HomeMy WebLinkAbout901354.tiff A UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION VIII K7
Ilk 01 999 18th STREET - SUITE 500
DENVER, COLORADO 80202-2405 '
PUBLIC NOTICE
INTENT TO ISSUE AN UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PERMIT
TO
WRIGHT ' S DISPOSAL, INC.
PURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE
The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comment on
the proposal by the Region VIII Office of the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency ( EPA) to issue a permit to inject nonhazardous
industrial waste fluids underground via a Class I disposal well,
the Suckla Farms #1 ( EPA Permit Application #COS1516-2115 ) .
BACKGROUND
EPA Region VIII is currently reviewing an application for a
Class I Underground Injection Control Permit from Wright ' s
Disposal, Inc. , 9270 Quitman, Westminster, Colorado 80030 ,
regarding nonhazardous industrial waste disposal operations.
The injection fluids are to be reclaimed water associated with
the removal of underground fuel storage tanks, pit water from oil
field wash pits , contaminated surface water from construction
sites, and stored fuels . The permit will allow only the disposal
of nonhazardous wastes; reporting and monitoring requirements
will assure that all fluids to be injected are not hazardous .
The Suckla Farms # 1 well is located in the SE 1 /4 of the
NW 1 /4 of Section 10 , T1N, R67W, Weld County, Colorado. The well
has been in operation as a Class II salt water disposal well in
the Lyons Formation since July 15 , 1989 , as authorized by the
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The disposal zone
is the Lyons Formation between the depths of 9, 276 and 9, 418
feet; this interval will also serve as the injection zone for the
disposal of Class II nonhazardous fluids . The Lyons Formation in
this area is not an underground source of drinking water; total
dissolved solids [TDS] content of the formation water is 33 , 240
milligrams per liter ( mg/1 ) .
Reservoir calculations of the injection zone indicate that a
combined volume of 27 , 672 , 353 barrels of Class I and Class II
fluids will be contained within a radial distance of one-quarter
( 1 /4 ) mile surrounding the disposal well . When this cumulative
volume of injected fluids is reached, EPA will make a decision
whether to extend the limits of the reservoir, or to terminate
the permit . Periodic pressure fall-off tests and well monitoring
data may dictate an earlier termination of the permit . In any
case, the permit will be reviewed after five years of operation
to determine if changes in requirements are warranted.
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EPA has made a preliminary determination to approve the
permit application, and that by doing so, any underground sources
of drinking water ( USDW) will be protected. Therefore, EPA is
hereby serving notice of intent to issue a permit, for the
proposed underground injection activities, to Wright ' s Disposal,
Inc.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
All data submitted by the applicant, as well as the draft
permit prepared by EPA, are contained in the administrative
record for Wright ' s Disposal, Inc. This information is available
for public inspection at the following location from 9 : 00 a.m. to
5 : 00 p.m. , or by contacting the following office:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region VIII , 8WM-DW
UIC Implementation Section
Attn: John Carson
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202-2405
Telephone ( 303 ) 293-1435
Public comments are encouraged and will be accepted, in
writing, at the Denver Office for a period of thirty ( 30 ) days
after publication of this notice. A request for a public hearing
should be made in writing and should state the nature of the
issues proposed to be raised at the hearing. A PUBLIC HEARING
WILL BE HELD ONLY IF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IS SHOWN.
FINAL PERMIT DECISION AND APPEAL PROCESS
After the close of the public comment period, EPA will issue
a final permit decision, and will notify all commenters regarding
this decision. The final decision may be to: issue; deny;
modify; or revoke and reissue the draft permit. The final
decision shall become effective thirty ( 30 ) days after the final
decision is issued, unless no commenters requested a change in
the draft permit, in which case the permit shall become effective
immediately upon issuance.
Within thirty ( 30 ) days after a final permit decision has
been issued, any person who filed comments on the draft permit or
participated in a public hearing, may petition the Administrator
to review the permit decision. Commenters are referred to 40 CFR
Sections 124 . 15 through 124 . 20 for procedural requirements of the
appeal process .
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Date of Publication ax/1 . Dods , Director
Wa r Management Division
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