Colorado Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy

Summary

The U.S. EPA has approved Colorado's application for primary enforcement responsibility over Class VI injection wells to manage carbon storage and underground injection.

Feed snippet: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is approving an application from the State of Colorado that requests primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for Class VI injection wells under Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1422. The EPA's approval of the State's UIC program primacy application will allow the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) to issue