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 Greetings Primefac: 

 I am writing because you did reject my draft ""Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model"" (SELDM) Your reason for rejection ""Copyright violation"" is in error. 

 I am the author of the SELDM model (please see http://webdmamrl.er.usgs.gov/g1/fhwa/SELDM.htm), which I wrote as a USGS Government Scientist. According to United States Copyright law (http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml): 

 ""A United States government work is prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties. It is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. 

 Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. copyright laws: 

 reproduce the work in print or digital form; 
 create derivative works; 
 perform the work publicly; 
 display the work; 
 distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending."" 
 So, as author of the original works, I am not plagiarizing myself and as a US Government Scientist I am following US Copyright law. 

 I was asked to create a Wikipedia page to be similar to the US EPA stormwater model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Water_Management_Model 

 I started editing a few articles last year and I hope to contribute to many hydrology & stormwater Wikipedia pages, so my intentions are good. 

 The subject page is completely factual and has many references to published scientific reports and journal articles, which are the source of the information. I also cross-linked to other wikipedia pages to help potential readers find information. I hope to add graphics and more information as time allows. 

 Thank you for (hopefully) reconsidering your rejection in light of this information GEGranato (talk)   "