On behalf of the membership of the Virginia Oil and Gas Association, I hereby petition DMME to amend the Gas and Oil regulations to add a requirement that all companies are required to participate in Frac Focus.  As you know, Frac Focus is a website developed by the Groundwater Protection Council.  This will ensure that all chemicals used for fracing by Virginia's natural gas and oil industries will be fully disclosed and available to the public.

We believe DMME has the authority under Chapter 150 to open the Regulation for this limited purpose and this purpose only.  Therefore we petition this new regulation under Code of Virginia, Section 2.2-4007.

This initiative is intended to alleviate public concern that they are not aware of chemicals utilized in the fracing process.  Even though this Industry has been safely utilizing the fracing process for over 50 years, we want to be totally transparent.  Please let me know should you have questions or need more information.  Thank you.

I can be reached at gregory.kozera@nabors.com or 304.545.7259

Sincerely,

Greg Kozera

President

Virginia Oil and Gas Association

DMME will thoroughly review this petition and determine the appropriate action to take, including the possibility of absorbing this petition in the agency's already published Notice of Intended Regulatory Action for the Gas and Oil Regulation (4VAC25-150).

DMME will incorporate this petition for rulemaking into its pending Notice of Intended Regulatory Action for the Virginia Gas and Oil Regulation (4VAC25-150).