WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule called: Arizona Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class I-VI Primacy.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 15 by Lee Zeldin, Administrator.
Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving an application from the State of Arizona (the State) that requests primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for Class I-VI injection wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1422. The EPA's approval of the State's UIC program primacy application will allow the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to authorize underground injection for all underground injection wells regulated under the SDWA within th...