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MR LOREN KISKADDEN
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA, LLC, Permittee ORDER
AND NOW, this 19t1 day of July, 2013, after review of Appellant's Motion to Compel Discovery Responses from Permittee and Appellant's Motion to Renew Motion to Compel Against Permittee, Permittee's Responses, and following Oral Argument before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, it is ordered as follows: I) Appellant's Motion to Compel production of documents responsive to Appellant's Second Request for Production Nos. 1, 2-7, 9-13, 19,22-26, and 28-29 is granted. 2) 3) Permittee shall produce such additional documents on or before August 20, 2013. If Permittee has already provided all documents responsive to any of the above Requests for Production then it shall provide a signed verification in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure so indicating. 4) Appellant's Motion to Compel further responses to Appellant's First Set of Interrogatories, Nos. 3 & 7 is granted and Nos. 4-5 is denied. 5) Permittee shall further respond to Interrogatories Nos. 3 & 7 on or before August20,
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Permittee shall either admit or deny the above Requests for Admission on or before August 20, 2013.
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Appellant's Motion to Compel admissions to Appellant's Second Set of Requests for Admissions Nos. 45,47, 48, 49 & 50 is denied.
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Appellant's Motion to Renew Motion to Compel is granted. On or before August 20, 2013, Permittee shall provide Appellant with a list identifying any and all proprietary chemicals comprising each and every product identified by Permittee as used at the Yeager Site. In addition, Permittee will provide Appellant with a list of all chemicals for each Material Safety Data Sheet of the products Permittee earlier identified as used at the Yeager Site that lacked full information regarding all of the chemicals and components of those particular products. ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD
DATED: July 19,2013 c: For the Commonwealth of PA, DEP: Michael J. Heilman, Esquire Richard Watling, Esquire Office of Chief Counsel - Southwest Region
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j EHB Docket No. 2011-149-R Page 3 For Appellant: Kendra L. Smith, Esquire John M. Smith, Esquire SMITH BUTZ LLC 125 Technology Drive, Suite 202 Bailey Center I Canonsburg, PA 15317 For Permittee: Kenneth S. Komoroski, Esquire Jeremy A. Mercer, Esquire Matthew Sepp, Esquire Steven E.H. Gibbs, Esquire FULBRGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP Southpointe Energy Complex 370 Southpointe Blvd, Suite 300 Canonsburg, PA 15317
Michael C. Steindorf, Esquire Tyler H. Lipp, Esquire FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201-2784 Dennis St. J. Mulvihill, Esquire Bruce E. Rende, Esquire Erin J. Dolfi, Esquire ROBB LEONARD MIJLVIHILL, LLP 500 Grant Street, 73rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD LOREN KISKADDEN Appellant. Docket No. 2011-149-R vs. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Appellant,
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RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC, Permittee. PERMITTEE RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC'S RESPONSES AND OBJECTIONS TO APPELLANT'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND REQUEST FOR ADMISSION Pursuant to 25 Pa. Code 1021.102 and Rules 4009.12 and 4014 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, Permittec Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC ("Range"), hereby serves these Responses and Objections ("Responses") to Appellant's Request for Production of Documents and Request for Admission (collectively, "Requests"). GENERAL OBJECTIONS Range makes the following General Objections to the Requests. These General Objections are part of the Responses to each and every Request. The assertion of the same, similar, or additional objections in the individual objections to these Requests, or the failure to assert any additional objections, does not waive any of Range's General Objections as set forth below:
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reference, Range objects to this Request as overly broad and unduly burdensome. Range also
objects to this Request as seeking to expand the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil
Procedure. Range objects to this Request as premature. Range has not yet identified and
disclosed its testifying experts. Range will respond to this Request pursuant to applicable Pennsylvania rules of Civil Procedure and Board Orders. 37.
Please produce any and all documents, including but not limited to MSDS, which
identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used to treat the Yeager Impoundment and Drill Cuttings Pit. RESPONSE:
In addition to the General Objections, which are incorporated by
reference, Range also objects to this Request as seeking to expand the requirements of the
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable Pennsylvania law, which only require
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improperly seeking confidential and proprietary information. Range objects to this Request as vague, ambiguous and compound because of the use of the undefined terms "identify,"
"chemicals," "substances," "products," and "treat." Finally, Range objects to this Request as
seeking documents which are either already in Appellant's or Appellant's counsel's possession
or are equally accessible to Appellant through numerous document requests to and file reviews
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Subject to and without waiving the foregoing objections, Range will produce responsive,
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Please produce any and all documents, including but not limited to MSDS, which
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identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used in any drilling fluid or mud at the Yeager Site. RESPONSE In addition to the General Objections, which are incorporated by
reference, Range also objects to this Request as seeking to expand the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable Pennsylvania law, which only require Range to produce documents in its possession or control. Range objects to this Request as improperly seeking confidential and proprietary information. Range objects to this Request as vague, ambiguous and compound because of the use of the undefined terms "identify," "chemicals," "substances," and "products." Finally, Range objects to this Request as seeking documents which are either already in Appellant's or Appellant's counsel's possession or are
equally accessible to Appellant through numerous document requests to and file reviews already
conducted by Appellant or Appellant's counsel at DEP or through third-party subpoena productions. Subject to and without waiving the foregoing objections, Range will produce responsive, non-privileged documents in its possession to the extent such documents exist 39. Please produce any and all documents, including but not limited to MSDS, which
identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used in any drilling fluid or mud at the Sicrezega Drill Site. RESPONSE: In addition to the General Objections, which are incorporated by
refermw-, Range objects to this Request as overly broad and unduly burdensome. Range also objects to this Request as seeking to epand the requirements of the J'ejnsyjvania Rules of Civil Procedure, which only require Range to produce documents in its possession or control Range
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Please produce any and all documents., including but not limited to MSDS, which
identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used in stimulating the Yeager Well 7FL RESPONSE:
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Range also objects to this Request as seeking to expand the requirements of the
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable Pennsylvania law, which only require Range to produce documents in its possession or control. Range objects to this Request as improperly seeking confidential and proprietary information. Range objects to
vague, ambiguous and
this
Request as
"chemicals," "substances," and "products." Range objects to this Request as seeking documents which are either already in Appellant's or Appellant's counsel's possession or are equally
accessible to Appellant through numerous document requests to and file reviews already
conducted by Appellant or Appellant's counsel at DEP or through third-party subpoena productions. Finally, Range objects to this Request to the extent it seeks information and/or documents that are subject to the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, consulting expert privilege, or any other applicable legal protection. Subject to and without waiving the foregoing objections, Range will produce responsive, non-privileged documents in its possession to the extent such documents exist. 41 Please produce any and all documents relative to any spills, releases, discharges
and/or reniediatlon which have occurred or are presently occurring at the Yeager Drill Site.
RESPONSE:
In addition to the General Objections, which are incorporated by to this Request as also
objects to this Request as seeking to expand the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil
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1 chemicals that are in this particular product. 1 request for productions 37 through 39 and 2 MR.. KOMOROSKJ: And so I want to b 2 question 42 we asked for the identification of 3 clear, if we have it, we'll provide it. We 3 all proprietary chemicals used by Range 4 wont say that we have it but we won't disclose 4 specific to the Yeager site. Again, we 5 received some things from the DEP that have 5 it Unless - I can't imagine this to be the 6 case -- unless we have some confidentiality 6 Sierzegas on it. We didn't receive anything 7 7 agreement. from you guys responsive to that. S 8 But the way things typically work is Range So, again, I wanted to clarify we're not 9 will ask to have a certain situation addressed. 9 looking for anything from Sierzegas. We're 10 And a vendor will come in and say I am going t 10 looking for just the Yeager site. And, in 11 11 use this and I will represent that it will particular, some of the documents we did 12 receive from the DEP, there's MSDS sheets that 12 solve your problem or the best we have to try 13 have been produced. But the MSDS sheets lists 13 to solve your problem. But we don't typically 14 for instance, on a couple products 100 percent 14 ask them how chemically it works or what the 15 15 constituents are. proprietary. 16 16 So what we're looking for when we say So it's typically the case that we would 17 proprietary we're looking for the actual 17 not know what - if they don't share with us. 18 Of if they have a name and its like a Beta 18 chemicals, the names of them. [can't believe 19 there's anything exotic that I haven't heard of 19 product or it's Beta 900. If we know it's Beta 20 900, we'll tell you what that is. And whatever 20 before. But the fact of the matter is on the 21 MSDS sheets, some of the things that the DEP 21 Material Safety Data Sheet they made available 22 22 provided to us that they believe were used at for it, we can provide that. 23 1 just don't want to overcommit to 23 Yeager indicates that they are 100 percent 24 proprietary so we have no idea what that might 24 something. And my view is if it's available 25 you should have it and we should have it. So 25 be. 32 34
1 if it's available, you'll have it and we'll MR. KOMOROSIU: Well, that one, if we 1 2 have it 2 have the information on what the proprietary 3 3 chemicals are, we'll provide it If we don't MS. SMITH: So I guess that's the 4 4 have it because it's - because the vendor point that were kind of stuck on is if it's 5 considers it proprietary, then we won't 1 5 available. Because for us there's no other way 6 don't know if there's -- I don't know what we 6 to get it other than to ask you guys for it. 7 MR. KOMOROSKI: Right 7 could do better than that. 8 8 MS. SMITH: Okay. Because here's my MS. SMITH: So there is no other 9 issue with that. We're not asking for - so 9 avenue for us to go. And, obviously, with 10 that we're clear, we're not asking for the 10 regard to our burden to have to prove on this 11 breakdown or formula, so to speak. We're 11 appeal it becomes essential to know exactly 12 asking for what the actual chemical was. 12 what's in there in terms of making a 13 MR, KOMOROSKI: Okay. 13 hydrogeological connection between the site an 14 MS. SMITH: You know what I mean. 14 Mr. Kiskadden's water supply. 15 And my understanding is with a lot of vendors 15 Sowe do have an issue with that I 16 or manufacturers of this the thing they hold 16 understand what youre saying that Range may 17 near and dear as proprietary is the actual 17 not know. But, again, were not in a position 18 formulation of it Because that's unique in 18 where we can go and ask, you know, Range's 19 and of itself. That's really what they attempt 19 subcontractor, whatever, for that proprietary 20 20 to protect. It's not necessarily the chemicals information. That's not something we can do or 21 our own. 21 that are used. Its the quantity of the 22 22 chemicals used in the product. So that's kind of sticking point with me. 23 So at this point what we're asking for when 23 Because while I understand the position that 24 we're asking for the proprietary chemicals is 24 Range is in in not knowing some of those 25 exactly what What are the names of the 25 things, its something that we do need to know
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1 motions. for purposes of this case. MR. KOMOROSKJ: How about this? Hoi 1 2 Again. I would rather have all the 3 about if we don't have the information on a 3 information out there. I mean, let's find out 4 particular chemical, then we will ask the if there is anything that we used that ended up 4 5 in Mr. Kiskadden's water supply or didn't. An 5 vendor for that information. As Range we'll 6 ask for it and provide you what we obtain. And 6 whether there's official negative inference or 7 then go on from there. 7 not,inrnymind,thelackof -- theabsenceof 8 MS. SMITH: Well, I am agreeable to 8 information creates a void that is going to be 9 that as long as what you obtain from them is 9 filled with something. I would rather till the 10 we're not giving you the proprietary chemicals 10 void with facts and science rather than what 11 because that's not what we're going to do. You 11 someone might suppose from something that 12 understand the position it puts me in because 12 neither one of us occasioned. So, no, we'll 13 now I don't know what is there. You guys don't 13 use best efforts. 14 know what is there. 14 We can inform the Judge. If anyone has 15 So how do I go forward with this and saying 15 ideas how to get that information, obtain that 16 1 don't - you know, Judge I would love to tell 16 information well pursue it We want to 17 you what's in there and whether its shown up 17 accomplish - I have tried to put myself in 18 in my client's water but I can't tell you 18 your shoes. I don't do that well, but I - and 19 because Range doesn't know. 19 so I think that's a reasonable request. And 20 MR. KOMOROSKI: Right. 20 we'll do everything possible to get the 21 MS. SMITH: Because at that point 21 information so that we know, okay, this 22 material was used at this concentration. And 22 what I am trying to avoid with this, Ken, is 1 23 am trying to avoid then asking the court for a 23 then compare that with what is found in Mr. 24 negative inference against you guys. I don't 24 Kiskadden's water supply and see if there is a 25 want to hold you accountable for something you 25 connection or not. 36 38 1 don't know. But at the same time if you're the 1 But if something is found there and you 2 only source of the information for us, I don't 2 say, well, we know 95 percent of what Range 3 have any options. 3 used, but we don't know that other five 4 MR. KOMOROSKI: Again, we'll work 4 percent, that's a problem. That's a problem 5 with you. I mean, we'll try to find a way to 5 for you and its a problem for us. 6 get the information. Range doesn't have any 6 MS. SMITH: Okay. So we can let the 7 interest in keeping it proprietary. 7 Judge know that we've tentatively reached an MS. SMITH: Sure. 8 8 agreement on that And it's really contingent MR KOMOROSKI: So to the extent -9 9 on what the manufacturers are willing to give 10 it would be better for Range to share - to get 10 Range to give to us. 11 all the proprietary information and to share it 11 MR KOMOROSKI: How that actually 12 with you. That way there can't be any issue of 12 evidences itself, yes. 13 negative inference or anything else. 13 MS. SMITH: Okay. And then request 14 MS. SMITH: So can we agree to this 14 44 was again, goes to water testing supplies 15 and maybe let the Judge know this on Thursday. 15 at the Yeager site itself. And I think we have 16 That what we've agreed to is that Range is 16 covered that. That you're willing to give us 17 going to go heck and ask for all the 17 any and all testing that was done along with 18 proprietary information. We just don't know 18 all the QA/QC data for each of the tests; is 19 where that stands yet? 19 that right? 20 MR. KOMOROSKI: Yes. We can do th 20 MR. KOMOROSKI: That's correct 21 And, again, I will commit to you that well use 21 MS. SMITH: Okay. So we're good on 22 our best efforts to get the information. I 22 that one. Then this one l think kind ofgoes 23 mean, conversely we won't use some half attemp t 23 back to - 1 was searching for it before when 24 to say, hey, it's okay for you to say it's 24 we were talking about the Notices of Violaxkr 25 proprietary but we've got to go through the 25 and any consent orders and that sort of thing. -9(Pag35. to 3.8..1...
