The UIC Program works with state and local governments to oversee
underground injection of waste in order to prevent contamination
of drinking water resources. Some of the wastes the UIC
program regulates include:
Over 9 billion gallons of hazardous waste every year
Over 2 billion gallons of brine from oil and gas operations
every day
Automotive, industrial, sanitary and other wastes that are injected
into shallow aquifers.
Regional UIC web pages
Region 3
~ Region 4
~ Region 5
Region
6 ~ Region
10
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What
is the UIC Program? Classes of Injection
Wells
EPA has defined five classes of wells by the type of waste injected
into them.
Class V Wells
Initiative
Information about protecting sources of drinking water by complying
with new EPA rules on shallow wells used to inject a wide variety
of wastes. Study
on Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Wells
State
UIC Programs
Source
Water Protection Tribal Page
Regulations
and Guidance
UIC
Technical Work Group
UIC
Reporting Forms (7520s) |
