1. USEPA Region 6 Update TCEQ UIC Symposium May 17, 2017
Brian Graves
UIC Land Ban Coordinator

2. Image is an Organization Chart of the US Environmental Protection Agency Region 6.

3. Water Division 5/25/2019 William K. (Bill) Honker Director
United States Environmental Protection Agency · Region 6 · Dallas, TX
Water Division
Phone · Fax
William K. (Bill) Honker
Director
(6WQ)
Image is an Organization Chart of the Water Division of the Environmental Protection Agency in Region 6
Olivia Balandran, Team Leader, Outreach and
Sustainability Team,
(6WQ)
Claudia Hosch, Assoc. Director, Assistance Program Branch
(6WQ-A)
Jane Watson, Assoc. Director, Ecosystem Protection Branch (6WQ-E)
Karen McCormick
Section Chief, Marine, Coastal & Analysis Section (6WQ-EC)
Patricia A. Taylor
Team Leader, Surface
Water Team (6WQ-EC)
Maria Martinez
Section Chief
Wetlands Section
(6WQ-EM)
Richard Wooster, Section Chief, Assessment, Listing and TMDL Section
(6WQ-PT)
Brent E. Larsen
Section Chief, Permitting Section (6WQ-PP)
James R. Brown, Assoc.
Director, Safe Drinking
Water Branch
(6WQ-S)
Kim Ngo, Section
Chief, Drinking Water Section, 6WQ-SD
Philip Dellinger, Section Chief, Groundwater and UIC Section
(6WQ-SG)
David F. Garcia
Deputy Director
(6WQ)
Stacey Dwyer
Associate Director
(6WQ-P)
Angela Restivo, Acting Section Chief, NPDES Mgmt. Section, (6WQ-PO)
VACANT, Section Chief, Community Infra- structure Section
XXXX (6WQ-AP)
Philip Crocker
Section Chief, Watershed Management Section
(6WQ-EW)
Curry Jones, Section Chief, State/Tribal Program Sect.
(6WQ-AT)
5/25/2019

4. Philip Dellinger, Geologist
Chief
FAX
Ground Water Center
Ground Water UIC/Section
6WQ-SG
US Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX
Michael Overbay, Geologist
Coordinator
Nancy Dorsey, Geologist
Special Projects
UIC Land Ban
UIC State Programs
Brian Graves, Engineer
Omar Martinez, Env. Scientist
Sole Source Aquifers
Arnold Bierschenk, Geologist
Mike Frazier, Geologist
UIC Direct Implementation
on Indian Lands
Bill Hurlbut, Geologist
Permits
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)
AR & Reporting
Jana Harvill, Engineer LA
José Torres, Engineer
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Lauren Ray, Geologist
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ)
Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC)
Lisa Pham, Engineer
NM & Aquifer Exemptions
Ken Johnson, Engineer
Chris Tingey, Geologist
Image is an organization chart of the Ground Water/UIC Section of the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6

5. Image is a screenshot of the EPA UIC webpage for Region 6
Image is a screenshot of the EPA UIC webpage for Region 6
Link to the EPA UIC Webpage

6.
Image is a screenshot of the EPA UIC Impact of RCRA Land Disposal Restrictions webpage
Link to the EPA UIC Impact of RCRA Land Disposal Restrictions webpage

7. Image is a chart showing the number of petitions per state for Class I Injection Well No Migration Petitions

8. Image is a screenshot of the webpage.
Link to the EPA Guidelines for Completing Class I Petition webpage
Image is a screenshot of the webpage.

9. Issue: QA/QC of petition documents
Region 6 Actions to Address
Developed UIC No Migration Petition Guidelines
Stop review and send deficiencies identified to date
Have a conference call just with operator to discuss the
QA/QC issues
Developed petition crosswalk to ensure all regulatorily
required items are addressed and where they are
addressed

10. Image is a screen shot of an application

11. Still having quality issues which delays the process
Additional thoughts going forward:
The crosswalk should be filled out by the
preparer while the application is generated.
The crosswalk should document how the information
referenced satisfies the regulatory requirement. Don’t
just list a page number explain it briefly.

12. Other Streamlining Initiatives
Region 6 Guidelines webpage
Items contained on this webpage:
UIC Petition Application Guideline
UIC No Migration Petition Crosswalk
Modeling Strategy for UIC No Migration Petitions
Initial submittal should be a geologic interpretation and
modeling strategy package

13. Image is a screen shot of EPA Region 6 modeling strategy for UIC No Migration Petitions.

14. Other suggestions and thoughts
Have a face-to-face working meeting prior to beginning the petition work.
Have a face-to-face working meeting if there are significant deficiencies.
Region 6 legal has approved the transition to largely electronic submissions. This should help streamline the review process and when changes need to be made there won’t be the replacement page process which can be time consuming and confusing.
Keep the demonstration as simple as possible.

15. Reissuance requests – include a summary upfront outlining changes from the previous approval to focus EPA review.
Did the geologic interpretation change?
Did the model parameters change?
Did the pressure buildup/plume change?
Identify new or changed condition artificial
penetrations

16. Electronic Submittals
Submit a disk/thumb drive with the whole petition/reissuance such that the whole disk/thumb drive is electronically searchable.
Submit only hard copies of large documents (maps or cross sections), well logs and testing logs (radioactive tracer surveys, temperature logs, cement bond/evaluation logs etc.). Basically anything that is difficult to review on a computer screen/monitor.

17. Items of Focus for Petition Review*
Local Geology (as related to the modeling setup)
Model Input Parameters
Injection History
Pressure Buildup Models
Cone of Influence
Waste Plume Boundaries
No Migration Demonstration
Implementation and Compliance Section
* Sections of the EPA Region 6 UIC Petition Application Guideline

18. Active No Migration Petitions Chart
Image is a Pie chart of Petitions per region
EPA Region

19. Region 6 Workload Status (3 new petitions and 14 reissuances)
Image is a pie chart of petition and reissuance work load in region 6.

20. Image is a graph of petitions by date that are received and expiring

21. Technical Assistance
Region 6 continues to provide assistance to EPA HQ, other Regions and States.
Falloff test review for various well classes
Step-rate test review for various well classes
Input on no migration petition reviews
Radioactive tracer and temperature survey reviews
Image group is a graphic of a computer, and 3 different graphic chart representations.

22. Technical Training Region 6 has instructed at the National UIC Inspector Training Course for the last 24 years.
Image group is a cartoon inspector looking through a magnifying glass and a child raising his hand with a question.