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD' MR. LOREN KISKADDEN versus COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA, LLC, Perrnite EHB Docket No. 2011-149-R
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Verbatim transcript of hearing held at the Pittsburgh Office and Court Facility, Piafl Place, 301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thursday, December 20, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
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APPEARANCES: KENDRA L. SMIT ESQUIRE JENNIFER L FAHNESTOCK, ESQUIRE 125 Technology Drive, Suite 202 Bailey Center Canonsburg, PA 15317 For - Mr. Loren Kiskadden RICHARD I. WAILING, ESQUIRE Department of Environmental Protection Southwest Regional Counsel 400 Waterfront Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15222
For - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection KENNETH S. KOMOROSKI, ESQUIRE MATTHEW H. SEPP, ESQUIRE Southpointe Energy Complex 370 Soutpointe Boulevard Suite 300 Canonsburg, PA 15317 For Range Resources Appalachia, LLC
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE RENWAND: As I understand it, the first motion was you worked it out,
MR. KOr4OROSKI: I believe so, yes. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE RENWAND: The motion to
MS. SMITH: Yes. Your Honor, with the motion to compel, we did meet and confer for two hours on Monday,
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13 has agreed, and please correct me if I am wrong, Ken has 14 agreed to re-answer all of this request for admission, 15 request for production of documents that we put in a 16 letter, 17-page letter, to them as to what we had 17 18 objections to, has agreed to re-answer them. There is only one caveat to that: that one is we
19 had requested a request for production of all the names 20 of all of the proprietary chemicals that were used up at the Yeager site. Mr. Komoroski has made me aware that 22 he will do his best to get those from Range. 23 However, Range may not have some of that
241 information, because they would be with the third-party tractor w-ho actually applied that or the manufacturer
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4 out where, you know, you don't get all of it or whatever, just let me know. We will discuss that. I 6 understand that you can't guarantee that right now. 7 MR. KOMOROSKI: That is right, Your Honor. Yes,
8 we -- on absolutely every item that was part of the 9 motion to compel, we agreed to improve upon our answers 10 and our production and in all of the request for 11 admission, that we are going to provide much more
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12 elaborate and helpful answers to those requests. And 13 the only one that I just simply wasn't able to -- what I 14 said as far as proprietary chemicals, if we don't -- we 15 don't have that information. The vendor has it. 16 We will use our best efforts.
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17 personal inquiry to the vendor, ask for them to provide 18 it and then we will inform the Board; and perhaps there 19 is something -- if we don't get it, perhaps there is 20 something the Board can do; so, perhaps everything that 21 is in the motion to compel, we agreed to improve upon 22 our answers, our production, redo more elaborately our 23 responses for request for admission; but on that one, it 24 is honestly the best that we can do. Okay. I DMI-WI-STRA-T--IV--LAW_JUDG&REWWAND: ----------------------------------------
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RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC, Permittee. PERMITTEE RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC'S AMENDED RESPONSES AND OBJECTIONS TO APPELLANT'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND REQUEST FOR ADMISSION Pursuant to 25 Pa. Code 1021 .102 and Rules 4009.12 and 4014 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, Permittee Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC ("Range"), hereby serves these Amended Responses and Objections ("Responses") to Appellant's Request for Production of Documents and Request for Admission (collectively, "Requests"). GENERAL OBJECTIONS Range makes the following General Objections to the Requests. These General Objections are part of the Responses to each and every Request. The assertion of the same, similar, or additional objections in the individual objections to these Requests, or the failure to assert any additional objections, does not waive any of Range's General Objections as set forth below:
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Drill Pit Closure Plan, is just another name for the "Range Resources Post Remediation Summary Report" prepared by Weavertown Environmental Group. Despite the October 20, 2011 date on the report, it was not provided to Range until December 2011. Range submitted the report on December 22, 2011. A copy of the report has already been produced and is available at RRA-LK_002022. 35. Please produce copies of all expert reports, including all references relied upon
and cited, by any and all experts Range Resources intends on calling at the hearing/trial of this matter. RESPONSE; Range is unable to respond to this request because it has not yet
identified its testifying experts. Range will respond to this request as soon as possible. Please feel free to contact Range's counsel to discuss this further. 36. Please produce copies of all resumes and/or curriculum vitae of any and all
experts Range Resources intends on calling at the hearing/trial of this matter. RESPONSE: Range is unable to respond to this request because it has not yet
identified its testifying experts. Range will respond to this request as soon as possible. 37. Please produce any and all documents, including but not limited to MSDS, which
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identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used to treat Impoundment and Drill Cuttings Pit, RESPONSE:
treated with defoamers and biocides/bacteriacides. Range has produced the MSDS for each of these products, as well as any other documents that help identify the products.
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Please produce any and all documents, including but not limited to MSDS, which
identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used in any drilling fluid or mud at the Yeager Site.
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substances, and products used at the Yeager Site. The MSDS are often useful for developing some understanding of what is in a particular chemical or product. However, they vary widely in terms of usefulness. Some manufacturers include very little information about the actual components of a particular product. As a. result, Range is currently in the process of seeking additional information from manufacturers that have failed to provide enough information about their products in the MSDS. We will supplement our responses and production as we receive that information. In addition, below is a list of the products that were used in connection with drilling fluid
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Drill Site. See Transcript of meet-and-confer at pp. 8-11, December 17, 2012. As a result, Range will not respond to this request. 42. Please produce any and all documents, including but not limited to MSDS, which
identify all proprietary chemicals, substances and products used in stimulating the Yeager Well 7H. RESPONSE: Range has produced documents identifying the chemicals,
substances, and products used in the Yeager Well 7H, as well as others that are used above the surface. The MSDS are often useful for developing some understanding of what is in a particular chemical or product. However, they vary widely in terms of usefulness. Some manufacturers include very little information about the actual components of a particular product. As a result, Range is currently in the process of seeking additional information from manufacturers that have failed to provide enough information about their products in the MSDS. We will supplement our responses and production as we receive that information. In addition, below is a list of the products that were used in the hydraulic fracturing process at the Yeager 7H Well: MC SS-5075 MC 8-8650 MCS-2510T FRW-200 HVG-i Unigel CMHPG Guar Product / Carboxymethlhydroxypropyl guar The MSDS for each of these products has been produced. 43. Please produce any and all documents relative to any spills, releases, discharges
and/or remediation which have occurred or are presently occurring at the Yeager Drill Site. RESPONSE; Range has produced documents relevant to any spills, releases,
discharges, and remediation at the Yeager Drill Site. Two of the spills/releases were particularly
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Re: Loren Kiskadden v. Department of Environmental Protection EHB Docket No 2011-149-R Dear Counsel: I am in receipt of Range's Responses and Objections to Appellant's First Set of Interrogatories, Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents and Second Set of Requests for Admissions (collectively, the "Discovery Responses") relative to the abovecaptioned matter. I am writing pursuant to 25 Pa. Code 1021.93 in an attempt to confer with you and avoid the necessity of a Motion to Compel. I will address the issues with each section of the Discovery Responses in turn below. INTERRIOGATORI ES First, reference is made to Range's Responses to Appellant's First Set of Interrogatories. Range did not provide full responses to Interrogatories Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 7. With regard to Interrogatory No. 3, Appellant asks that Range identify all products applied to McAdams Road to prevent the spreading of dust. Range explains that "water" was applied "either by Range or on behalf of Range." This response does not identify the type of water applied nor does it identify who applied the water to the road "on behalf of Range." Range's response that "water" was applied is insufficient in light of the fact that "water" can be used to refer to a 'variety of fluids in the context of this Appeal, i.e., brine water, frac water, flowback., produced water or freshwater. As a result, please identify the type of water applied to McAdams Road and specifically identify who, on behalf of Range, was responsible for its application. Such a response was and is required as part of Appellant's Interrogatory No. 3. Interrogatories Nos. 4 & 5 ask that Range identify where "in the analytical resting" of the soil sampling for the Yeager Pad Drill Pit Closure and Water Quality Monitoring Plan does it indicate that acetone and methyl-ethyl ketone (MEK) were the result of laboratory contamination. In response to these Interrogatories, Range makes reference to an EPA document which described that acetone and MEK may be common laboratory contaminants.
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Range Counsel February 22, 2013 Page 2 As explained in the Yeager Pad Drill Pit Closure and Water Quality Monitoring Plan, CEC relied on the fact that acetone and MEK are common laboratory contaminants to support its claim that they are "not suspected to be associated with drill pit operations." While the EPA document may be appropriate guidance, Range has failed to reference any actual analytical data which supports would support claim that acetone and MEK were in fact laboratory contaminants during the testing of soil samples S-Ol through S-17. Appellant requests that Range respond to these Interrogatories in order to properly answer the question originally presented. Further, Range failed to respond to Interrogatory No. 7. In particular, Interrogatory No. 7 requested, in part, that Range identify whether certain listed products were used at the Yeager Wells, '(eager Impoundment and/or the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit, including identification of for what purpose the products were used for. Range responded by stating that, "the following products pay have been used at the Yeager Drill Site." (emphasis in original). Additionally, Range further qualified its response by stating that, "the above list includes products that are commonly used for the purposes referenced above but may not have been used at the Yeaer Drill Site." (emphasis added). Because of these qualifications, Range has not answered Appellant's request The question presented by Interrogatory No. 7 is specific to the Yeager Site. Of most importance, Appellant's inquiry attempts to differentiate those products utilized at specific aspects of the '(eager Site from those that were not used. Although Range identified some products used in "hydraulic fracturing," or "rotary air drilling," it failed to identify from those products which were used specifically at the Yeager Site. Rather, as explained above, Range qualified its response such that any product listed "may not have been used at the '(eager Drill Site." This entirely dodges the impetus of Interrogatory No. 7. As a result. Appellant is requesting that Range provide a complete response to Interrogatory No. 7 by specifically identifying and including, without qualification, those products actually used at the '(eager Site, the chemical that make-up the product, and the purpose for which it was used.
