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West Virginia Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 26, 2025. It took effect on March 28, 2025.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is approving an application from the State of West Virginia (the State) to revise the State's Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1422 underground injection control (UIC) program to include Class VI injection well primary enforcement authority (primacy). This final rule allows the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to issue UIC permits for geologic carbon sequestration facilities as Class VI wells and ensure compliance of Class VI wells under the UIC program. The EPA will remain the permitting authority for all well classes in Indian lands within the State and will also oversee West Virginia's administration of its UIC Class VI program as authorized under SDWA.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-02974
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- February 26, 2025
- Takes effect
- March 28, 2025
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on March 28, 2025. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 28, 2025. For judicial purposes, this final rule is promulgated as of February 26, 2025.
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0357; FRL 12000-02-OW
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 147
- Topics
- Environmental protection; Incorporation by reference; Indians-lands; Intergovernmental relations; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Water supply
- Pages
- 7
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