Brian Coy Democratic Party of Virginia 1710 E Franklin St. Richmond, VA, 23223 Phone: 804-644-1966 Email: brian@vademocrats.

org October 10, 2013 James E. Schliessmann Senior Assistant Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Phone: 804-786-2071 Fax: 804-786-1991 FOIA REQUEST Dear Mr. Schliessmann: Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), located at 2.2-3700 et. seq. of the Code of Virginia, I write to request complete copies of the following information pertaining to the Office of the Attorney General. To narrow my search, for all requests below I am seeking documentation from January 16, 2010- present. Complete correspondence (written or electronic) between Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Assistant Attorney General Sharon Pigeon Complete copies of the highlighted emails in the enclosed log from the case Adair v. EQT Production Company Case Number 1:10-cv-0037 and Legard Jr. et. al. v. EQT Production Company Case Number 1:10-cv-0041 Complete correspondence (written or electronic) between Assistant Attorney General Sharon Pigeon and Wade Massie, Jonathan Blank, Lisa Lorish or James Creekmore Complete correspondence (written or electronic) between Assistant Attorney General Sharon Pigeon and any lawyer in the firms Penn Stuart & Eskridge, McGuire Woods LLP, or The Creekmore Law Firm Complete internal email log and full email correspondence between employees of the OAG containing the following terms: o Escrow o Consol o CNX o EQT o Gas royalty, gas royalties o Dormant mineral o Coalbed methane

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Coal seams Mining void, mine void Suspense accounts Forced pooling, pooling Sharon Pigeon, Pigeon Jeffrey Carlos Hale, Hale Robert Adair, Adair Doris Betty Addison, Addison Eva Mae Adkins, Adkins Legard Dianna Graham, Ann Graham, Graham Virginia Gas and Oil Board, VGOB

Complete correspondence (written or electronic) between any representative of the OAG and any representative of Consol Energy, EQT Production Company, or CNX Gas Corporation/ CNX Gas Company LLC Any documentation in the opinion folder or any documentation at all that mentions opinion 10035 issued on June 24, 2010 including internal and external email correspondence and memos To aid in your search here is a link to the opinion I am referring to: http://www.oag.state.va.us/Opinions%20and%20Legal%20Resources/OPINIONS/2010opns/10035_Lambert.pdf A complete log of email correspondence (including names of sender and recipient, date, time, and email subject) of all emails between employees of the OAG including Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and individuals with email addresses at the following domains o @consolenergy.com o @eqt.com Complete copies of any FOIA requests sent to the OAG seeking email or written correspondence between Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Assistant Attorney General Sharon Pigeon, Assistant Attorney General Sharon Pigeon and the lawyers/law firms enumerated above, email correspondence between any employee of the OAG and any employee of Consol Energy, EQT Production Company, or CNX Gas Corporation/ CNX Gas Company LLC

I request all documents in electronic format if possible, if not please mail the information to the address above. I am willing to pay reasonable costs involved with this request. If the cost of fulfilling this request is expected to exceed $500.00, I would like to be provided with an itemized estimate of the costs. If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. Also, as allowed by public records acts, please provide all portions of releasable material, even if there is redacted material on the page or record. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Brian Coy