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Range Counsel February 22, 2013 Page 3 Such documentation is discoverable and relevant as it will likely lead to evidence to be used at trial. As a result, Appellant requests that Range produce all documents encompassed by this Request With regard to Request Nos. 2-7, Appellant requested a variety of documents relative to the March 24, 2010 release from the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit. Specifically, Appellant made requests for documents, including but not limited to, "inspection reports, notes, memoranda, correspondence, emails, internal company memoranda, summaries and Notices of Violation" Range failed to produce any emails or internal company memoranda responsive to Appellant's requests made in Nos. 2-7 regarding the March 24, 2010 leak, subsequent excavation and clean-up and analytical testing which took place as an incident thereto. Appellant requests that Range supplement Its production to include these documents requested. With regard to Request No. 9, Appellant requested "any and all documents," including "emails" and "internal company memoranda," regarding the flushing of the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit with 30,000 gallons of water on July 14, 2011. Range again failed to produce any emails or internal company memoranda responsive to Appellant's request made in No. 9. Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include these documents requested. With regard to Request Nos. 10-13, Appellant requested "any and all documents," including "emails" and "internal company memoranda," regarding: 1) the March 2010 release from the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit, 2) the soils removed from the Pit in May 2011; and 3) any rips, holes and/or tears in the liner of the Pit. While Range provided reference to some documents which were previously produced, none of these documents fell within Appellant's request for "emails" or other "internal company memoranda." Furthermore, in many cases, Range acknowledges that there are "many documents responsive to this request" Yet, Range again failed to produce any emails or internal company memoranda responsive to Appellant's requests made in Nos. 10-13. Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include these documents requested. With regard to Request No. 19, Appellant requested "any and all documents," including "emails" and "internal company memoranda," regarding the closure of the Yeager Impoundment. Range failed to produce any emails or internal company memoranda responsive to Appellant's request made in No. 19. Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include these documents requested. With regard to Request Nos. 22-23, Appellant requested "any and all documents" relative to drilling fluids bubbling through the stone of the cellar of Yeager Well 7H. Range responded that none of the documents referenced by Appellant refer to "drilling fluids bubbling through the stone." While Appellant used the term "bubbling" to describe the occurrence referenced in RRA-LK 004118, Appellant acknowledges that the document A- Big
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Range Counsel February 22, 2013 Page 4 Nevertheless, Appellant provided reference to the proper documentation such that Range was on notice of what Appellant was referring to in his request. Range further responds that "there was no testing performed" and the "site inspection reports at the most significant documents that address the drill mud in the cellar of Yeager Well 714." Please note that Appellant requested "any and all documents" - which is not limited to those Range deems "most significant" Furthermore, RRA-LK 004118 indicates that R.R. & Sons was on site digging for the cellars. Additionally, RR.A-LK 004119 indicates that Myzac was on site to clean up the drill mud in the stone pad. Appellant's request encompasses documents relative to these events and the work performed on site. Range's production fails to provide any documents regarding either of these events which were apparently taken in response to the "drill mud pumping through the stone" at Yeager 7Ff. Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include these documents as well as any other documents as requested. With regard to Request No. 24, Appellant requested documents regarding "any tiowback or produced water emptied into the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit as referenced in RRA-KA 004099 [sic].... " Appellant's reference to "RRA-KA 004099" was a typographical error. The proper reference is to "RRA-LK 004099" which describes "flowback trickling into the pit" Notwithstanding this error, Appellant's request for any and all documents regarding flowback in the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit stands. Range failed to produce any documents responsive to the same. As a result, Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include these documents. With regard to Request No. 25, Appellant requested documents addressing the rebuilding of the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit. While Range produced certain documents which it believes "help summarize those activities," Range failed to produce any documentation indicating how the drill pit was rebuilt, what tasks were undertaken as a part of the rebuilding and who was responsible for those tasks. These documents would clearly fall within the purview of a request for "any and all documents" regarding the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit rebuilding. As a result, Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include documents responsive to this request With regard to Request Nos. 26 and 28. Appellant requested the documents that Range relied upon in its August. 12, 2011 letter to state that: 1) "sodium bicarbonate" is typical groundwater in Appellant's area and 2) elevated levels of iron and manganese suggest that a water well penetrates a coal seam. In response, in part, Range stated that there are publicly available documents which would support this contention. Range further references an EPA study which "may be a useful resource." However, such an explanation fails to response to Appellant's request as presented. Appellant requested ft pecific documents that Range relied ,tpoii when it drafted its August 12, 2011 letter to Mr. Kiskadden.
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Range Counsel February 22, 2013 Page 5 In drafting its August 12, 2011, if Range solely relied upon the referenced EPA study as a basis for its contentions, please confirm that this is the case. Otherwise, Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include any such docwnentation.. With regard to Request No. 29, Appellant requested any and all methane testing and corresponding QA/QC data. Range responded by providing what it believed in its "opinion" were the "three noteworthy documents" that relate to the methane analysis. However. Appellant requested "any and all" documents, not only those that Range has deemed "noteworthy:' If there are no other documents in existence other than those referenced by Range, please confirm that this is the case. Otherwise, Appellant requests that Range supplement its production to include all documents responsive to the request.
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Range Counsel February 22, 2013 Page 6 Rather, Appellant's request required Range to review the actual data accompanying the "Pace Report" to determine whether benzene was in fact present in the background soil sample, regardless of the narrative provided. The same is true for Request Nos. 48-50 which make mirroring inquiries regarding toluene and xylene. I am also in receipt of Range's Amended Responses and Objections to Appellant's Requests for Production of Documents and Requests for Admissions (collectively, the "Amended Discovery Responses"). Pursuant to the Board's Order, counsel for Appellant and counsel for Range previously met to confer regarding the responses Range previously submitted to Appellant's first set of discovery requests. The Amended Discovery Responses were produced by Range pursuant to an agreement reached between the Parties at the "meet and confer" session relative to Appellant's first set of discovery in lieu of Appellant pursuing an already-filed Motion to Compel. However, with Board permission, Appellant reserved his right to pursue his Motion if Range failed to produce documents that were properly requested, including documents relative to the proprietary information of the products used by Range at the Yeager Site (See, Request Nos. 37, 38 and 42). In its Amended Discovery Responses, Range indicated it was seeking the proprietary information sought from the product manufacturers To date, Appellant has not received any additional documentation from Range in this regard. Please advise as to the status of this endeavor and when Appellant can expect to receive the proprietary information requested. If Range is unable to satisfy this production by March 4, 2013. Appellant will be forced to renew his Motion to Compel on this matter before the Board. As a result of the foregoing, I am requesting that you please send revised answers that fully respond to Appellant's requests. Such a course of action will appropriate limit the issues for the Board's consideration at trial. Because these responses were already submitted pursuant to an extended deadline, I am requesting your response no later than March 4, 2013. In the event that you are unable to supplement your responses in the manner requested above, I will be forced to file a Motion to Compel. I look forward to hearing from you.. V truly yours,
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147 1 2 3 that would be used in the drilling process. MS. SMITH: That's why we asked in the Interrogatories be specific about. Because
4 otherwise this is just around and around and 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 around. It doesn't solve the problem. Again, our goal for this is to narrow the issues for trial. To agree upon the products that were there. And agree upon their content. It seems like it would be a fairly simple task. Which, obviously, it's not. But seems like it would be a very simple task to get to
12 and get done because Range has knowledge of 13 what was used there. They have the MSDS for 14 15 the product. And the product will list what the chemical is. And then if there's a
16 proprietary chemical, then that's also 17 18 addressed in our letter. You weren't at the first meet and confer
19 with Mr. Kornoroski where he indicated that he 20 was going to do his best to get all of that 21 information to us. He then represented that in
22 a hearing before the Judge where the Judge 23 24 25 indicated you will get it to us. And if you run into problems in trying to get that from your
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148 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 that. MS. SMITH: I appreciate the trying. But this is now four months old since the first you come back and you tell us. The response that we got to that in discovery was we're still trying. MR. GIBBS: Yes. I can tell you
8 time we had the meet and confer and conference 9 with the Judge. 10 11 12 13 14 MR. GIBBS: In December? MS. SMITH: Was it December? MR. GIBBS: Three months. I mean, I can you tell you that responses are trickling in. And we will, in fact, produce all the
15 documents we get in response. Not all 16 17 18 19 responses are positive. But you know -MS. SMITH: I think -- and maybe this will help because if you're getting responses from the third-party contractor saying we're
20 not giving it to you, then that needs to be 21 22 identified to us. Because then what the Court indicated is he'll give us an order making them
23 give it to us. So for you as Range asking for 24 it, they won't provide it to you, the Court
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149 1 2 3 4 5 6 So if you can identify -- right now identify the ones that say, nope, we're not giving it to you, then I can take that to the Court. And we can get that done that way. That takes that off your plate to give to us. If you're getting responses, you know, from
7 people, identify the people you're getting 8 9 responses to and we'll hold off on compelling anything from them. But if you've gotten
10 people that say definitely not, identify those 11 people to us and we'll go to court with it.
12 Because the whole conversation with the Judge 13 was and Mr. Komoroski -- and I take him at his 14 15 16 17 word -- said we'll do our very best to get this information. But understand because some of it is proprietary they may not be willing to give it to us. MR. GIBBS: Right. 19 20 21 22 MS. SMITH: I understand that. The Judge's response to it was we're going to get it one way or the other. You make your best effort to get it. If you get road blocked, you
23 come back to me and we'll go another avenue to 24 get it. So that's why I am requesting here
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150 1 have represented you have got some positive 2 3 responses and some not so positive responses. If you have gotten ones that say we're not
4 going to provide that to you or you have got to 5 jump through a million hoops to get it, please
6 identify those people for us in the letter on 7 8 9 Tuesday. And then we'll take it from there with the Judge to say, Your Honor, these are the ones that Range identified that will not
10 produce the documents. And then the Judge has 11 already said he will do what he needs to do to
12 make that happen. 13 14 15 MR. GIBBS: Okay. I mean, there are some who have committed to, you know, research the issue and get back to us. I certainly
16 don't want to push them with an order from the 17 18 Judge at this point. MS. SMITH: And that's our problem.
19 At this point it needs to be pushed. Because 20 we have deadlines coming and going left and 21 right. And that was part of the reason for
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151 1 2 3 4 answered in Request for Admissions they don't know. So the only person that has that is this third-party contractor who is not a party to this case who has to be in some way made to
5 give this information because this information 6 7 8 is needed by our experts to complete their reports. And so there is -- time is of the essence
9 now in terms of getting that information. We 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 have waited and we have waited. So if they have gotten back to you and said, yeah, we will get back to you, there's got to be some timeframe with that. It's not that they get back to us in a year. I mean, this case won't be around in a year. So if they're dragging their feet on it -- it's been several weeks or several months, you know, then that needs to be indicated, too. So we can we make a decision
19 along with the Judge as to how we're going to 20 21 22 proceed. Maybe that's a conference. Maybe that's a conference call with the Judge to say, look,
23 Your Honor, these five companies have said 24 25 absolutely we're not giving it to you. These companies say we're looking into. We'll get Eagle Feather Reporting
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152 1 back to you. Have not yet. And then maybe the 2 Judge issues some sort of order that puts a 3 4 5 6 7 deadline on it. Something so that we are advancing the ball forward. Because I ant sure it doesn't look like from your perspective. But from our perspective it looks like the ball has been stagnant for three months. Because we
8 have had no response. We have had no 9 supplement. We have no information given to us 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 where this stands. And the Judge has asked us to come back. In fact, we have a motion pending. And he said, you come back, that motion is renewed and I will rule on it. So we're kind of in this limbo area. MR. GIBBS: Right. And I mean, I think it's important to understand, too, that those requests to the third parties did not go immediately in December. I mean, first we had to go through and identify each third party. Locate them. Determine what was, in fact,
22 missing on their MSDS so that we could give an 23 appropriately precise description of what we're 24 25 seeking. And so you know a lot of those didn't go out until February. So we still --I think Eagle Feather Reporting
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153 1 2 3 4 5 that it's appropriate to leave additional time for the third parties to -MS. SMITH: I am not saying that I am objectionable to that. That needs to be laid out in a letter. Like, you know, these are the
6 companies we sent out to, you know, information requests to these particular companies on these dates. To date, we have received nos from whomever. We have received we're looking into 10 it from whoever. We've received, you know,
11 definitely yes and have received documents in. 12 If you already have documents in under the 13 discovery rules, you have to supplement when 14 15 16 17 you get them. So we would request that you provide them. But in that letter give us an indication so we can go back to the Court and say, look,
18 Your Honor, at this point you know we may need 19 your help because it doesn't appear as though 20 -- it appears that Range is doing what they 21 need to do but these other companies are a bit 22 23 of a stone wall for it. So we're asking for your intervention with it. So that we can
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154 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 you know, given whatever comes back from those companies. MR. GIBBS: All right. I can try to sort of compile everything into, you know, a single spread sheet or something like that and let you know the status of -MS. SMITH: That would be great. And if you could incorporate that into the letter
9 that would be very helpful. So that we can 10 kind of make a decision as to what we need to 11 move on. What we can wait on. And that sort 12 13 14 of thing. MR. GIBBS: Okay. MS. SMITH: And then so going back to
15 our Request for Admission I think we covered 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 it. So our point with asking about the chemicals is these are the products on site, admit that within these product these are the chemicals. And that's how those two are tied together. So when there's clarification from you guys as to specifically what was used at the site in terms of the product, then I think that the
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Email response seeking additional background on the case, which was provided on 3,20. Awaiting follow-up response. Email response seeking additional background on the case, which was provided on 3/20. Awaking follow-up response. Email response seeking additional background on the case, which was provided on 3/20. Awaiting follow-up
LTD
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requesting that we resend the MSDS. Awaiting additional 3/5/13 requesting that we resend the MSDS. Awaiting additional
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Alumina / Wyoming
Sodium Bentonite I Technical data sheet providing
Industrial Enamel, Return to sender. Will attempt to find alternative address and/or source of information. Return to sender. Will attempt to find alternative address and/or source of information.
