JD Supra

Underground Injection Control: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to Class II Permit Renewal

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a May 6th Decision a Petition challenging the renewal of a Class II Underground Injection ...
JD Supra

Underground Injection Control/Safe Drinking Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Arenac County, Michigan, Production Well Operator Enter into Consent ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sterling Operators, Inc., (“Sterling”) entered into a July 16th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations ...
Rolling Stone

The Oil Industry’s Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater

This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. A cache of government documents dating back nearly a century casts serious doubt on the safety of the oil and gas ...
Oil

Occidental, 1PointFive secure Class VI permits to sequester CO2 from Texas DAC plant

The permits, issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control program, are the first issued to sequester CO2 from a DAC project, Occidental said in a release Apr. 7. The ...
Bradenton Herald

‘Amazing progress.’ Piney Point operators celebrate key milestones toward site closure

Site operators say they are making “amazing progress” at Piney Point, where the first pond is set to finally be closed by the end of July. More than 63 million gallons of contaminated water have also ...
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Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies

Chapter 3 reviewed several instances of seismic activity that may have been induced by underground injection. Underground injection of fluids is a key component of enhanced oil recovery, development ...