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2100252 
Technical Report 
Subsurface gas invasion Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio 
Bair, ES; Freeman, DC; Senko, JM 
2010 
Ohio Department of Natural Resources 
Columbus, OH 
Expert Panel Technical Report 
English 
This report is the product of a one-year study by an expert panel investigating the migration pathways and impacts of natural gas invasion into residential water wells and homes in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio, resulting from the accidental overpressurization of the surface-production casing annulus in the English #1 gas well. In particular, the report addresses four disputed issues between the Division of Mineral Resource Management (DMRM) at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and Eckstein & Associates (E&A), a geological engineering firm hired by Dale Markowitz, an attorney at Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan (TD&D), to assist in the lawsuit filed by 42 property owners against Ohio Valley Energy Systems Corp. (OVE) and six other parties involved in the leasing, drilling, and construction of the English #1 well.