PennrylvaniatlapartnontofEnvircnoentalP.oiection lnvestigalion R€po.t CTS00112 Page I of 2 Complaint lntormatlon EP NC Rgnl Off Williamsport complnt ld: 275€[.2 Municipality: Rouletle Township BARBARA L SANTONICO Entercd gy: Source: Phone Call Date R6ceived: 11 2Z2O1O ld: R€lated Complnl Countyi en n"t"t"d None Potter 1v/tt1, N Afier Hours tnd(y/N): Date Acknowledged: 11/222010 V. 1. 1 Abbrv Descriplion: Water well degradation Long D€scription: ln 2009, Guardian plt in a gas well in the field beside cmpts house . i They guaranteed her w?ter well. Afrer they drilled, they lested her water. Resulls showed a trace of methane, A few months ago PGE dug a $iater well next to her prcperty approx from cmpts $ell. Afrer they put in the water well, cmpt wanted her water tested. They tested in August. Cmpt recei\ed rcsults on 11/19/10 which shor€d rddon, methane and aresenic. Cmpl contacled Guardian and they are going to lest her waier again (probably some time this week). Cmpl is also going to contact PGE this week. they VERBALLY guaranteed her water. Cmpl is contacting her lawyer today. She thought Guardian and PGE were relaled comDanies bll found oLt they are not Siis Locetion: No: Nam€: Address: OP EN _S OU RC E Complainant lnfolmalion Seq Company: 1 e{tail: Confidential Yes (Y/N): Home Phone: Oate/Tlme Rec€ivod: Mobile Phone: Work Phone: 11 - 1?2/2010 10:01 AM Ext - R€rpondblo Partv lnfomatlon DANIEL SCHOEN Home Phonei Company Nam€: Municipalily: N Work GUARDIAN E)PLORATION LLC PO BOX225 HUNT, TX 78024 Phone: Mobilq Phono: 83G3676022 - P.fmit : County: Oul Of Slate Ert - PonnElvanh Dapartnonl of Enyltonm.nt l P.ot lnvadoadon Rapott ction CTS0{112 Page 2 ol2 RelDonr. lniomalion P.iority: Program: Compl.lnt 2 Oil & Gas Water Supply Type: DEt R.+ Adgnod: 11/22010 Oat Relpon$ Dus: l20dm10 oab Fl.c Ro.ponso: 11/2sl2010 0112112011 D.t Rei..rrdi Rataarrd To: Comment3i ln+.ctor: Sup€rvisor: RoBERTW EVERETT lnvestiqation lnformation Dab lnv.stn Alr{gned: 1112i,2010 ln+cctor: oFACTS ln.p€cton ld: DAVID E ENGLE Date lnvEdigai.d: 11/2W2010 Typ.: Vlolation(Y/N): No ROBERTW 274942 lnv6dgation Sampled prilate water well aRer Mike Panettieri, Bob Young and I inspected nearby Guardian Exploration gEs w€lls. See attached €mail dated n&1'l \Nith inspection details. * ld: * OP EN _S OU RC E lnvldgrdon Desipton: EVERETT V. 1. 1 oairR.Dlved: End ot Repod Sits Visit pennsytvania nFpaRTrltN t ol- t\vlRoNl"EN'AL PRO_ICno\ 208 west Thi.rd Street, Suite 101 Williamsport, PA 71701'6448 JanuarY 21,2011 Fax Act 223, Section 208 Deterrdnation Complairr ID# 275802 Rouletle TorvnshiP, Potter County Dear 570-327-3565 V. 1. 1 Northcetrtral Regional Oflice : ' well located at The Deparhnent has investigated the possible degadation of your water supply activities :, Pennsylvania, ia response to an 11/2212010 complaint that recent oi1 and gas well drilli-og from your home water may have affected your water well. on 1 1/2912010, the Depatment collected sarnples .u-pf"t *ere submitted to the Department's laboratory ia Harisburg for analysis A table sllli--iring U" -aytical results ftom that sampling and the various other sampliags of your water weil is included, as well as documents that will assist you with interpreting those results' ffiiy. ft" OP EN _S OU RC E - which was Our sarnple results showed several compounds elevated above DepalheDt staDdalds. Arsenic, mg'&, aad iron and (MCL) of 0 01 primary maximum contamilant level fresent at O.05SS mglf, exceeded the to reflect potential dangers to humaD --gun"r" "x"""d."d .econdary MCLs. Prirnary MCLs are inteDded health, while secondary MCLs reflect the aesthetics ofwater (i.e. taste, sBell' etc )' youl home water The Department investigation does not indicate that oil and gas well drilling has impacted supply. should you have any questions, or require additional clariication, please contact me at 5'70-32'7-3680 sulcere$, 7/ V ./t/ ///// /) // s W.f,r//r*e Roben W Everen Ill Water Qualiry NCRO Bureau of Oil and Gas MarMgement Specialist - Enclosures: Table Summarizi-ng A-nalytical Results ftom water Supply Sampling Copy of "How to Interpret a Water Alalysis Report" co: David E. Engle (DE?BOGM Eastem OPerations Water Quality Specialis Supewisor) William J. Kosmer (DEP BOGM Professional Geologis NCRO Complaint File *",.r..t.""