North America
3/7/13
Delivery refused; return to sender. Will attempt to find alternative address and/or source of uformatlon.
Data Sheet
Phone call and email. Original Rapid Tap replaced by "New Rapid Tap." Provided MSDS for "New Rapid Tap" Letter stating that the requested Information will not be provided without a protective order. Follow-up phone call to discuss possibility of additional disclosure. Awaiting additional information. if any.
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SPIFaX(R) S 80W-140
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3/20/13
Return to sender. Will attempt to find alternative address and/or source of information. Phone call and email. Full formula provided. Email response seeking additional background on the case, which was provided on 3/20. Awaiting follow-up response.
Unigal CMHPG Guar Product W.O. Defoam Response by letter stating that the requested information would be provided if a protective order were In place. However, the information will not be provided without a protective order.
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Bestolife Corporation
Multiple phone calls and emalls. A ZEP employee explained that Cherry Bomb" Is a cleaning product for use on the skin and non-hazardous. Provided "Product Specification Report" ZEP Cherry Bomb ZEP Manufacturing 315/13 AwaitIng follow-up NOW as welt. Multiple phone calls and emalls. Provided "Product Specification Report" Awaiting follow-up letter 3/5113 ZEP Manufacturing as well, ZEP Groovy
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MR. LOREN KISKADDEN versus COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA, LLC, Permittee ***** Verbatim transcript of hearing held at the Pittsburgh Office and Court Facility, Piatt Place, 301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thursday, June 26, 2013 10:15 am. EHB Docket No. 2011-149-R
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APP EARA NCES: KENDRA L. SMITH, ESQUIRE JENNIFER L. FAHNESTOCK, ESQUIRE 125 Technology Drive, Suite 202 Bailey Center I Canonsburg, PA 15317 For Mr. Loren Kiskadden
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ALSO PRESENT; Maryanne Wesdock, Esquire Bruce E. Rende, Esquire Paul K. Vey, Esquire
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because of the proprietary nature or the MSDS where It doesn ' t have the other 70 percent." This all links back to why we need to know what that proprietary information is; because seemingly, it is stopping Range from even being able to answer requests for admissions that would, on their face, seen simple to answer if you would know that information So, all of those go to specific chemicals and I won't go through each one. But I've listed for you what those requests for admissions are. But they do go to specific chemicals within products, again, linking it back to you need to know what those are. That is the gamut of everything for Range the two Range motions to compel. JUDGE RENWPND: What is the law, you know, in this area in terms of if somebody alleges, you know, that their property is polluted by, you know, the permittee and permittee says, 'Well, we don't know what's in our the chemicals that we used." Did you
requesting is for them to tell me what chemicals are in there. So, I don't think JUDGE RENWAND: But you want the chemicals listed, you know, just chemicals, whatever chemicals are there? MS. SMITH: EXdCtly, Your Honor. And so JUDGE RENWAND: And what I'm asking you, I assume this has come up in other contexts where companies find themselves in the same position that Range is in now. And where does the you know, are there
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inferences or presumptions that are made? MS. SMITH: Right. So, the case law that I'm familiar with, Your Honor, if the company for whatever reason can't give up that proprietariness of their product which the case law -JUDGERENWAND: They are going to tell me, I'm sure from what I've read, that we would love to give you that. I think Attorney Komoroski said that in one of the transcripts, but we don't have the information. You know, these various companies have it and we wrote to them and they told us we are looking at it or, you know, we don't reveal this information. It is company policy not to reveal it. MS. SMITH: Right, right. JUDGE RENWAND: You know, other legal speak which
find any law on that? MS. SMITH: In terms of whether JUDGE RENWAND: I mean, you find chemicals. I assume you find, you know, chemicals A, B and C. And you ask them to admit that was in their products and we don't know. We don't know what is in the product
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because we ask the people who we bought the products from and they say, "We cant tell you. It is proprietary." MS. SMITH: Right. And I think where that comes in, Your Honor, is kind of in a couple of different areas of the law. Number one, with regard to the proprietary information, that is where this kind of dovetails with the proprietary information while the manufacturer may be the holder of that trade secret; certainty, that information can be divulged and protected in some way. So, it is not as though you can't s et to it and have it. And certainly if JUDGE REqWAND: You are not asking for the formula either, are you? You are just asking for the components? MS. SMITH; Yes. For purposes of this case, Your
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09/17/2013 25 , all the chemicals that are hazardous are listed, right? MR. GIBBS: Correct, that is my understanding. JUDGE RENWAND: So, what they are saying is what is proprietary is water, things like that? MR. GIBBS: There may be another point that On the MSDS themselves, some of
9 hazardous component are also the same as proprietary 10 that doesn't occur in some instances. 11 12 13 14 15 JUDGE RENWAND: I guess as she is saying, she is not asking for the formula. She is just asking for the listing. HR. GIBBS: Of every element or compound that -JUDGE RENWAND: Right. These are chemicals that
10 the law in our response to appellant's motion to compel 11 and it is fairly clear that according to Rule 4009.21, 12 the proper procedure for compelling production of
13 documents in the possession or the control of a third 14 party is through a subpoena to the third party; and as a
15 result, Range has made a good faith effort to obtain the 16 information from the third parties. 17 18 didn't Counsel for appellant indicated that if Range wasn't willing to communicate with the third
16 are put into the ground, Into the environment. 17 18 19 there? 20 21 22 23 24 25 MR. GIBBS: Range sent letters to every third party that both hadn't provided an WEDS where the chemicals added up to 100 percent of the formula by volume or weight and for which the chemicals or the -I'm sorry, the products were actually on site at some point, MR. GIBBS: In some instances. JUDGE RENWAND: Well, what instances aren't
19 parties, then an adverse inference was appropriate, I'm 20 21 22 23 24 not even sure that is true; but obviously, Range sent letters to every single one of the third parties, communicated with and followed up; and beyond that, Range really does not have control over the JUDGE RENWAND: But Range used all these products.
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24 1 2 3 4 5 MR. GIBBS: That is correct JUDGE RENWAND: And you haven't told the Department what is in those products; is that my understanding? MR. GIBBS: The MSDS sheets list -- my 1 2 3 4 5 So, in other words, if Range already had 100
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percent of the formula, no Correspondence was sent. And for MSDS and, for example, the PlC plan for which the products were never at the site, Range didn't send correspondence for that. It was simply products that
6 understanding is that they list all the hazardous 7 chemicals. Now, beyond that, there may be non-hazardous 8 9 10 11 chemicals and certain companies list those as well, certain companies don't. JUDGE RENWAND: So, your position is that they list all the hazardous chemicals? And she has the list
6 were at the site for which part of the formula was 7 8 missing. JUDGE RENWAND: Well, what you are saying is you
9 didn't send letters to somebody whose product you didn't 10 use at that site? 11 MR. GIBBS: Correct. And so, to your point, that
12 of the hazardous chemicals, that would be by this MSDS 13 definition of hazardous chemicals? 14 15 MR. GIBBS: Range realty That is correct, Regardless of that,
12 includes things such as paint and duct tape, things that 13 did not go into the ground. 14 15 16 JUDGE REN1,1AN;3: Right. I didn't think -- okay. I didn't think that would be that encompassing. MR. GIBBS: Well, my understanding was that you
16 to-17 18 19 JUDGE RENWAND: Really? Really? Range can't do anything more, huh? MR. GIBBS: Well, I mean, Range has sent
17 were saying that everything -- these chemicals were our 18 19 20 into the ground, and that is not true at all in this tnstance. JUDC' Pc' : .952.0....
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JUDGE RENWAND: Yeah, I think if she tells you that it is chemical A and you contact one of these companies and they say, "We are all full of chemical A," do you think you get it from them? MR. GIBBS: I mean, based on JUDGE RENWPND: But you are saying the risk should fall on Mr. Kiskadden? MR, GIBBS: You mean, in terms of obtaining the information or JUDGE RENWAND: You say Range is an innocent party here, that Range put products into the ground but you can't tell her -- correct me if I am wrong. I mean, her argument is you can't tell her what is in those arguments and what you are saying is, "We've done our best. We've contacted all of these people who aren't parties to this action, and we've asked them for their ingredients and they've told us no." MR. GIBBS: That is correct but except for the fact that they have the MSDS which, at least in theory, represent all of the hazardous components in those products. JUDGE RENWAND: Yeah. I guess the question is if all the hazardous components are in those products and the non-hazardous components are like water and whatever, I mean, why is that fight being made? I don't
harm from something else, I'm not prepared to make that representation. I would imagine I could get harmed by eating too many Twinkles. JUDGE RENWAND: But you say those other, whatever they are, ingredients, you are not going to -- you can't get that information. The companies have revealed the Benzene, the Toluene, the whatever, the stuff that could hurt you but this other stuff is proprietary. That is the argument? MR. GIBBS: Not in all instances.
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saying that in some instances, that is the way it breaks down. And, in fact, there are a number of companies that sent either their entire formula or some sort of additional information about chemicals or chemicals that were not listed on the MSDS. JUDGE RENWAND: Okay. MR. GIBBS: In JUDGE RENWAND: So, your response to the listing
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of all the chemicals is what? MR. GIBBS: With respect to? JUDGE REMWAND: To her motion to compel. MR. GIBBS: As an initial matter, it simply isn't within Range's control to provide this information. There is no relief available, because Range can't be compelled to provide information that it does not have. Now, I mean, Range is willing to cooperate in any way possible. No path forward has been suggested. It might he helpful if appellant were able to put together a list of things that he believes may be in his water and Range could go back to the companies and say, "Do you does your product contain any of these?" We sent interrogatories asking for what appellant alleges contaminated his water, and we were told that required an expert opinion. And during our meet and confer we were, in fact, told that, yea, appellant's counsel would be able to answer a question like that but because appellant himself could;;' t, we don't gel that answer.
understand. MR. GIBBS: I assume for the same reason that, you know, Coca-Cola wouldn't give you their product information because you could then replicate their product. That is -JUDGE REMWAND: Well, I think if you look at a Coca-Cola can, it will tell you what the ingredients are. I'm looking at a Gatorade can right now, and it's telling me everything that is in here. Now, these are different, literally comparing apples and oranges here. But, as I understand it, that is all she is asking for. And I guess to analogize it, one of the things in here is citric acid, sucrose, salt. Water is one of them. I guess the way you are telling me would be like if Gatorade said, "Okay. We will tell you abujt the sucrose, citric acid, at cetera, but we are not saying anything about that water." Is that what you are telling me? MR. GIBBS: Perhaps, not exactly. Because when
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Direct line +1 724 416 0420 kenneth.komoroskinortonrosefulbright.com Tel +1 724 416 0400 Fax +1 724 416 0404 nortonrosefulbright.com
Re:
Dear Counsel: As mandated by the Board's July 19, 2013, Order [Dkt. 196], please find enclosed Permittee Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC's ("Range") Amended Responses to selected portions of Appellant's First Set of Interrogatories and Second Set of Requests for Admission. In addition to these responses, we have also attached a separate spreadsheet that summarizes Range's efforts to date with regard to obtaining manufacturer information for proprietary compounds. In these charts, Range has provided a list of products and their ingredients as listed on the MSDS sheets, and, if applicable, any further response that Range has received from the product manufacturer. As discussed during the recent status conference, Range is currently exploring additional options in this regard, and Range remains committed to doing everything it can to further the efforts to obtain this information. Also enclosed is a disc containing a supplement to Permittee Range Resources Appalachia, LLC's ("Range") previous productions that occurred on or around October 29, 2012, November 21, 2012, January 15, 2013, and April 10, 2013. The documents in this production are bates numbered RRA-LK_001 1304 - RRA-LK_0014239. Range reserves the right to supplement this production on a rolling basis. Documents bates numbered RRA-LK_001 1304 - RRA-LK_0013487 are the documents from the August 7, 2013, Haney Action production. Documents bates numbered RRA-LK_001 3488 to RRA-LK 0014239 are specifically responsive to certain of your requests in this action, but they have not yet been produced in the Haney Action. We will be supplementing this production with additional productions from the Haney Action in the coming weeks and months. Once those productions are complete, we will let you know, and Range will provide a signed verification. Should you have an questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience--Fuibrlght & Jaworski LIP is a limited liability partnership registered under the laws of Texas. Fuibright & Jaworsic LIP, Norton Rose Fulbrlght LIP, Norton Rose Fulbitght Australia, Norton Rose Fulb1ght Canada tIP, South Africa (incorporated as Deneys Reltz. Inc.), each of which Is a separate legal entity, are members of Norton Rose F. Verein. Details of each entity, with certain regulatory Information, are at nortonrosefulbrlght.com . Norton Rose Fuibright Verei activities of the members but does not itself provide legal services to clients.
