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Injection Wells: Standards, Use and Groundwater Contamination

Interaction between UIC program, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Underground Injection Control includes electric power plants needing to dispose of industrial wastewater, mines that inject to facilitate resource extraction, oil companies seeking to enhance oil production, local government owned domestic wastewater treatment facilities that dispose of domestic wastewater, and potable water treatment facilities that store potable water underground for later use or prevent saltwater intrusion. The UIC program is technical, complex and often not well understood. This topic will explain the UIC program, describe when a UIC permit is needed and how to obtain one, and outline what must be done to comply with UIC criteria. It will help attorneys, engineers, and managers understand how to obtain and comply with UIC criteria to ensure the safe and proper underground disposal of their industrial or municipal fluids. The different classes of UIC wells will be outlined. The requirements for exploratory wells and construction and operation of injection wells will be set forth. Underground Sources of Drinking Water will be defined and Aquifer classifications and ground water quality standards will be described. You will be able to identify key UIC issues and approaches to resolving those issues, knowledgeably discuss UIC and groundwater contamination issues with regulators and consultants, and develop solutions to UIC issues and concerns by having a better understanding of how the UIC program works and the satisfactory outcomes sought by the agency staff. This should lead to a smoother approval process to obtain UIC permit and address groundwater contamination issues.

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Agenda

Overview of Underground Injection Control (UIC) Regulatory Program

  • Description of Injection Wells
  • Description of Purposes of Injecting Fluids Underground
  • Description of Industries That Use Injection Wells

Classes of Injection Wells Under the UIC Program

  • Class I - Industrial and Municipal Waste Disposal Wells
  • Class II - Oil and Gas Production Related Injection Wells
  • Class III - Wells to Inject Fluids for Mineral Extraction
  • Class IV - Shallow Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Injection Wells
  • Class V - Wells Injecting Nonhazardous Fluids Into or Above Underground Sources of Drinking Water
  • Class VI - Geologic Sequestration Injection Wells

State Primary Enforcement Authority (Primacy)

  • States With Primacy for Class I, II, III, IV and V Injection Wells, State With Primacy for Class VI Wells
  • Application of State Law to State Primacy UIC Programs
  • EPA's Role Where a State Has Full or Partial Primacy

UIC Permitting Process

  • Prohibition on Injection Without a UIC Permit
  • Applying for a UIC Permit
  • Application Process
  • Permit Duration
  • Emergency Permits
  • Permit Conditions
  • Legal Challenges to Permits

Aquifers

  • Underground Sources of Drinking Water
  • Classifications
  • Sole Source Aquifers
  • Aquifer Exemptions
  • Groundwater Quality Standards

Violations and Enforcement

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This course was last revised on July 31, 2019.

Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.

This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

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Eric T. Olsen

Eric T. Olsen

Hopping Green & Sams, P.A.

  • Partner in the office of Hopping Green & Sams, P.A.
  • Practice emphasizes all aspects Underground Injection Control, groundwater quality standards, industrial and municipal wastewater disposal via injection, aquifer storage and recovery, and aquifer recharge
  • Frequently participates in seminars and workshops on numerous topics involving Underground Injection Control, groundwater quality, industrial wastewater disposal, and aquifer recharge and recovery projects
  • Recognized in Chambers USA for environmental law, and in Best Lawyers in America for environmental law
  • Board certified in state and federal administrative and governmental law by the Florida Bar
  • J.D. degree, with honors, University of Florida College of Law; B.A. degree, Clemson University
  • Can be contacted at [email protected] or 850-222-7500
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