Underground Injection Control in EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI)

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
• List of Class I Wells

Public Notices and Current Actions

The table below contains UIC permits issued and/or public noticed within the year by EPA in Region 5.  Click on the facility/permit name to view the permit and supporting documents.

Contact information

US EPA Region 5
Mail Code WP-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 Chief Lisa Perenchio (perenchio.lisa@epa.gov) 312-886-6593

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 V Wells Inventory/Closure - – Lawrence Curley (curley.lawrence@epa.gov) 312-886-6339
• Class V Well Inspections & Outreach
• Class VI Permitting/Carbon Sequestration/Climate Change – Andrew Greenhagen (greenhagen.andrew@epa.gov) 312-353-7648
• Land Ban Exemptions
• Compliance Assistance & Enforcement (All Well Classes)
• Scheduling Mechanical Integrity Tests - Felicia Chase (chase.felicia@epa.gov) 312-886-0240
• 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) (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

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

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.

List of Class I Wells

Class I Underground Injection Wells in Region 5