[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2876]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 144 and 146
[FRL-5962-7]
Additional Stakeholder Meeting on Revisions to the Underground
Injection Control Regulations for Class V Injection Wells
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Announcement of additional stakeholder meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public
meeting on February 19, 1998 in San Francisco, CA. The purpose of this
meeting is to gather information and collect opinions from parties who
will be affected by or are otherwise interested in the Revisions to the
Underground Injection Control (UIC) Regulations for Class V Injection
Wells. Typically, Class V wells are shallow wells which inject a
variety of fluids directly below the land surface. The Class V wells
under consideration for new requirements include motor vehicle waste
disposal wells, cesspools, and industrial waste disposal wells in
ground water-based source water protection areas. EPA will consider the
comments and views expressed in these meetings in developing the
proposed regulation. EPA encourages the full participation of all
stakeholders throughout this process.
DATES: The stakeholder meeting regarding the Revisions to the
Underground Injection Control Regulations for Class V Injection Wells
will be held on February 19, 1998, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PST in San
Francisco, CA.
ADDRESSES: To register for the meeting, please contact the EPA Safe
Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791, or Jennifer Greenamoyer of
EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water at (202) 260-7829.
Participants registering in advance will be mailed a packet of
materials before the meeting. Interested parties who cannot attend the
meeting in person may participate via conference call and should
register with the Safe Drinking Water Hotline. Conference lines will be
allocated on the basis of first-reserved, first served. The stakeholder
meeting will be held in the following location: Second Floor, Room C,
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on meeting
logistics, please contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-
4791. For information on the activities related to this rulemaking,
contact: Jennifer Greenamoyer, U.S. EPA at (202) 260-7829.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency is
developing revisions to the Underground Injection Control Regulations
for Class V Injection Wells (40 CFR parts 144 and 146) to address the
risk posed by Class V injection wells to drinking water supplies. EPA
is considering changes to the Class V Underground Injection Control
regulations that would add new requirements for relatively high-risk
Class V wells in areas near drinking water supplies. Under
consideration is a ban on Class V motor vehicle waste disposal wells
and large-capacity cesspools located in ground water-based source water
protection areas being delineated by States under the 1996 Amendments
to the Safe Drinking Water Act. In addition, fluids released in Class V
industrial waste disposal wells in ground water-based source water
protection areas could be required to meet certain standards of
quality.
EPA is considering proposing these new requirements because
available information shows that Class V motor vehicle waste disposal
wells, cesspools, and industrial waste disposal wells pose a high risk
of ground water contamination. Targeting the requirements to those
wells near ground water-based drinking water supplies would achieve
substantial protection of underground sources of drinking water. The
rule addressed in this notification is being developed in response to a
January 28, 1997 consent decree with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
and has a court deadline of June 18, 1998 for proposal and July 31,
1999 for final.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 98-2876 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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