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John M. Smith Kendra L. Smith Michael Heilman Richard Watling August 20, 2013 Page 2
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Range Resources announced on July 14. 2010 that the Company would voluntarily disclose the composition of each of the hydraulic fracturing components for all the wells operated by Range Resources with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) completed in the Marcellus Shale.
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Range's disclosure initiative will provide regulators, landowners and citizens of the Commonwealth an accounting of the highly diluted additives used at each well site, along with their classifications, volumes, dilution factors, and specific and conunoti purposes. fIat information will be submitted to the DEP as part of Ranges well completion reports and on the Company's websile, This voluntary initiative will increase transparency and allow people to better understand that the Marcellus Shale is a valuable resource that can be pursued responsibly and for the benefit of all of tlse citizens of Pennsylvania At shown below, all of the additives Range uses are highly diluted. carefully managed and in many cases commonly used in our everyday lives. We are hopeful that our voluntary disclosure will help dispel Site snisconceptions that have persisted and allow Range and others to deliver on the potential of this extraordinary resource base. Range believes that the hydraulic fracturing process is environmentally safe. The location of the Marcellus is generally over a mile below the water table for our drinking water and is isolated by more than three million pounds of steel and concrete as shown in the diagtmns below.
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By Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer Pos'rw July 15, 2010 The company that pioneered Marcellus Shale exploration announced Wednesday that it was voluntarily disclosing the chemicals used to hydraulically fracture its natural gas wells, in an effort to defuse criticism about the process. Range Resources Corp., which has deeloped more Pennsylvania Marcellus wells than any other company since it drilled the first well in 2003, said it would provide a list of the chemical additives in an effort to demystify a technique the company says has been safely employed thousands of times. "I'm confident, when people see the information, think about it, and understand it, our hope is that it will alleviate the concerns," said John Pinkerton, chief executive officer of the Fort Worth, Texas, firm. Environmental groups and legislators, who have pressed for fighter regulation of the industry, welcomed Range's moe. "We need to see more details and the disclosure in action, but prosiding more information is a step in the right direction," U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.), a sponsor of the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act, said through a spokesman. One of the ERAC Acts provisions Is to require operators to disclose their chemical recipes. En',imonmentalists said they were encouraged by the firm's step.
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Baizel, senior start attorney with Eithworka Oil & Gas Accountability Project, Though the oil and gas industry has employed hydraulic fracturing for decades to stimulate well production, the process has come under close scrutiny recently as fossil-fuel exploration has moved into more 'unconventional' geologic formations like shale and as well size has grown dramatically through the use of horizontal-drilling techniques.
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Marcel lus driller volunteers to disclose fracking chencals - Pbllly.com In "fracking," millions of gallons of high-pressure water, sand, and chemicals are injected into a well to shatter the shale to release 09/17/2013 trapped natural gas. Sand particles remain in the hairline fractures to allow pathways for the gas to escape to the well. Some of the wastewater is recovered and recycled or treated and disposed of. In the Marcellus, operators say that the fracturing occurs more than a mile below the surface and that the chemicals cannot migrate upward through thousands of feet of rock into aquifers. But the industry's assurances haw come under fire, and the process is being studied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The industry's reluctance to disclose "proprietary" chemical recipes has raised further suspicions. Some anti-drilling actttrsts say the industry injects a "toxic brew" of as many as 596 chemicals into the wells. Most companies say they use fewer than a dozen chemicals, most of them not toxic.
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"If there's something to replace it with that's greener, well do it," he said. 'fm a believer that the more light you shine on it, the more people wifi look at it and the better solutions well come up with," he said. For two years, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has posted online a list of chemicals used in hydraulicfracturing operations. Drilling companies are also required to post the chemicals at their well sites to provide emergency responders with recommended first-aid treatments and handling instructions. But environmentalists say the existing information is inaccessible or indecipherable. They said new federal laws were needed to force a uniform disclosure. If Range Resources is planning to disclose the chemicals it uses in its drilling operations, there is no reason other companies can't do the same," said Elizabeth Maclin, TU's Vice President for Eastern Conservation. "With thousands of wells being drilled throughout Pennsylvania, knowing what is in fracking fluids is an important step toward protecting the state's natural resources." Contact staff writer Andrew Maykuth at 215-854-2947 or amaykuth@phillynews.com .
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Two weeks ago Range Resources announced that they would voluntarily disclose hydraulic fracturing chemicals used in drilling Marcellus Shale. At that time they provided a link to a "sample Marcellus Shale Completion Report" and seemed to imply that interested people would be able to find a list of all the fracturing chemicals they use somewhere on their website. While it's tree that Range Resources has a link to the information on their home page, some people were hoping for a handy list of all the fracking chemicals used in Marcellus. At this point in time all that's posted is the initial press release, a description of casing design and one sample completion report. But that will change, says public affairs director, Matt Pitzarella. In a phone conersation this morning, Pitzarella reiterated Range Resources' commitment to increased transparency. "Beginning now, completion reports will hate an addendum attached that lists the fracturing chemicals, as well as their amounts, used in drilling each well," Pitzarella said. These will be posted to the Company website as well. Where, exactly? Pitzarella wasn't sure. "We're re-vamping the website and hope to make it easier for people to find information," he said. Soon, meaning sometime within the next 4 weeks (but earlier, he hopes), there should be a button on the left column guiding people to "completion reports" or "hydraulic fracturing". He's still working out the details. After reminding me again that it was voluntary, Pitzarella said, "We're hoping that these reports give people the facts they need to make their own decisions. Some people are concerned that fracturing chemicals will get into their aquifers. So we want to make sure they know what we're using and the [sery small] amounts."
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Extracting natural gas from shale requires forcing in water and some chemicals to crack the rock open, worrying residents about pollution.
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to hydraulically fracture natural-gas wells in Pennsylvania, confronting rising pressure from environmental groups worded that drilling could contaminate drinking water. The decision, which Range said was voluntary, reflects the mounting distrust that energy companies face, especially in the wake of the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of )xico. Even before the offshore spill, the industry was facing increasing scrutiny as gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale spreads across Pennsylvania and neighboring states. In a significant break from past practice, Range says it will begin submitting a detailed - . l't-of-alLchemicals and additives, and the volumes, used to -WeflStO the state. - --. - -- -
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acres in the Marcellus and its ability to develop the gas is central to future growth. "It's the right thing to do morally and ethically, but it's also right for our shareholders," he says. Range plans to make the disclosures with state Department of Environmental Protection within 30 days of "frac" jobs, and post the information online. The decision was praised by environmental groups and some members of Congress who have proposed a law to require similar levels of disclosure. More in Business The industry has resisted disclosing the chemicals it uses, although that has been softening recently. Exxon MabI Corp. [ 9] Chairman and Chief Executive Rex Tillerson told Congress earlier this year he "wouldn't object to any disclosure." Loosening gas molecules from dense shale rock requires drilling a well, then pumping in thousands of gallons of fluid under high pressure to crack the rock open. Range used 4.5 million gallons in a simple fracture of a recent wellthe overwhelming majority being water, according to a sample of the disclosure provided by the company. It also used smaller amounts of chemicals such as sodium hydroxide, ethylene glycol, hydrochloric acid and benzalkonium chloride. Range says the purpose of disclosure was to dispel concerns that chemicals added to fracture fluids are a risk. The fluid is being pumped a mile beneath the groundwater and is 99.8% water and sand, the company says. And the chemicals are "comparable to household chemicals in a very diluted form," says Ray Walker, a Range executive. Some politicians and environmental groups that support increased use of natural gas as a cleaner alternative to coal have expressed frustration with the industry's disclosures. Tim Wirth, a former Democratic senator from Colorado who has been a prominent advocate for natural gas, says the industry's penchant for secrecy is making it harder to win over skeptics. "If there's no problem, then disclose,' W. Wirth said. "That's the price of admission in this day and age." Amy Mall, senior policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council, says the industry has used hundreds of different chemicals in fracture fluids in the past. She said the disclosure will help homeowners who have had difficulty figuring out what chemicals to test for when they grew suspicious that their water well had been contaminated. "Many of these chemicals aren't part of a standard test; you have to know what to test for," she says. Veriion-Vodafone Impact: Colossal' Airlines Push F.arly Trial Start Renault C(X) (iits Alter Declaring himself CEO Ready America Movil May Pull KPN Bid Mercedes in Transition in China Market
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,Ajso, John Hanger, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, said he was pleased with Range's new policy. "If one company can do it, everyone can do itand should do it. The holding back of information in this area has fueled public suspicion." He said these Range disclosures and an ongoing study by the federal Environmental Protection Agency into chemicals used in fracture fluids should go a long way to create confidence. Jan .Jarrett, president of Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, an environmental advocacy group, applauded Range's disclosure program as a "step in the right direction." She said the state should make it mandatory.
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Range Resources announced on July 14, 2010 that the Company would voluntarily disclose the composition of each of the hydraulic fracturing components for all the wells operated by Range Resources with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (D E P) completed in the Marcellus Shale.
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Ranges disclosure initiative will provide regulators, landowners and ettisens of the Commonwealth an accounting of the highly , diluted additives used at each well site, along with their classifications, solumes, dilution factors, and specific and common purposes. The information will be submitted to the DIP as part of Range's well eumpletem reports and on the Company's as ebsite, I his astluritaD initiative as ill increase transparency and
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resource that can be pursued responsibly and for the benefit of all of the cttvens of Penns Ivania. As shown below, all of the additive-. Range uses are highly diluted. trefully managed and in many eases commonly used in our everyday lives. We are hopeful that out voluntary disclosure as ill help dispel the misconceptions that have pci stated and alibis Range and otheis to deliver on the potential of this extraordinary resource base. Range believe,, that the hydraulic fracturing process environmentally sale. The location 01 the Mareellus is geiterall over a
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Hydraulic fracturing a time tested and proven technology utilized by the oil and natural gas industry for more than 60 years and in more than 1 million wells. This is a process that requires the iniection of fluid, under pressure to create a network of fissures for trapped hydrocarbons to safely flow to the surface through our production facilities and eventually to fuel our homes, vehicles, electricity and businesses. Transparency and open dialogue are vital to the continued progress of energy development. This pushed Range to become the first company to voluntarily disclose the fracturing fluid for each completed well on our website. Range has supported new regulations on disclosure through PA (Iii, 78 provisions, new legislation of Act 13 and trade group. efforts. In Pennsylvania, kct 13 "enacted one of the most aggressive and transparent hydraulic fracturing disclosure laws in the country.....Colorado's requirements, upon which much of this Act's disclosure requirements were based, is ere hailed by progressive industry representatives. environmental organizations and many other groups as a model for other states"
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Colorado. Lunsnami and others require operators to submit a chemical disclose through
Frac Focus, a national chemical disclosure registry for oil & gas exploration founded by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission. Advanced planning is critical to eliminating any impacts from potential impacts. Even though chemical additives are carefully managed, highly diluted, encompassed by secondary containment and injected through multiple cemented strings of steel casing, Range selects vendors that utilize the most environmentally , friendly additives whenever technically possible Roughly 99.9'U of the tiacturing fluid is water and sand, the rest is a blend of common chemicals that are a part at our everyday lives or as the Groundwater Protection Council indicated essentially 'soap." Many state, require Spill Prevention Control and Contingency (SPCC') plans for each well site, which describes the best practices to be used in the event of a spill Active well locations maintain a series of onsite preventative technologies, such as absorbent materials to soak up a contained spill and vacuum trucks to eliminate any spilled liquid on location Range supports the ongoing scientific research of our industry (link collaboration tab here). Reputable universities such as the gv,gs of J,exa', and gJJ have done intense scientific research on natural gas development in prominent shale plays like the Barnett. the Marcellus and the llavne'svllle. These studies hound 'no e'vklence" of hydraulic fiacturing leading to groundwater contamination. In other states like Virginia. where Range develops a number of different geologic formations that produce hviirocarbonv Range utili-z.,s a combination of nmtlogcu, water, sand and sonic chemicals. For instance the I ow er Huron Shale formation itte grcciii ,,ouse ga "Cs list and has pros en io be one it the n ens. st c henac a used in hdiauhc fracturing, Keep in mind that nitrogen cannot be used to stimulate all geologic tormsitionv. In other in tivi t ste hic'a t1i \ its i ccii
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Instates like Oklahoma we also utilize environmentally responsible fluids under strict state regulations. It is in Oklahoma where the GroundwaterProtectRIls Council and the Interstate Oil and Cots Compact Commission are based. Those tWO organizations jointly launched the widely lauded FracFocus effort, which Range participates in for all wells across the company.
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Anyone interested can visit rangeresources.com for the information, for wells here or anywhere else in the nation. The contents are also listed at fracfocus.org a website run by the United States Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC).
