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August 26, 2025 - 9:00 A.M.
Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment
Second Floor Hearing Room 210 & via Microsoft Teams
The Weld County Board of Health met on August 26, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the second -floor hearing
room of the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment and by via Microsoft
Teams.
Those present included:
Board Members: Tom Cope, Joyce Smock, Anthony Gallardo, Aron Lam, Lonnie Ford, Michael
Wailes, and Linda Kautz.
Others: Katie Sall, Alex Clemments, Nick Trautner, Miguel Garcia, Dani Serna from Environmental
Health, Weld County Department of Public Health and environment. Also, Robert McDonald,
Community Health Director, Weld County Department of Public Health and environment.
Claire Mack Denali Water Solutions representative was also present.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM. A motion was made by Tom Cope to approve the
agenda. Lonnie Ford seconded the motion, and the motion was carried unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The board approved the minutes of the July 22, 2025, meeting. A motion was made to approve by
Joyce Smock, Tom Cope seconded the motion, and the motion was carried unanimously.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: No report given.
Biosolids New:
Denali Water Solutions- Katie Sall presented one new biosolid application. No public comments or
concerns were received. Environmental Health recommends approval. BIOS25-0001.
Permit No: BIOS25-0001
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: REID-BEAUTHEL LLC
Legal Description: N2 & W2 SE4 S2 T1N R62W
SE4 52 T1N R62W
SW4 535 T2N R62W
Location: WCR 14 & WCR 83
A motion was made by Tom Cope to approve new biosolid permits. Lonnie Ford seconded the
motion, and the motion was carried unanimously.
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Bios°lids Renewal:
Denali Water Solutions — Katie Sall presented 10 biosolid renewal applications.
No public comment or concerns were received. Environmental Health recommends approval.
DS -200209, DS -200502, DS -200545, DS -200625, DS -200627, DS -200637, DS -200652, DS -200666,
DS-2OO722, DS -200840, DS -200841, DS -201107, DS -201305, DS -2000003, DS -2000004,
DS -2000805, and DS -2000006.
Permit No: DS -200209
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: GARY HOWARD
Legal Description: MOST N2 & SW4 S28 T1N R67W
Location: WCR 6 & WCR 17
Permit No: DS -200502
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: GARY HOWARD
Legal Description: SE4 S29 T1N R67W
Location: WCR 4 & WCR 17
Permit No: DS -200545
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: SCOTT SARCHET
Legal Description: SW4 S21 T3N R66W
Location: WCR 32 & WCR 31
Permit No: DS -200625
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: ROBERT FRfTZLER
Legal Description: W2 & SE4 S34 T2N R64W
Location: WCR 14 & WCR 55
Permit No: DS -200627
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: SARCHET DAVID H
Legal Description: NE1/4532T3N R66W
Location: SW OF WCR 29 & WCR 28
Permit No: DS -200637
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: DAVID SARCHETT
Legal Description: N2 S21 T3N R66W
Location: WCR 32 & WCR 31
Permit No: DS -200652
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: BARTEZ LLC
Legal Description: NE4 S17 T2N R66W
Location: WCR 22 & HWY 85
Permit No: DS -200666
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: KLAUSNER INC
Legal Description: W2W2 S26 T1N R62W
Location: WCR 81 & WCR 4
Permit No: DS -200722
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: BRUCE KLAUSNER
Legal Description: NW4S31T1N R62W
Location: WCR 73 & WCR 4
Permit No: DS -200840
Applicant: DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: GARY HOWARD
Legal Description: PT OF S2 S21 T1N R67W
Location: WCR 6 & WCR 19
Permit No: DS -200841
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: GARY HOWARD
Legal Description: PT OF N2 S32 T1N R67W
Location: WCR 4 & WCR 15
Permit No: DS -201107
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Own, RICHARD HEIN
Legal Description: W2NE4 S3 T2N R67W
Location: WCR 19 & WCR 26
Permit No: DS -201305
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: LORRAINE MILLER
Legal Description: S2 SS T1N R67W
Location: WCR 17 & WCR 12
Permit No: DS -2000003
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: BROWN DUANE N
Legal Description: SE4S14T8N R67W
Location: WCR 23 & WCR 96
Permit No: DS -2000004
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: BROWN DUANE, BROWN GRAIN & LIVESTOCK
Legal Description: PT OF SW4 529 T8N R66W
Location: WCR 27 & WCR 90
Permit Ns: DS -2000005
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: BROWN DUANE
Legal Description: NE4 514 T8N R67W
Location: WCR 23 & WCR 94
Permit Nn: DS -2000006
Applicant DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS
Owner: THOMPSON MYRNA FAYE (1/2 INT)
Legal Description: 529 TBN R66W
Location: WCR 27 & WCR 90
A motion was made by Tom Cope to approval the renewals. Joyce Smock seconded the motion,
and the motion was carried unanimously.
