpermitconditionsandrequiringcompaniestodomoretomitigatesomeoftheeffectsofthisindustryincludingnoise

andlights. Companiesarecomplyingandtryingtobegoodneighbors.