Rothermund supported the notion that the public should be kept in the dark about decisions that our local governments make regarding commerce and private land development. He stated that government should not feel the least bit compelled to share the private dealings of our local representatives. We believe transparency and an open dialogue on issues that matter is of critical importance.
Range is on record on countless occasions being in support of, and in fact lobbying for, not against, smarter and tighter regulations that adapt to new and emerging technologies. Pennsylvania has consistently been ranked with high scores by independent teams from the GWPC and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, which is made up of state and federal, regulators, academics, environmentalists and other nongovernmental organizations, and industry scientists.
Like many people in the natural gas industry, my family came to this country three generations ago and landed right here in Washington County. We all want to make sure our natural resources are responsibly developed and in a manner that maximizes those benefits for us all.
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76102
(Zip Code)
code (817) 870-2601 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes 0 No 0 Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes 0 No 0 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the proceedings 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes 0 No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. 0 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "acceleratg flier" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one): Large accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer RI 0 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company 0 0
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in 12b-2 of the Act). Yes 0 No TheagegatemarkeLvalueoLthe voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 7011 was $8486,292,. Tldsamounti& and directors of the registrant are not included in the computation. However, the registrant has made no determination that such individuals are "affiliates" within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933. As of February 17, 2012, there were 161,748,938 shares of Range Resources Corporation Common Stock outstanding.
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Business Strategy
Our objective is to build stockholder value through consistent growth in reserves and production on a cost-efficient basis. Our strategy to achieve our objective is to increase reserves and production through internally generated drilling projects coupled with occasional complementary acquisitions. Our strategy requires us to make significant investments in technical staff, acreage, seismic data and technology to build drilling inventory. Our strategy has the following principal elements:
Concentrate in Core Operating Areas. We currently operate in two regions: the Appalachian (which includes shale tight gas, coal bed methane and conventional natural gas, natural gas liquids, condensate and oil production in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) and Southwestern (which includes the Permian Basin of West Texas and the Delaware Basin of New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, the Ardmore Basin in Southern Oklahoma, the Nemaha Uplift in Northern Oklahoma and the Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma). Concentrating our drilling and producing activities in these core areas allows us to develop the regional expertise needed to interpret specific geological and operating trends and develop economies of scale. Operating in multiple core areas allows us to blend the production characteristics of each area to balance our portfolio toward our goal of consistent production and reserve growth at attractive returns. Maintain Multi-Year Drilling Inventory. We focus on areas with multiple prospective, productive horizons and development opportunities. We use our technical expertise to build and maintain a multi-year drilling inventory. A large, multi-year inventory of drilling projects increases our ability to consistently grow production and reserves. Currently, we have over 8,600 proven and unproven drilling locations in inventory. Focus on cost efficiency. We concentrate in core areas which we believe to have sizeable hydrocarbon deposits in place that will allow us to consistently increase production while controlling costs. As there is little long-term competitive sales price advantage available to a commodity producer, the costs to find, develop, and produce a commodity are important to organizational sustainability and long-term shareholder value creation. We endeavor to control costs such that our cost to find, develop and produce natural gas and oil is in the best performing quartile of our peer group. Commitment to environmental, health and safety. We implement the latest technologies and best practices to minimize potential impacts from the development of our nation's natural resources as it relates to the environment, worker health and safety, and the health and safety of the communities where we operate. Working with peer companies, regulators, nongovernmental organizations, industries not related to the natural gas industry, and other engaged stakeholders, we consistently analyze and review performance while striving for continual improvement. In July 2010, we voluntarily elected to provide, on our website, the hydraulic fracturing components for all wells operated by us and completed to the Marcellus Shale formation. Maintain Long-Life Reserve Base. Long-life natural gas and oil reserves provide a more stable growth platform than short-life reserves. Long-life
reserves reduce reinvestment risk as they lessen the amount of reinvestment capital deployed each year to replace production. Long-life natural gas and oil reserves also assist us in minimizing costs as stable production makes it easier to build and maintain operating economies of scale. We use our acquisition, divestiture, and drilling activities to assist in executing this strategy. Maintain Flexibility. Because of the risks involved in drilling, coupled with changing commodity prices, we remain flexible and adjust our capital budget throughout the year. If certain areas generate higher than anticipated returns, we may accelerate drilling and acquisitions in those areas and decrease capital expenditures and acquisitions elsewhere. We also believe in maintaining a strong balance sheet and using commodity derivatives, which allows us to be more opportunistic in lower price environments and provides more consistent financial results. Equity Ownership and Incentive Compensation. We want our employees to think and act like stockholders. To achieve this, we reward and encourage them through equity ownership in Range. All full-time employees receive equity grants. As of December 31, 2011, our employees owned equity securities in our benefit plans (vested and unvested) that had an aggregate market value of approximately $314.0 million.
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We acquire significant amounts of unproved property to further our development efforts. Development and exploratory drilling and production activities are subject to many risks, including the risk that no commercially productive reservoirs will be discovered. We acquire both producing and unproved properties as well as lease undeveloped acreage that we believe will enhance growth potential and increase our earnings over time. However, we cannot assure you that all prospects will be economically viable or that we will not abandon our initial investments. Additionally, there can be no assurance that unproved property acquired by us or undeveloped acreage leased by us will be profitably developed, that new wells drilled by us in prospects that we pursue will be productive or that we will recover all or any portion of our investment in such unproved property or wells. Our indebtedness could limit our ability to successfully operate our business We are leveraged and our exploration and development program will require substantial capital resources depending on the level of drilling and the expected cost of services. Our existing operations will also require ongoing capital expenditures. In addition, if we decide to pursue additional acquisitions, our capital expenditures will increase, both to complete such acquisitions and to explore and develop any newly acquired properties. The degree to which we are leveraged could have other important consequences, including the following: we may be required to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to the payment of our indebtedness, reducing the funds available for our operations; a portion of our borrowings are at variable rates of interest, making us vulnerable to increases in interest rates; we may be more highly leveraged than some of our competitors, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage; our degree of leverage may make us more vulnerable to a downturn in our business or the general economy; we are subject to numerous financial and other restrictive covenants contained in our existing credit agreements the breach of which could materially and adversely impact our financial performance; our debt level could limit our flexibility to grow the business and in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate; and we may have difficulties borrowing money in the future.
Despite our current levels of indebtedness, we still may be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further increase the risks described above. In addition to those risks above, we may not be able to obtain funding on acceptable terms. Our business is subject to operating hazards that could result in substantial losses or liabilities that may not be fully covered under our insurance policies Natural gas, NGL and oil operations are subject to many risks, including well blowouts, cratenngs, explosions, uncontrollable flows of oil, natural gas or well fluids, fires, formations with abnormal pressures, pipeline ruptures or spills, pollution, releases of toxic gases and other environmental hazards and risks. If any of these hazards occur, we could Sustain substantial losses as a result of:
injury or loss of life; severe damage to or destruction of property, natural resources and equipment; pollution or other environmental damage; clean-up responsibilities; regulatory investigations and penalties; or suspension of operations.
We maintain insurance against some, but not all, of these potential risks and losses. We may elect not to obtain insurance if we believe that the cost of available insurance is excessive relative to the risks presented. We have experienced substantial increases in premiums, especially in areas affected by hurricanes and tropical storms. Insurers have imposed revised limits affecting how much the insurers will pay on actual storm claimns plus the cost to re-drill wells where substantial damage has been incurred. Insurers are also requiring us to retain larger deductibles and reducing the scope of what insurable losses will include. Even with the increase in future insurance premiums, coverage will be reduced, requiring us to bear a greater potential risk if our natural gas and oil properties are damaged. In addition, pollution and environmental risks generally are not fully insurable. If a significant accident or other event occurs that is not fully covered by insurance, it could haves material adverse affect on our financial condition and results of operations. 21
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EXHIBIT 20
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA STACEY HANEY, individually and as parent and natural guardian of HARLEY HANEY, a minor, and PAIGE HANEY, a minor, and BETH VOYLES and JOHN VOYLES, husband and wife, ASHLEY VOYLES, individually, LOREN KISKADDEN, individually, GRACE KJSKADDEN, individually, Plaintiffs,
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DEFENDANT'S OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFFS' FIRST SET OF REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS DIRECTED TO DEFENDANT RANGE RESOURCESAPPALACHIA, LLC
RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC, NEW DOMINION CONSTRUCTION, INC., TERRAFIX ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY,INC., SKAPS INDUSTRIES, INC., ENGINEERED SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS, INC., RED OAK WATER TRANSFER NE, LLC, MICROBAC LABORATORIES, INC., MULTI-CHEM GROUP, LLC, UNIVERSAL WELL SERVICES, INC., HALLIBURTON ENERGYSERVICES, INC., SAXON DRILLING, L.P., HIGHLAND ENVIRONMENTAL,LLC, EAP INDUSTRIES, INC., and TEST AMERICA, INC., Defendants.
Counsel of Record for This Party: Dennis St. J. Mulvihill, Esquire, PA I.D. #16411 Bruce IL Rende, Esquire, PA I.D. #52714 Erin J. Dolfi, Esquire., PA I.D. #86472
ROBB LEONARD MULVIHILL LLP Firm #249 BNY Mellon Center 500 Grant Street, 23rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Telephone: (412) 281-5431 Facsimile: (412) 281-3711
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29.
Admit that Range does not know the chemical make-up of all the products used at
the Yeager Site. RESPONSE: Range admits that it does not have an all-encompassing knowledge of the complete chemical formula of every product used at the Yeager Site by Range and/or its subcontractors, as some products contain proprietary compounds which may not be known to Range and many of the MSDS do not list the non-hazardous components of products. To the extent currently possible, the MSDS for the various products used at the Yeager Site have been produced to Plaintiffs. 30. Admit that Range conducted all of its investigations and made findings of water
quality without full knowledge of all chemicals used at the Yeager Site.
RESPONSE: Range admits that it did not have an all-encompassing knowledge of the complete chemical makeup of each chemical product used at the Yeager Site by Range and/or its subcontractors when Range conducted all of its investigations and made findings of water quality as some products contain proprietary compounds, which are not known to Range. However, Range does have a general working knowledge of the chemical makeup of the products used at the Yeager Site. To the extent currently possible, the MSDS for the various products used at the Yeager Site have been produced to Plaintiffs. 31. Admit that at least one outside slope of the Yeager Impoundment failed or
otherwise slide from its original position and had to be reconstructed. RESPONSE: It is denied that at least one outside slope of the Yeager Impoundment failed or otherwise slide from its original position and had to be reconstructed. By way of further responses, while Range admits that there was a slight movement in the surface of sediment trap number 4, it is denied that the outside sloped moved from its original position. 32. Admit that at least one slope of a sediment trap at the Yeager Impoundment failed
or otherwise moved from its original position and had to be reconstructed. RESPONSE: Range admits that there was a slight movement in the surface of sediment trap number 4, but the impoundment's embankment did not move from its original position.
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LLC, verify that I am authorized to execute this Verification and that the statements made in the foregoing Objections and Responses to Plaintiffs' First Set of Requests for Admissions Directed to Defendant Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief and/or are based upon information that has been provided to me by others, and are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.SA. 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
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LOREN KISKADDEN
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD Appellant, EHB Docket No. 2011-149-R
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Appellee, RANGE RESOURCES-APPALACHIA, LLC Permittee. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S RESPONES TO APPELLANT'S FIRST SET OF REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION DIRECTED TO RESPONDENT PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION
Appellee, Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP" or "Department") makes the following responses ("Responses") to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for Admissions ("Requests" or "Requests for Admissions") Directed to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to Rule 102 of the Environmental Hearing Board's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 25 Pa. Code 1021.102. Appellant included a section entitled "Definitions and Instructions" in these Requests that is identical to the "Definitions and Instructions" included in Appellant's First Supplemental Set of Requests for the Production of Documents ("Supplemental Document Requests") served concurrently with these Requests. The Department is serving its written response to Appellant's Supplemental Document Requests concurrently with this written response to Appellant's Requests for Admissions and incorporates herein the Department's "Prefatory Directions to Requests" section of its response to the Supplemental Document Requests, inclusive of the
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The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not Request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, page DEP0038 lists components of this product. 31. Admit that the only information submitted to the Pennsylvania DEP by Range
Resources identifying the chemical/substance components of BioBlend B- 10 was the MSDS for BioBlend B-10, BioLube RDP-100 identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0035-0044 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
AdmitX
Deny
32
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what
chemicals and/or substances that make up >90% of the product Sulfatrol, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0055-0058 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit
DenyX
The MSDS states that the substances that make up greater than 90% of this product are "Nonhazardous and other components below reportable levels," and that less than 2% of this product is made up of crystalline silica quartz.
