EPA Region 8 serves Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 tribal nations.

• Announcements and Public Notice of Proposed Actions
• Regional Guidance Documents
• Resources for Owners and Operators
• Class V Program Documents
• Primary Enforcement Authority
• Tribal Programs
• Contact Information

Announcements and Public Notice of Proposed Actions

EPA Region 8 solicits public comment on issuance of permit-related actions under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act and UIC Program regulations for a minimum of 30 calendar days on this website and publishes a courtesy announcement in one or more local newspapers.

All comments received by the end of the comment period will be considered in the formulation of any final decision. Notification and any details of a public comment period extension will be provided at the web links below and will not be published in local newspapers. Interested parties on our email list will be notified of any extension of the public comment period by email.

If you wish to be added to our email list, please notify the EPA staff listed for the proposed action. If no comments are received by the comment deadline, the Director intends to issue a Final UIC Permit, Permit Modification and/or Aquifer Exemption. EPA will hold a public hearing if the response to a specific action indicates significant public interest, or if requested.

For additional information on a specific action, please contact the EPA staff listed for that proposed action.

• EPA Class II Final UIC Permit Documents for Big Bend 3-6 SWD Well

• EPA Class II Final UIC Permit Documents for Howie 1 SWD Well 

• EPA Class II Final UIC Permit Documents for Liberty 200-14 SWD Well 

• EPA Class II Final UIC Permit Documents for Red Murphy SWD No.1 Well

• EPA Dewey-Burdock Class III and Class V Injection Well Draft Area Permits

• UIC permit applications for injection wells on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

• Public Notice: Draft Class II UIC Permit No. ND22349-11250 for the Red Murphy SWD No. 1 operated by Goodnight Midstream Bakken, LLC in Dunn County, North Dakota

• Federal Register: State of North Dakota Underground Injection Control Program; Class I, III, IV, and V Primacy Revisions  Notice of Status of Public Hearing on EPA’s Proposed Approval of Primacy Revisions to North Dakota’s Class I, III, IV, and V UIC program: EPA received three comments in response to this Notice which can be found at: https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&po=0&dct=PS&D=EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0669&refD=EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0669-0001. Because none of the comments received requested a public hearing that EPA proposed be held on January 8, 2019, in Bismarck, North Dakota, this hearing has been cancelled and will not be re-scheduled.

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Regional Guidance Documents

• Mechanical Integrity Test (MIT) Form
• Guidance No. 34: Cement Bond Logging Techniques and Interpretation
• Guidance No. 35: Procedures to Follow when Excess Annular Pressure is Observed
• Guidance No. 37: Demonstrating Part II Mechanical Integrity for a Class II Injection Well Permit
• Guidance No. 39: Pressure Testing Wells for Part I (Internal) Mechanical Integrity
• Guidance No. 40: Plugging and Abandonment Requirements for Class II Injection Wells
• Temperature Logging Guidelines
• Radioactive Tracer Survey Guidelines
• Step Rate Testing Guidelines
• UIC Inspector Training 2018

Resources for Owners and Operators

• 7520 reporting forms for owners or operators
• Class II Permit Application Checklist

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Class V Program Documents

• Fact Sheets for Class V Well Types

• Class V Inventory Form (for EPA Region 8 only)

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Primary Enforcement Authority

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Tribal Programs

EPA Region 8 directly implements the UIC Program on 26 Indian Reservations. The Fort Peck Indian Reservation has been delegated primacy for Class II injection wells.

Fort Peck Program Manager Deb Madison (2horses@nemont.net), 406-768-2389

Questions about underground injection wells on Indian Reservations other than Fort Peck should be directed to EPA Region 8.

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Contact Information

U.S. EPA Region 8 (8WP-SUI)
1595 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202-1129

UIC Permitting Staff

Unit Chief for Permitting

Douglas Minter (minter.douglas@epa.gov), 303-312-6079

UIC Enforcement Staff

SDWA Enforcement Unit Supervisor

Tiffany Cantor (cantor.tiffany@epa.gov), 303-312-6521

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