EPA Region 5 serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 tribes.

• Public Notices and Current Actions
• Contact information
• Who regulates UIC wells in my state?
• Regional guidance documents
• Tribal UIC

Public Notices and Current Actions

• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II   MI-105-2R-0002: OMIMEX ENERGY, INC.  (Mason County, Michigan)
  • Comment period ends Sept 11, 2018
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II  MI-111-2D-0039: HARDY & HARDY, LLC.  (Midland County, Michigan)
  • Comment period ends Sept 4, 2018
• Public Notice: Response to Comments and Final UIC Class II Permit Modifications MI-035-2R-0034: Muskegon Development Company.
• Public Notice: Draft modification of UIC Class II Permit MI-127-2D-0002: Ranch Production, LLC   (Oceana County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ends July 2, 2018
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Permit MI-137-2R-0033: Core Energy, LLC (Otsego County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ends June 25, 2018
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Permit MI-127-2R-0002: Omimex Energy, Inc. (Oceana, Mich.)
  • Comment period ends June 25, 2018
• Public Hearing: UIC Class II Permit MI-051-2D-0031: Jordan Development Company, LLC (Gladwin County, Mich.)
  • Hearing: June 19, 2018
  • Comment period ended June 22, 2018
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Modified Permit MI-147-2D-0014: Marysville Hydrocarbons, LLC (St. Clair County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended May 23, 2018
• Response to Comments and Final UIC Class I Permits IN-051-1I-0001, -0002, and -0003: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC.(Gibson County, Ind.)
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Permit MI-135-2D-0047: Merit Energy Company (Oscoda County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended April 9, 2018
• Response to Comments and Final UIC Class I Permit Modifications MI-163-1W-C010 and -C011: Environmental Geo-Technology, LLC.(Wayne County, Mich.)
• Public Hearing: on draft UIC Class I Permit MI-165-1I-0002: Wexford Water Technologies, LLC (Wexford County, Mich.)
  • Public Hearing on March 21, 2018
  • Second comment period ended March 23, 2018
• Response to Comments and Final UIC Class I Permit MI-105-1I-0003: Occidental Chemical Corporation. (Mason County, Mich.)
• Response to Comments and Final UIC Class II Permit MI-129-2R-0042: Muskegon Development Company.( Ogemaw County, Mich.)

Past UIC Public Notices and Actions in Region 5

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Contact information

US EPA Region 5
Mail Code WU-16J
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Fax: 312-886-4235

Branch Chief Steve Jann (jann.stephen@epa.gov) 312-886-2446
Section 1 Chief Lisa Perenchio (perenchio.lisa@epa.gov) 312-886-6593
Section 2 Chief Dana Rzeznik (rzeznik.dana@epa.gov) 312-353-6492

Contacts by Topic

• Class I Well Permitting/Land Ban Exemptions – Andrew Greenhagen (greenhagen.andrew@epa.gov) 312-353-7648
• Class II Contact – Anna Miller (miller.anna@epa.gov) 312-886-7060
• Class III Contact – Janette E. Hansen (hansen.janette@epa.gov) 312-886-0241
• Class IV & Class V Wells Inventory/Closure - Ross Micham (micham.ross@epa.gov) 312-886-4237
• Class V Well Inspections & Outreach – Eva-Marie Rowe (rowe.eva@epa.gov) 312-353-0829
• Class VI Permitting/Carbon Sequestration/Climate Change – Jeffrey McDonald (mcdonald.jeffrey@epa.gov) 312-353-6288
• Land Ban Exemptions – Jeffrey Wawczak (wawczak.jeffrey@epa.gov) 312-886-1988
• Compliance Assistance & Enforcement (All Well Classes) – Ray Urchel (urchel.raymond@epa.gov) 312-353-6292
• Scheduling Mechanical Integrity Tests - Jeffrey McDonald (mcdonald.jeffrey@epa.gov) 312-353-6288
• Michigan Class V Inspector -  Robert Julianus (rejulianus@gmail.com)   269-330-6303 203 W. Franklin Street, Otsego, Michigan 49078
• Michigan Class V Inspector Mary Ann Heidemann (mamaphd@frontier.com)   989-351-9700 136 South First Street, Rogers City, Michigan 49779

Regional guidance documents

• EPA Region 5 Technical Guidance for Deep Injection Wells
• EPA Region 5 Technical Guidance for Shallow Injection Wells
• EPA Region 5 Example Permit Application & Other Permit Documents
• Region 5 UIC Transfer of Ownership Requirements
• Region 5 Wellbore Schematic Spreadsheet (XLS)(1 pg, 24 K, September 1999) (spreadsheet file to submit with Plugging and Abandonment Plan)
• Region 5 Class V Inventory Sheet and instructions

• Conducting and Reporting Unwitnessed Part I Mechanical Integrity Tests

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Who regulates UIC wells in my state? 

UIC in Illinois

UIC in Indiana

UIC in Michigan

For questions about any of the six classes of injection wells in Michigan, contact the EPA Region 5 UIC program. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality also enforces its own set of rules for injection wells in Michigan independent of but in coordination with the federal UIC program.

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Minnesota

For questions about any of the six classes of injection wells in Minnesota, contact the EPA Region 5 UIC program.

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Ohio

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Wisconsin

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Tribal UIC

No tribal agency in EPA Region 5 has direct implementation. For questions about any of the six classes of injection wells on tribal lands in Region 5 states, contact the EPA Region 5 UIC program.

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