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Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources identify
and submit information/documentation identifying what chemicals and/or substances make up >90% of the product Sulfatrol, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0055-0058 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, the MSDS states that the substances that . make up greater than 90% of this product are "non-hazardous and other components below reportable levels." Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding the singular product named "Sulfatrol" beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of Sulfatrol was the MSDS for Sulfatrol, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0055-0058 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskaddens First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit X
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35. Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what specific chemicals and/or substances found in or make up the product knows as Xan-plex D, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0068-0071 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny X
The chemical name for this product on page DEP0068 is polysaccharide polymer.
36.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested Range Resources identify and
submit information/documentation identifying the chemical and/or substances that are found in or make up the product Xan-plex D, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0068-0071 in
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the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9 th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding the singular product named "Xanplex D" beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
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DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemical and/or other components of Xan-plex-D was the MSDS for Xan-plex D, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers0068-0071 0071 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit X Deny
38.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what
chemicals and/or other substances make up >80% of the product X-cide 102, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0072-0076 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit DenyX
The MSDS states that the substances that make up greater than 80% of this product are "Nonhazardous and other components below reportable levels," and that less than 10 to 30% of this product is made up of glutaraldehyde.
39.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources
identify and submit information/documentation identifying what chemicals and/or substances that make up >80% of the product X-cide 102, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0072-0076 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny
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The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of
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admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections,, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding the singular product named "X-cide 102" beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
40.
DEl' by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of X-cide 102 was the MSDS for X-cide 102, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0072-0076 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the . Production of Documents. Admit X Deny
41. well.
Admit that diesel fuel was used as hydraulic fracturing fluid at the Yeager 7H
Admit
Deny
To the extent this Request asks whether the Department can admit or deny whether hydraulic fracturing fluid at the Yeager 7H well was comprised of diesel fuel, then the Department can neither nor admit nor deny this Request after a reasonable investigation because the Department is not aware of Range Resources using diesel fuel as its hydraulic fracturing fluid at the Yeager 7H well.
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42
Admit that the kerosene used at the Yeager 7H well is also knows as Fuel Oil
Admit
Deny
This Request is compound because it assumes that kerosene is used at the Yeager 7H and then asks the Department to admit that kerosene is also known by another name. Because it is compound, this Request is vague and ambiguous and thereby burdensome. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, the Department admits that the Department has referred to kerosene as fuel oil No. 1.
43.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what specific
chemicals and/or substances make up >84% of the product Deso Deflocculant, identified as
Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0086-0094 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
AdmitX
Deny
44.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources
identified and submit information/documentation identifying what chemicals and/or substances that make up >84% of the product DesoDeflocculant, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0086-0094 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit .
Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request
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additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS has nothing to do with the Department's conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding the singular product named "DesoDeflocculant" beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
45.
DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of Deso Deflocculant was the MSDS for Deso Deflocculant, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0086-0094 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit X Deny
46.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what chemicals
and/or substances make up 100% of the product Drispac (regular and super-b) polymer, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0095-0)01 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit X
The subject MSDS contains a statement that no components of this material were found on the regulatory lists searched in preparation of the MSDS.
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47.
DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of Drispac (regular and super-b) polymer was the MSDS for Drispac (regular and super-b) polymer, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0095-0101 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit X Deny
48.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources
identify and submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up 1001/6 of the product Drispac (regular and super-b) polymer, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0095-0101 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
49.
DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemical and/or other components of LD-9 was the
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MSDS for Xan-plex D, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0102-0105 in the Departments Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit X Deny
50.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEl' does not have any knowledge of what
chemicals and/or other substances make up the product LD-9, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0102-0105 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny X
The subject MSDS contains a statement that no components of this material were found on the regulatory lists searched in preparation of the MSDS.
51.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEl' never requested that Range Resources identify
and submit information/documentation identifying what chemicals and/or substances that make up the product LD-9, identified as Pennsylvania DEl' document numbers 0102-0105 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the
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foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
52.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what
chemicals and/or substances make up >90% of the product LIGCO, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0106-0110 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny X
The subject MSDS states that greater than 90% of the components are "Non-hazardous and other components below reportable limits."
53.
DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of LIGCO was the MSDS for LIGCO, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0106-0110 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit X Deny
54.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources identify
and submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up >90% of the product LIOCO, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0106-0110 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the
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The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
55.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what
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chemicals and/or substances make up the product Mil Glide-C?, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0121-0125 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny X
Styrene is listed as comprising less than 1% of this product, and the remainder is identified as "below reportable levels" on this MSDS.
56.
DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of Mu-Glide CF was the MSDS for Mil-Glide C?, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0121-0125 in
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the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
AdmitX
Deny
57.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources identify and
submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up the product Mu-Glide CP, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0121-0125 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit
Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
58.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what
chemicals and/or substances make up the product Milstarch., identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0142-0145 in the Departrnentrs Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
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This MSDS states, among other things, that "The manufacturer lists no ingredients as hazardous" and that "This product is not known to a 'hazardous chemical' as defined by the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200."
59.
DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of Milstarch was the MSDS for Milstarch, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0142-0145 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
AdmitX
Deny
60.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources identify
and submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up the product Milstarch, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0142-0145 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit
Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without s'aiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the
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Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
61. Admit that the Pennsylvania DEl' does not have any knowledge of what chemicals and/or substances make up 60-80% of the product NewDrill, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0146-0149 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit
DenyX
This MSDS states, among other things, that 60 to 80% of this product is "Non-hazardous and other components below reportable levels."
62. Admit that the only information/documentation submitted to the Pennsylvania DEl' by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of NewDrill was the MSDS for NewDrill, identified as Pennsylvania DEl' document numbers 0146-0149 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
AdmitX
Deny
63. Admit that the Pennsylvania DEl' never requested that Range Resources identify and submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up 6080% of the product NewDrill, identified as Pennsylvania DEl' document numbers 0146-0149 in the
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Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the
.
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits. 64. Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what chemicals
and/or substances make up 50% of the product HVG-1 Fast Hydrating Guar Slurry, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0154-0156 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents. Admit Deny X
This MSDS states that greater than 50% of this product is petroleum distillates.
65.
by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of HVG- I Fast Hydrating Guar Slurry was the MSDS for HVG-I Fast Hydrating Guar Slurry, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0154-0156 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
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Deny
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66. Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources identify and submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up 50% of the product HVG- I Fast Hydrating Guar Slurry, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0154-0156 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
67. Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP does not have any knowledge of what chemicals and/or substances make up the product FRW 200 Polymerized Friction Reducer, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0181-0183 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit Deny X
This MSDS states among other things that this product is "non-regulated" under a "DOT Hazard Classification."
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DEP by Range Resources identifying the chemicals and/or other components of IRW 200 Polymerized Friction Reducer was the MSDS for FRW 200 Polymerized Friction Reducer, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0181-0183 in the Department's Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
Admit X
Deny
69.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP never requested that Range Resources identify
and submit information/documentation identify what chemicals and/or substances make up the product FRW 200 Polymerized Friction Reducer, identified as Pennsylvania DEP document numbers 0181-0183 in the Departments Responses to Appellant Loren Kiskadden's First Set of Requests for the Production of Documents.
.
Admit
Deny
The Department objects to this Request as not reasonably calculated to lead to the production of admissible evidence because whether or not the Department requested or did not request additional information regarding a product identified in a specific MSDS is unrelated to the conclusions set forth in the September 9th Letter on appeal in this matter. Subject to the foregoing and without waiving the foregoing objections, to the extent this Request asks the Department to admit that it never specifically requested additional documents regarding this singular product beyond the MSDS itself, then the Department admits.
70.
Admit that the Pennsylvania DEP took more than one water sample from the
AdmitX
.
Deny
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD LOREN KISKADDEN Appellant, Docket No. 2011-149-R
VS.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Appellant, vs. RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC, Permittee. PERMITTEE RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC'S AMENDED RESPONSES TO APPELLANT'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES AND SECOND SET OF REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION Pursuant to 25 Pa. Code 102 1.102 and Rules 4006 and 4014 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, and as mandated by the Board's July 19, 2013 Order [Dkt. 196], Permittee Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC ("Range"), hereby serves these Amended Responses ("Responses") to selected portions of Appellant's First Set of Interrogatories and Second Set of Requests for Admission (collectively, "Requests"). AMENDED RESPONSES TO FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES 3. Please IDENTIFY any and all products, including but not limited to fluids and/or its chemical components, applied to McAdams Road to prevent the spreading of dust or as a dust suppressant or for any other purpose, including but not limited to, the contents of the product, any testing performed on the product, the manufacturing information for the product and the
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RESPONSE:
The only product Range applied to McAdams Road was fresh water, and Range has supplied the water manifests in connection with the same. See also RRA-LK_0 10722 - 010772. One shipment of water was obtained from the Lowry Meter Vault, which draws from the PA American Water System. See RRA-LK_0 10722. One shipment of water was obtained from the Carol Baker well site. See RRA-LK_0 10723. All other shipments of water were obtained from the Washington County Fire Academy. See RRA-LK_010724 - RRA-LK 010772. Range is not aware of any testing that was ever performed on the water. Range is not aware of any manufacturing information regarding the water, Deeter Farms Construction, Inc. was the company responsible for applying the water to the road.
7.
Please IDENTIFY each and every of the following products listed in Table I
(below) by including the following: (a) (b) Whether the products was used at the Yeager Wells (including which of the Yeager wells), the Yeager Impoundment and/or the Yeager Drill Cuttings Pit; When the product was used at each of the applicable locations designated in subsection (a); The purpose for which the product was used at each of the applicable locations designated in subsection (a); What stage of drilling operations was the product used at each of the applicable locations designated in subsection (a); What company supplied the product to be used at each of the applicable locations designated in subsection (a); What chemicals, including all proprietary chemicals, make up the product; What company applied the product at each of the applicable locations designated in subsection (a); and
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Fluids Management, LTD Balcones Minerals Corporation Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management. LTD Fluids Management, LTD Cortex Products Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management, LTD Fluids Management, LTD Shrieve Chemical Products Co. Shrieve Chemical Products Co. M-I SWACO J&H Bunn Ltd Federal Wholesale Drilling Mud M-I SWACO M-1 L.L.0 M-ISWACO Fisher Scientific lGrinding & Sizing Co., Inc.
2E. TRU VIS 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Cortex, 222 Barrier Cream PERMASEAL ABS40 MUD/SLURRY FM VIS LS FM VIS II BIO ADD 7555 BlO-COR 2899 G-SEAL Potassium Chloride FED ZAN D DRILZONE L DUROGEL
39 Citric acid 40; Ammonium phosphate, dibasic 41. X-TEND LUBE PLUS
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42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
APB-1, Ammonium Persulfate Breaker Frac Tech Services, LLC B-9, PH Increase Buffer BROMOCRESOL GREENMETHYL RED INDICATOR, ALCOHOLIC BXL-2, Crosslinker/Buffer Cal Ver 2 Calcium Indicator CS-250 SI CS-650 OS, Oxygen Scavenger CS-Polybreak 210 Diesel Fuel Low Sulphur EDTA FE- 1001, IRON CHELATOR FRW-50 FTS WELLCLAY 100 HTLB-1, HIGH TEMPERATURE LIQUID BREAKER HVG-I, FAST HYDRATING GUAR SLURRY Hydrochloric Acid, 0.001-0.49 Normal Aqueous Solutions Industrial Compounding, LLC RICCA Chemical Company LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Hach Company Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Coastal Chemical Co., L.L.C. RICCA Chemical Company LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC
1 61.
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ICI-150 ICI-3240 KCLS-2, KCL Substitute LTA-1. Low Temperature Activator MA-844W 5040 Methyl Purple Indicator
Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, INC. Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, INC. CESI Chemical RICCA Chemical Company LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC
69. NE 100 70, 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. NE 100 (winterized)
PHENOLPHTALEIN SOLUTIONS RICCA Chemical Company LLC POTASSIUM CHROMATE SOLUTIONS Shale Surf 1000 Silver Nitrate RICCA Chemical Company LLC Industrial Compounding, LLC RICCA Chemical Company LLC
SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS RICCA Chemical Company LLC Sulfuric Acid, 0.02N Sciencelab.com , Inc. RICCA Chemical Company LLC RICCA Chemical Company LLC Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids 113aker Hughes Drilling Fluids
77, Water Hardness Buffer 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. Water Hardness Indicators FlexFirm KS New Phalt - DynaPhalt NewBar - Barium Sulfate NewEase 203
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MIL-PAC (ALL GRADES) MIL-GLIDE Citric Acid Solution, 50% HEC- 10, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Oil Dry, Hydrous Magnesium Aluminum Silicate EXP-D256C-99 (REM) HYPERDILL AF 257 White Starch FORTA Super-Sweep 60/40 Blend AQUA PAC, Polyanionic cellulose derivative Aquabloc, Sodium Carboxymethyl Starch Desco Deflocculant Citric Acid, Anhydrou U.S.P./N.F. (Granular) POLY-PLUS RD
Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Newpark Drilling Fluids, Inc.