**.s PAGE ta2.Zl DEP Bureau Of laboraLolies - liarrisburg P. O. Box 1457 Dale of Issue: l2/71/2OI0 25?5 Interslate Driee cdntact Phone 14 Nunrbet: (117) 346-',120A oil mR And Gas Mqnt Status: Conpleted SanPIe ID: 0430 048 of Sallple Colleclor: Robert vl Everett OO PM Dare sanDle was CoIIec!ed: I1/29l2010 04:50: State: TwP Roulette Municipality: Nane : PA Glound water OP EN _S OU RC E Mediun 3 6l Anall.tical RePort Sanple 1 of V. 1. 1 Harrisburg, PA 11105- 12 Sample Medium Tt'Pe: Water location: sanPled at 9lel1 head Reason: ConPl'aint I,aboratory Sarnpfe ID: 02010010255 suite: METH Test Coctes/CAS{ - DescriPtion Analyst Test Method AM 12:00 AM DACLEMENS BOL BOL60l.9 Ethane AM DACLEMENS BOL BOt6019 Propane ?4986 12:00 DACLEMENS BOr BOL6019 Ethene 14440 12:00 '19:. UG/L Methane 14828 1.2:00 ?4851 AM DACI,EMENS BOL 801,6019 Date And Time Reported Resufts (0) 72/06/20ao 7.90 UG L (u) 72 / 06 /2OLO 7.90 UG/L (u) 12 / 06 /2OrA 19.8 UG/L 1u) 12 / 06 /20tA PAGE 2 of 3 Ana_Iytica] Report FOR OiI And cas Mgnt 0430 048 Status: Cotnpleted V. 1. 1 Sanp1e TD: Tle resu ts of the anatyses provided in this Iaboratory .epoit letate onty to the sarple (s ) identified in the report. Unless otherwis€ noted, the lesults presented on this taboratory report neet all the lequirenents of The NELAC Institute (TNI). Sanple ldas in acceptable condition received by the Laboratory. Any excepti.oDs are noted in the repo!!. rrlth rr.r( are not included in our NJ NELAP Annua] Celtified paramerer Lisl of Laboratories OP EN _S OU RC E Taru Upadhyay, Technical Director, Bureau Tests noted PAGE 3 of 3 Analytical Repolt F'OR OiI And Gas Ugrrt ID: 0430 048 Status: Conpleted V. 1. 1 Sanpfe ORG.ANICS T.ABORATORY OUAIIFIERS U - Indicates analysis The sanple lras perfonned fo! the conpound but it lras not detected. quantitatiod linit is reportect. J - hdicates an estimated value, below the quantiftcation Iinjt, bur above the nethod detection linlt. - Indicates presunptive evidence of a compound, B - this flag is used e,hen the analyte is found in the associated blank as lrelL as in lhe sanple. N OP EN _S OU RC E - This flag identifies conpounds whose concentratlons exceed Che calibration range of the instrunent fo! that. speclfiq anatysis. P - Thls flag is used with a tarqet anatyte erhen there is greater than a 25t difference beteeen the results obtained .fron the pri$aly and confituation colurnns for dual cofunn analysis nethods (i.e. peEticj.des, triazines, PCBS, etc). The reported walue iB the av€rage of the two resutts. Q - This flaq identifies the average of nuftipfe results from nultiple analyses, or the awerage of the averages of duaf cofuDn E analysis methods. _ - (Underline) - The conpouncl is present at the amount leported. No ftag. X - Non-target analytes co-elute eith cotrrpound. Identification unable to be conflned. PENNSJATE College of Agricultural Sciences Agricultural CoopeJative Extension Biological Engineering d.nd How to hterpret a Water Analysis Report V. 1. 1 F 103 prut D. Robillu4 A.ii!tar r professor of Agitculturit Engitreer,rg Wiltior E. Sha.pq profssor ofForest Hydrotog BrrrD R Swisroclq E*ensioD Aisochte "i"j,fiijlifii;if;# Wiif-@j,l wl',r L!$ -v -: T,it:'#ll"ii#.*i :::1,:S ;:,f;?