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This is an older UIC Class II well in Roane county. The operator received a new permit to operate in 2016. The operator's permit expired in November 2013 and the operator submitted an application (with deficiencies) for a new permit in January 2014. The Office issued an Order in February 2014 allowing the operator to inject waste under the conditions of the expired permit. The Office issued an Order in January 2015 revoking the 2014 Order and prohibited further injection. The operator reported injection from December 2013 after their permit expired through 2016 until they were granted a permit to legally inject waste.
Well drilled in 1967. Converted for injection in ?
Formation into which waste is injected -- Big Injun
Geographic location: latitude 38.640344, longitude -81.382614
The NRDC released a report about the state's Class 2 program in 2019 entitled West Virginia's Groundwater Is Not Adequately Protected From Underground Injection. This well was one of the 19 wells examined in preparation for the report. More information is available on this page.
Major issue
- Injection without a permit. Injection into 2014 (part of period covered by 2014 Order), through 2015 and after 2015 Order prohibited further injection before they finally received a new permit in 2016.
Documents
2014 NOV for failure to have an MIT
2013 WR-40s showing injection in December 2013 after permit expired
2014 WR-40s showing injection from January through December (2014 Order took effect in February)
2015 WR-40s showing injection (after January 2015 Order prohibited injection) in February, November and December
Goggle Earth Imagery
The injection facility with four tanks and a building.
The injection well is quite a distance away from the facility, over 7,000 feet as the crow flies according to Google Earth.
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Collected documents and information for a number of Class 2 disposal wells and secondary recovery area permits
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Background materials related to West Virginia's primacy (including the primacy application), EPA guidance documents, and a lot more.
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