Drilling Specialties Company HYCHEM, INC. Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC FORTA Corporation Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC Newpark Drilling Fluids, LLC
M-I L.L.C. M-I L.L.C. M-I L.L.0 M-I L.L.C. M-I L.L.C.
IC!. POLYPAC UL 102, POLYPAC SUPREME R 103. PIPE-LAX ENV 104. PECAN NUT PLUG 105, Myacide GA 25 106. M-I-X II
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107. M-I WATE 108. M-I GEL WYOMING 109. LD-8 110. LD-9, Polyether Polyol Ill. X-CIDE 102 112. W.O. DEFOAM 113. 114. XAN-PLEX D, Polysaccharide Walnut Shells
M-I L.L.C. M-I L.L.C. Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Drilling Specialties Company Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
Sodium Chloride, Solid Sodium Bicarbonate Soda Ash, sodium carbonate Potassium Chloride SAPP PERMA-LOSE HT
NEW-DRILL, Anionic Polyacrylamide Copolymer Emulsion 125. CRUMB RUBBER 176. DESCO DEFLOCCULANT 127. DF-450 128. DF-900
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129.
130. DIXIE-RED MUD 131. DRILL THIN 132. DRILLING PAPER 133. DRILL-OUT
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
134. DRISPAC (R & SL), Drispac Polymer Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. 135. DYNARED 136. FIBER PLUG 137. FIBER-SEAL Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
138. FLO-THIN HT, Anionic Polyacrylate Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. 139. 140. 141. FLOWZAN FOAM BREAK FOAMER CD Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
142. GILSONITE 143. GYPSUM, Calcium (11) Sulfate Dihdrate 144. HEC, Hydroxyeythyl Cellulose 145. HEC LIQUID 146. HIGH YIELD GEL 147. KCL SUBSTITUTE, Potassium Chloride 148. KNOCKOUT 50, Ammonium BisuIfiteSoIutio 149.' KNOCKOUT 1200, Zinc Salt of Polyphenolic Acid
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150. K-SEAL 151. LCF Blend 152. LCF 1/2 153. LIME, Calcium Hydroxide
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
154. LUBRA-GLIDE (FINE & COARSE) Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. 155. LW-200 156. MAGMA FIBER Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
157. MF-55, Polyacrylamide Mixture 158. 159. MICA (F,C), Muscovite M-I-X II
OIL DRY, Hydrous Magnesium Aluminum Silicate 166. ORGANOLIG 167. PHENO SEAL 168. POLY PLUS 169. POLY STICKS
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
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1 '2. CHEM-SEAL 173. CI-300A 174. CITRIC ACID 175. COTTONSEED HULLS 176. BENTONE 910 177. BIOZAN, Welan Gum 178. BLACKSEAL 179. CALCIUM CARBONATE (F,M,C) 180. 181. 182. CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE CEDAR FIBER, Ground Wood ANCO SORB /ALCOSORB
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
183. ANCO SPA 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. ANCO SPERSE, Chrome Lignosulfonate ANCO STARCH (WHITE & YELLOW) ANCO TROL, Gilsonite
ANCO VIS L, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. ANCO VIS N.S. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
191. BENTONE 38 192. ANCO PAC (REGULAR & SUPERLO), Polyanionic Cellulose
lAnchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
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194.
195. ANCO PHALT S. Sulfonated Asphalt Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. 196. ANCO PIPE FREE 197. Anco Poly Beads 198. ANCO RIG WASH 199. ANCO ROPE, Terpene / Aliphatic Naphtha Blend ANCO SALT GEL, Attapulgite ANCO SHALE TREAT lAnchor Drillina Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
200. 201.
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
MUL S
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215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 231.
ANCO MUL THIN VERSAMOD WT-22 X-CIDE 102 X-CIDE 207 XX-POLYMER ZINC CARBONATE
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
ALCOMER 74-L / ANCO THIN HT-L Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. ALCOMER 90L ALUMINUM STEARATE ALUMINUM SULFATE AMAIZO STARCH AMMONIUM NITRATE ANCO BAR (BARITE), Barium Sulfate ANCO BX ANCO CAT SODIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC SODA) Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
232.
233. 234.
SODIUM Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE ANHYDROUS SOLTEX, Sodium Asphalt Sulfonate Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. STARCH (W & Y) PREGELANTINIZED SUNS WEEP Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.
235.
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26. SUPERSLIDE GLASS BEADS (F, M, C, & MEGA) 237. 238. 239. 240. 241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. 254. 55. 256. 257. SUPERS WEEP TORK BUSTER PLUS TORK BUSTER VARISEAL VERSA HRP SAPP SAWDUST SEA MUD, Sepiolite SHUR PLUG S.O. LUBE 1000 SOAP STICKS SODA ASH, Sodium Carbonate, Anhydrous SODIUM BICARBONATE POTASSIUM ACETATE POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (KCL) POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE RED STRIPE SACK FISHING TOOL SALT, Sodium Chloride Ammonium Bifluoride ACETIC ACID 60%
V
Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc. Solvay Fluorides, LLC Clearwater International L.L.C.
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258. 259. 260. 261. 262. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270. 271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. 281.
ACID PENSURF BENZOIC ACID CARBO PROP Casing Inhibitor CLA-CHEL A CLA-CHEK LP NO. 2 Diesel Fuel EGM Solvent En-Breaker HPH En-Breaker FFL-10 FFL-20 Flomax5O FRP-121 Fumaric Acid H2S Scavenger Hydrochloric Acid Citric Acid, anhydrous IRON CHEK IRONSTA II C OX-BREAKER ARFLOW 7125 Paraffin Inhibitor PARANOX
Clearwater International L.L.C. Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC CARBO Ceramics Universal Well Services, Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Clearwater International L.L.C. Phillips Petroleum Company Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Sagar Enterprises, Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Sagar Enterprises, Inc. Sagar Enterprises, Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Clearwater International L.L.C. Universal Well Services Inc. Aquaness Chemical Universal Well Services Inc.
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PARASOL II PARASURF Resin Coated Silica, Lake, and Bank Sands and Ceramic Silica Sand Soda Ash, Dense Sulfamic Acid TRANSFOAM-A 1 AQUET 921 Emulsifier UNIBAC BlO-CLEAR 1000 BIO-CLEAR 200 UNI-FLO UNIFLO 2 Unigel IXLR Unigel 5F Unigel 19XL Universal Well Services Inc. Santrol, Inc. U.S. Silica Company Clearwater International L.L.C. Sagar Enterprises, Inc. Clearwater International L. L.C. Aquaness Chemical Universal Well Services Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Clearwater International L.L.C. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. SNF INC. Clearwater International L.L.C. Universal Well Services Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C.
285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297.
298, FLOPAM AN 934 SH 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. AI-250 UNIHIB A QAI-815
CYANAFLO 105L Polymer Additive Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. UWS AGA-150 Universal Well Services Inc.
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304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321.
UWS BXL-A UWS NCL UWS NDL-100 UWS NE-50 UWS NE-70 UWS NE-80 UWS NE-90 UNILINKBXL ACID PENSURF M-1 BAR FED SEAL Hydrous Silicate of Alumina Microspheres, Cenospheres, Floating Ash, Hollow Spheres FLO-STOP P Cellosize (TM) Polymer HEC-18 CFL-25 Sodium Silicate 40 Grade FLO-STOP P
Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd. FEDERAL Black Hills Bentonite, LLC USNR Coal Sales Universal Well Services Inc. The Dow Chemical Company Universal Well Services Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Universal Well Services Inc. Lafarge North America Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc. United States Gypsum Company
322, Lafarge Fly Ash & Bottom Ash 323. 324. 325. FOAM CHEK FOAM CHEK-L USG HYDROCAL Gray Gypsum Cement
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Kol-Seal, Ground Coal MRA Portland Cements Potassium Chloride Salt Gel SC-900 Sodium Chloride Super Surf TI-2 Trisodium Phosphate Dodccahydrate 3M (TM) Glass Bubbles HGS2000, HGS3000, HGS4000, HGS5000, HGS6000 Cellophane Flakes UNIHIB A OAI-815 SAPP UWS CFL-1 17 UWS CR-220
WeiDril Products, Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Essroc Cement Corp. Clearwater International L.L.C. M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd. Clearwater International L.L.C. Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Universal Well Services Inc. Sagar Enterprises, Inc. 3M
329,
330. 331. 332. 333. 334. 335. 336.
M-1 Drilling Fluids UK Ltd. Universal Well Services Inc. Clearwater International L.L.C. Clearwater International L.L.C. Universal Well Services Inc. Universal Well Services Inc.
RESPONSE
Please see the attached spreadsheet.
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AMENDED RESPONSES TO SECOND SET OF REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION 4. Admit that ethylbenzene was used by Range Resources as a component of a
product in the drilling process at the Yeager Site. RESPONSE: Admitted. Per their MSDS sheets, ethylbenzene is a .10% or .20% constituent part of Industrial Enamel HS, Pure White and Industrial Enamel, Safety Red. After a good faith investigation, Range has made a reasonable inquiry, and the information known or readily obtainable to Range is insufficient to enable it to admit or deny that either type of paint was ever used at the Yeager Site. Ethylbenzene is a component part of Xylene (Xylol), which was used in the air rig involved in the drilling process. Range does not currently believe that ethylbenzene is a constituent part of any other product used in the drilling process at the Yeager Site, and Range does not believe that it was ever used as part of a downhole product.
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the drilling process at the Yeager Site. RESPONSE: Admitted. Per its MSDS sheet, Diesel Fuel No. 2 contains toluene in some concentration. Diesel Fuel No. 2 was used to power some equipment during the air rig drilling process. Range does not believe that it was ever used as a part of a downhole product.
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Admitted. Per its MSDS sheet, xylene is a constituent part of MC DF-7 120 defoamer, and this defoamer was occasionally used at the Yeager Site, though Range does not believe that it was used as a dovrnhole product. Based on the manufacturer response, xylene also makes up a small part of Seymour of Sycamore's "Stripe Flourescent Red I Orange" product. After a good faith investigation, Range has made a reasonable inquiry, and the information known or readily obtainable to Range is insufficient to enable it to admit or deny that this product was ever used at the Yeager Site. Xylene (Xylol) was also used in the air rig involved in the drilling process.
28.
RESPONSE:
Denied. Range does not currently believe that t-butyl alcohol is a constituent part of any product used in the drilling process at the Yeager Site.
34.
RESPONSE:
Admitted. Per its MSDS sheet, ethylene glycol is a constituent part of MC S-25 I OT scale inhibitor. This product was used during the fracturing of the Yeager 7H well.
52.
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RESPONSE: Denied. Per its MSDS sheet, acetone is a constituent part of Aervoe Rust Proof Paint Aerosol. After a good faith investigation, Range has made a reasonable inquiry, and the information known or readily obtainable to Range is insufficient to enable it to admit or deny that this type of paint was ever used at the Yeager Site, and therefore denies this request. Range does not currently believe that acetone is a constituent part of any other product used in the drilling process at the Yeager Site.
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Respectfully submitted, Kenneth S. Komoroski, Esq. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 52708 Matthew H. Sepp, Esq. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 85406 Steven E.H. Gibbs, Esq. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 314894 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP Southpointe Energy Complex 370 Southpointe Boulevard, Suite 300 Canonsburg, PA 15317 Telephone: (724) 416-0400 Michael C. Steindorf, Esq. (admitted pro hoc vice) Texas State Bar No. 19134800 Tyler H. Lipp, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) Texas State Bar No. 24070151 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP 2200 Ross Ave., Suite 2800 Dallas, Texas 75201-2784 Telephone: (214) 855-8000 Dennis St. J. Mulvihill, Esq. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 16411 Bruce E. Rende, Esq. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 52714 Erin J. Dolfi, Esq. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 86472 ROBB LEONARD MULVIHILL LLP BNY Mellon Center 500 Grant Street, 23rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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VERIFICATION
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of Range Resources - Appalachia., LLC. I verify that any factual averments contained in the foregoing are true based on my knowledge or information and belief. I make this verification subject to the penalties of 18 PA. CONS. STAT. ANN. 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 20th day of August, 2013, the foregoing FERMITFEE RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC'S AMENDED RESPONSES TO APPELLANT'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES AND SECOND SET OF REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION was served via FedEx and first class United States mail, respectively, postage prepaid, on the below-listed individuals:
John M. Smith, Esq. Kendra L. Smith, Esq. Smith Butz, LLC 125 Technology Drive, Suite 202 Bailey Center I, Southpointe Canonsburg, PA 15317 Counsel for Petitioner
Michael Heilman, Esq. Richard Watling, Esq. Department of Environmental Protection Southwest Regional Office 400 Waterfront Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Kai,
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