#:'fr*:;', jr" gecrsrons about waler h€atrbeot. i6 tbe sigaitcarce ofLhepammecrs lisredin ract she€l outlioes some of rhe maior nz%rerers you-may see on rhe Features of a Sample Report ODce the iab }as completed lesdng your erater. you will rcceive a report tlur lookl warer rest;od? - lwirewoR1iodREmnr - OP EN _S OU RC E simjlar to lig1lle 1. It will contaid a list of coBiaminanrs tested, the conccntratioDs, an4 in sol]le cases, hiShljgbt aryprobtcm rle fi;tai; ;;d;.il;y;;;;;iH;;fi;' Itre reDort conl3llinants. An importatt feature Fft]r.ir,JybLk.byshi6 of the report is the unitx used to measue tbe coDtaEinaDt levei ir your reaier. Milligrarns per liter (ne/) of warEr are used for'substadces like medk aad miljgraeper Il ter ir a lso equal pft milliotr {ppln Fthat is one part contaDiDant to otre millioD oais waler. Abou! 0.03 ofa teaspooD ofsugar dissolved iD a barhrub of water is;, Ditates. A to oDe part approKimarioDof otre ppm. Forextsencelv loxic sublsbDces lite pesticides, the unis used are eveD smaller. h these cases, parts per billioD G,pb) are used. Arcther urdt fouDd otr soDre test reDorts is thar used to Eeasur€ radoD-piaocuries per or b. b.ir or tu rh kr mdrlr, B rn fih$! Eb rlct ro 0i! $d! liter. SoEc valucs like pH, hardriss. coDductance, and rtllbidity are reportedin u-oits specjlic to tbc lesr ID additioD to th6 test results, a Iab 6ay mate Dotes oD anv contaminants that exceeded rhc paDi? driDking wat€r sla.Edardt. Ior exaEpJe, i-o Figxre 1 fle lab noted that totat colifor@ bacteria a]]d rtpte 1. A sanplewatet ahalysis repo iro! botb exceeded tle stlldards. Retain youf copy ofthe repori itr a safe piace as a record ofthe quatity ofyour water supply. Iflolluling . activiti: slch allEillitrg oc6ur in your area, you may need a record ofpast water quality to prove that your. supply has becn damagcd. An Eqla1oplo.tunitt U vlsiiy CoUeF oll8dcDltur.I Sciecea UJ, D.pr.h6t of^trjcdhlr, ud pdqlveia Clsri6 Cropda6ig T^ble I Heahh Risk Parameteru. The psradeters Water lest parameters The followilg tables provide a geleral grideline to coEllnolr water qu.ality paramerers that n 4/ appeu oa your water aoalysis report. Thc paratueters a.re divided hto tbree categories: health risk parEmeteE, geDeral . related publication I Ano,sis Repot, ee the eDd'of S 103 ]Iotr inforbalio! oDhow to obtai! to Intelpret a Watet ildicators ced elimj.Drt€ costly testJ for specfic co aaiDaDts. CeDerall, ifthe indicator ispres€nl. tle supplyrDay coEtain the coDlarinant as woll. For example, lurbidity o! tle lack coolarni.!iuls. Testi.og for V. 1. 1 , j.Ddicators, aDd uuisalce parameters. These guidelircs are by no means exlaustive, However, lheywrll plor/ide you edth acceptable Lirdts aDd some inforEation about qtrnptoEs, sourrcs o f tba problem a.trd effects. To fiDd out lr]ore about bow to trcat the water or eliEi.Date the coltaminant st the sourie, see of alarity itr a water saopl€ usually indicates that baclerjamay bepres€nl. Tbe pH value is also considered a general wate! quality indicatqr. Higl or low pHs ca! hdicaie how corrosive watel is CoFosive water may flulber jldicale that delals jike lead or copper are b€jng dissolved io the water as it passes . thb publication for ti olal plblica lions. addi thro gh djshibution pipes: Table 2 shows soDe of the commoo geneml indicators. Table I : Standartu, syhptotfls, and patential heahh qfects ofresulated contaninants. Cortamirstrt Arc€pt!ble Limit Pot€trtirl Hesl6 Effects st Eigh Concertrrtioni Sourcesru!€r OP EN _S OU RC E ' ill howlr Table I health effects. T19 table lists acceptable limits, potedtial healft efecls, aid possible us€s aDd sourccs of the cotrr,min..t T^ble2 General Water Qualit! Indicriors arc parameters used to iDdicate the preseDce ofhr-rofirl are soBe com.EoD! ones that have used as a h€rbicide; Atrazire $rface or fton h€d ard liver dallage agicdinal rufior lq.hing goudwater 3!pb or .003 plrn c,ontamination laxoijre additive; l]sull]y BeDz.ae fion accideDbl oil slilis, indnstrial 5p!b or.005 ppm uses, or laadflls Iscd in batterie,!; le3d gasoliner Lead at b! ard pipe soldel day be leached fiom bra$ fauc€b, lead caulkhs, lead pipes, ard iead 0.01s'9,4 soldercd Nitrates 0ro3) Total Coliforn (nirrate-}0 45 ms/] (dtsat€) I 0 nr€,/l