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

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

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

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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
   

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UIC permitting and registration information

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Regional guidance documents

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

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Tribal UIC

• Pamunkey
• Chickahominy
• Eastern Chickahominy
• Upper Mattaponi
• Rappahannock
• Monacan Nation
• Nansemond

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Contact information

Mailing Address

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

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