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Priority Area 12:
Underground Injection Control (UIC) Reports
- 09/2005 – 12/2005: EPA completed a state-by-state assessment of the data available from the 40 State Underground Injection Control (UIC) Primacy Programs. From this assessment, EPA determined data needs based on primacy data collection, existing regulations, and UIC owner/operator requirements.
- FY2007: First round testing for pilot data system and quality of submitted data. Participants include eleven UIC programs: four states and seven EPA Regional Direct Implementation (DI) programs. Focus on Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC).
- 04/24/2007 – 04/26/2007: EPA presented and participated in the annual EPA Exchange Network Forum
, hosted by the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) to exchange data transfer techniques and opportunities with all the state environmental agencies.
- 11/2007: With the Ground Water Protection Council(GWPC) representing all State UIC Primacy Programs, a joint State/EPA Data Management Steering Committee (DMSC) was established and has met four times since and will continue to meet quarterly henceforth.
- 12/2007: Launch of UIC Database. Since that time, data has been submitted quarterly from the initial four states and seven EPA regions based on an FY2008 data submission schedule.
- FY2008: Second round testing year for efficacy of new data system and quality of submitted data. Participation expanded to include 16-22 additional UIC programs.
- 04/29/2008 – 05/01/2008: EPA continues to present and participate in the annual EPA Exchange Network Forum , hosted by ECOS, to exchange data transfer techniques and opportunities with all the state environmental agencies.
- 05/2008: EPA trained all the Regions at a special “Train-the-Trainers” meeting in order for Regions to train each primacy state to use the UIC Database.
- 09/2008: Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum, Cincinnati, Ohio. EPA Headquarters and Regions will meet for the third time in three years with all the primacy states at the national meeting of the Ground Water Protection Council to outline the advantages for participating in the database.
- 10/2008 – 12/2008: Based on the training provided to the Regions in May 2008, EPA Regions will meet with every primacy state to further train the states in how to structure state databases and flow data to the EPA UIC database.
- 2008 – 2012: With the five primacy states and seven regions that run state programs, EPA is continuing to work within an Integrated Project Team (IPT) to support the implementation of the new UIC database as models for all other primacy states and EPA regions. By the end of 2008, EPA anticipates reaching agreement with twenty-two additional UIC primacy programs on how and when to flow data into the new UIC database. Fifteen additional states (including the Navajo nation) have received EPA Exchange Network Grants through FY-08 to flow UIC data through the Exchange Network into the new UIC database. Thirty-five other UIC primacy programs will be addressed after 2008.
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