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Underground Injection Control (UIC)
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Underground Injection Control in EPA Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)

UIC Permits
  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia

EPA Region 3 serves Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

On this page:
  • Public notices 
  • Permitting and registration information
  • Regional guidance documents
  • Primary enforcement authority information 
  • Tribal UIC
  • Region 3 UIC contact information

Public notices for proposed permits

  • Public Notice: Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Notice of Draft Permit Penneco Environmental Solutions, PAS2D702BALL
     
  • Public Notice: Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Notice of Draft Permit Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), VAS5B170028617
     

UIC permitting and registration information

Name Email Phone Role
Kevin Rowsey (rowsey.kevin@epa.gov) (215) 814-5463 UIC Class 2 Permit Application Questions
Mark Nelson (nelson.mark@epa.gov) (304) 234-0286

UIC Class 5 Permitting and Rule Authorization - Virginia

Ryan Hancharick (hancharick.ryan@epa.gov) (215) 814-3278 UIC Class 5 Permitting and Rule Authorization - Pennsylvania
Dave Rectenwald (rectenwald.dave@epa.gov) (215) 814-5460 UIC Class 2 Inspection Questions or Testing Needs
  • 7520 reporting forms for owners or operators
  • Aquifer Remediation Related Shallow Injection Wells
  • In-line analytical wastewater disposal well inventory forms

Regional guidance documents

Learn More

Review Region 3 UIC best management practices.

Best Management Practices - Please see the links on the "Learn More" page at right for information on best management practices in shallow underground (Class V) injection wells. Guidance documents for business types include:

  • Automotive Service Stations
  • Carwashes
  • Dry Cleaners
  • Electroplaters
  • Fabricated Metal Industry
  • Furniture Strippers
  • Lawn Care Establishments
  • Facilities using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Facilities using Storm Water Drainage Wells
  • Medical Services Facilities
  • Photographic Processing Establishments
  • Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers
  • Print Shops Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells

Primacy enforcement authority information

The safe drinking water act mandates that each state must have a UIC program. Many States have been given primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for their UIC programs. Mid-Atlantic states with primacy:

  • Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control 
  • Maryland Department of the Environment 
  • West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

If a state does not adopt primacy of the UIC program, EPA must implement the program for the state. EPA directly implements UIC programs in:

  • District of Columbia
  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia

Tribal UIC

EPA Region 3 currently has 7 federally recognized tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia:
  • Pamunkey
  • Chickahominy
  • Eastern Chickahominy
  • Upper Mattaponi
  • Rappahannock
  • Monacan Nation
  • Nansemond
Currently, EPA has primacy of the UIC program in all 7 federally recognized tribes.

Contact information

Mailing Address

Source Water & UIC Section (3WD22)
US EPA Region 3

Philadelphia Office
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
 
Wheeling Office
1060 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003-2995
 
Section Chief
James Bennett (bennett.james@epa.gov)
215-814-5469
 
 

Contacts by State

State Name and Email Title Program Address Telephone
Delaware - State

John Rebar

(john.rebar@delaware.gov)

Program Manager Ground Water Discharges Section 
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
302-739-9946
Delaware - EPA

James Bennett

(bennett.james@epa.gov)

EPA State Program Manager Source Water & UIC Section US EPA Region 3 (3WD22)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
215-814-5469
Maryland - State

Tracy Rocca-Weikart (tracy.rocca-weikart@maryland.gov)

Geologist, Groundwater Discharge Permits Division
 
Water and Science Administration Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-537-3659
Maryland - EPA

James Bennett

(bennett.james@epa.gov)

EPA State Program Manager Source Water & UIC Section US EPA Region 3 (3WD22)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
215-814-5469

West Virginia - State

Oil and Gas Related Wells - Class II and III

Taylor Brewer

(charles.t.brewer@wv.gov)

Environmental Resources Program Manager

Stormwater & Groundwater/UIC Programs
 
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
304-414-1108

West Virginia - State

(Class V Wells)

James Peterson

(James.A.Peterson@wv.gov)

Environmental Resources Specialist Stormwater & Groundwater/UIC Programs West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
304-881-2636
West Virginia - EPA

James Bennett

(bennett.james@epa.gov)

EPA State Program Manager Source Water & UIC Section US EPA Region 3 (3WD22)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
215-814-5469

EPA Mid-Atlantic Region

 

District of Colombia, Pennsylvania, Virginia -EPA is the contact, not the state

 

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  • Class I Industrial and Municipal Waste Disposal Wells
  • Class II Oil and Gas Related Injection Wells
  • Class III Injection Wells for Solution Mining
  • Class IV Shallow Hazardous and Radioactive Injection Wells
  • Class V Wells for Injection of Non-Hazardous Fluids into or Above Underground Sources of Drinking Water
  • Class VI Wells Used for Geologic Sequestration of CO2
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Last updated on June 7, 2022
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