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
• UIC Staff
• Enforcement Staff
• Resources for Owners and Operators
• Financial Responsibility Guidance
• Class V Best Management Practices
• Primary Enforcement Authority Information
• Tribal UIC
• Region 3 UIC contact information

Public Notices

• There are no public notices for UIC permitting actions in Region 3 at this time.

UIC Staff

Section Supervisor: James Bennett (bennett.james@epa.gov), (215) 814-5469

Enforcement Staff

Section Supervisor: Renee Bryant (bryant.renee@epa.gov), (215) 814-2137

Resources for Owners and Operators

• 7520 reporting forms for owners or operators
• Mechanical Integrity Test (MIT) Form
• Region 3 Clarification of Maps Required for Class II Permit Applications
• Aquifer Remediation Related Shallow Injection Wells
• In-line analytical wastewater disposal well inventory forms
• UIC Class II Permit Application Completeness Review Checklist (pdf) (297.39 KB)
  The Class II Permit Application Completeness Review Checklist is intended to assist EPA staff’s review of the permit application during the Administrative Review process. This checklist can also serve as a useful guide as you prepare your Class II permit application and can be used for other well class applications.

Financial Responsibility Guidance

Underground Injection Control (UIC) financial responsibilities guidance documents provide guidance for:

• UIC Program Directors
• Geologic sequestration (GS) well owners or operators
• Independent third party providers

Class V 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

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

• 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

Contacts by State

EPA Mid-Atlantic Region

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