Selected EPA Guidance Documents

A number of EPA Guidances and technical papers are relevant to better understanding the expectations and issues surrounding Class 2 injection. Bold descriptors indicate most relevant documents.

Guidance 14 -- Memorandum of Agreement for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program

Guidance 18 -- Definition of a Major Facility

Guidance 19 -- Guidance for State Submissions Under Section 1425 of SDWA

Guidance 25 -- Casing and Cementing Requirements for Existing Class 2 Wells

Guidance 26 -- Five-Year Review of Class 2 and Class 3 Permits

Guidance 34 -- Guidance for Review and Approval of State UIC Programs and Revisions to Approved State Programs

Guidance 37 -- Maximum Injection Pressure Requirements for Class 2 Enhanced Recovery Wells and Wells Disposing of Produced Brines

Guidance 42 -- UIC Grant Guidance, FY 1986

Guidance 58 -- Procedure for Interpreting Whether or Not a MIT Failure or Excess Injection Pressure Is Reported as Significant Non-Compliance

Guidance 61 -- Justifying Alternative Methods to Prove Mechanical Integrity Pursuant to 40 CFR Section 146.8(d)

Guidance 64 -- Annual Compliance Review of Wells Permitted or Authorized by Rule under the UIC Program

Guidance 65 -- Guidance for Financial Responsibility in Federally-Administered UIC Class 2 Programs

Guidance 67 -- Revised Owner/Operator Handbook for Class 2 Financial Responsibility Demonstrations

Guidance 76 -- Follow-up to Loss of Mechanical Integrity in Class 2 Wells

Guidance 77 -- Operating, Monitoring, and Reporting Guidelines for Class 2D Commercial Salt Water Disposal Wells

Guidance for Determining Adequacy of State Underground Injection (UIC) Program Elements (1982)

Report -- Mechanical Integrity Testing of Injection Wells (1980)

Technical Program Overview: Underground Injection Control Regulations

National UIC Technical Workgroup #6 -- Cementing Records Requirements in Direct Implementation Programs to Achieve Part II of Mechanical Integrity of Class 2 Injection Wells

National UIC Technical Workgroup #8 -- Does a Fixed Radius Area of Review Meet the Statutory Mandate and Regulatory Requirements of Being Protective of USDWs Under 40 CFR 144.12?

National UIC Technical Workgroup -- Injection Well Plugging and Abandonment Checklist

 

 

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Underground Injection Control Class 2 Wells

Introduction to Class 2 Wells in West Virginia

Collected documents and information for a number of Class 2 disposal wells and secondary recovery area permits

Searchable tables for UIC inspections, UIC permitting and MITs based on a copy of the Office of Oil and Gas' online UIC databases made in 2016.

Select wells which present important issues

A UIC well constructed without any cement behind the steel casing strings to protect groundwater.

A commercial UIC well where activity on the site contaminated groundwater.

A commercial UIC well where activity on the site or because of well failure has contaminated surface water.

A UIC well whose use led to earthquakes in the area.