PRESENTATIONS: Miguel Garcia, Environmental Health Specialist, NREMT, Weld County
Department of Public Health and Environment. Miguel gave a presentation on Injection Well
Program — underground injection control -
Miguel explained that injection wells are used to place fluid underground into porous geologic
formations, fluids can be semisolid, liquid, sludge, gas or other state of matter that flows. There is
multiple iijection well classifications, classes range from class I up to class VI, class is determined by
type and depth of injection activity. Also is determined by how endangering the activity is to
USDWs, the deeper the well more hazardous the fluid.
Injection wells have multiple uses like storing CO2, disposing of waste, increase oil production, and
mining, and EPA has overall enforcement capacity unless a state or tribe has obtained primacy to
enforce. Colorado currently has primacy over Class II UICs only.
Class I-Hazardous/Non-Hazardous disposal well *EPA Primacy*
Multiple subcategories of disposal well: hazardous waste disposal, Non -Hazardous industrial waste
disposal, Municipal wastewater disposal, radioactive waste disposal, some examples of waste
include treated sewage effluent, petroleum refining wastes (hazardous), non-toxic plastics,
chemical solvents(hazardous) iron & steel production wastes (hazardous). All Hazardous wells
require 'No Migration Petition" where operator shows that injected fluids will not migrate out of
the injection zone for at least 10,000 years.
Class II —Oil & Gas Injection Wells
Tupes of class II wells are brine (salt water) disposal, Oil & Gas recovery, and Hydrocarbon Storage.
Colorado has primacy over all Class II wells, Weld County currently has 26 Brine Disposal wells that
are inspected by EH. Other types of class II wells (O&G recovery and hydrocarbon storage) are
regulated by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources -Energy & Carbon Management
Commission (ECMC)
Class III — Injection Wells for Solution mining *EPA Primacy'
Class II wells are used to mine Uranium, Salt, Copper, and Sulfur. The Majority of Class III wells are
for extracting uranium. Fluid called lixiviant is injected to dissolve mineral bearing rocks, then
extracted via nearby production well.
Class IV — Shallow Hazardous and Radioactive Injection Wells *EPA Primacy'
Class IV wells are shallow wells used to dispose of hazardous and/or radioactive waste into or above
USDWs. Class IV wells have been banned since 1984, Only authorized use is for EPA/State ground
water clean up actions (superfund sites), process is "pump and treat"- pump contaminated
groundwater to surface, decontaminate, reinject fluid into same formation, rinse and repeat until
concentrations are reduced. If concentrations are adequate (non -hazardous), could be reclassified
as Class V well. If not, well is kept as Class IV well.
Class V —Shallow Non -Hazardous injection wells into USDWs *EPA Primacy.
Class V wells are defined as wells that inject non -hazardous fluids underground and/or don't' meet
the classifications of the previous four classes, most class V wells are disposal systems that depend
on gravity to drain fluids in the ground, some examples of class v wells are: stormwater drainage
wells, septic system leach fields, agricultural drainage wells and large -capacity septic systems, EPA
estimates there are over 650,000 class V wells in operation nationwide.
Class VI — Wells used for Geologic Sequestration of CO2 *EPA Primacy.
Class VI yells are used to inject CO2 into deep rock formations for long periods of time (geologic
sequestrations or GS), Sources of CO2 for Gs include industrial facilities (e.g. steel and cement
production), energy production (power plants), and direct capture from atmosphere. Colorado
currently has two Class VI wells under review from EPA, but no operational class VI wells currently.
He summarized saying that in 2023, the State Senate passed bills that expanded the State's
authorityto include Class VI yells (pursue primacy over class VI wells from EPA), the final state rules
over class VI wells were finished in December 2024 and ECMC has submitted the final application to
the EPA i■ Spring 2025, and potentially will obtain primacy over Class VI wells by Spring 2026.
Bob McDonald, Community Health Director, Weld County Department of Public Health and
Environment.
Bob introduced himself to Board members and gave them a background of his previous job with
Denver Public Health. He also asked board members if they were interested in hearing from
Community Health programs.
Staff Discussion:
Meeting was adjourned at B:44 am. Next meeting is September 23, 2025.
Respectfully submitted,
Silvia Cerrillo
PH Office Tech Supervisor
Weld County Department of Public Health & Environment
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