Underground Injection Control in EPA Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)
EPA Region 3 serves Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- Public notices
- Permitting and registration information
- Regional guidance documents
- Primary enforcement authority information
- Tribal UIC
- Region 3 UIC contact information
Public notices for proposed permits
UIC permitting and registration information
Name | Phone | Role | |
---|---|---|---|
Kevin Rowsey | (rowsey.kevin@epa.gov) | (215) 814-5463 | UIC Class 2 Permit Application Questions |
Mark Nelson | (nelson.mark@epa.gov) | (304) 234-0286 |
UIC Class 5 Permitting and Rule Authorization - Virginia |
Calvin Yahn | (yahn.calvin@epa.gov) | (215) 814-5314 | UIC Class 5 Permitting and Rule Authorization - Pennsylvania |
Dave Rectenwald | (rectenwald.dave@epa.gov) | (215) 814-5460 | UIC Class 2 Inspection Questions or Testing Needs |
Regional guidance documents
Best Management Practices - Please see the links on the "Learn More" page at right for information on best management practices in shallow underground (Class V) injection wells. Guidance documents for business types include:
- Automotive Service Stations
- Carwashes
- Dry Cleaners
- Electroplaters
- Fabricated Metal Industry
- Furniture Strippers
- Lawn Care Establishments
- Facilities using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
- Facilities using Storm Water Drainage Wells
- Medical Services Facilities
- Photographic Processing Establishments
- Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers
- Print Shops Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
Primacy enforcement authority information
The safe drinking water act mandates that each state must have a UIC program. Many States have been given primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for their UIC programs. Mid-Atlantic states with primacy:
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
- Maryland Department of the Environment
- West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
If a state does not adopt primacy of the UIC program, EPA must implement the program for the state. EPA directly implements UIC programs in:
- District of Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
Tribal UIC
- Pamunkey
- Chickahominy
- Eastern Chickahominy
- Upper Mattaponi
- Rappahannock
- Monacan Nation
- Nansemond
Contact information
Mailing Address
Source Water & UIC Section (3WD22)
US EPA Region 3
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
Wheeling, WV 26003-2995
Contacts by State
State | Name and Email | Title | Program | Address | Telephone |
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Delaware - State |
(john.rebar@delaware.gov) |
Program Manager | Ground Water Discharges Section |
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
|
302-739-9946 |
Delaware - EPA |
(bennett.james@epa.gov) |
EPA State Program Manager | Source Water & UIC Section |
US EPA Region 3 (3WD22) |
215-814-5469 |
Maryland - State |
Tracy Rocca-Weikart (tracy.rocca-weikart@maryland.gov) |
Geologist, Groundwater Discharge Permits Division |
Water and Science Administration | Maryland Department of the Environment 1800 Washington Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21230 |
410-537-3659 |
Maryland - EPA |
(bennett.james@epa.gov) |
EPA State Program Manager | Source Water & UIC Section | US EPA Region 3 (3WD22) Four Penn Center, 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 |
215-814-5469 |
West Virginia - State Oil and Gas Related Wells - Class II and III |
(charles.t.brewer@wv.gov) |
Environmental Resources Program Manager |
Stormwater & Groundwater/UIC Programs |
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 601 57th Street, SE Charleston, WV 25304 |
304-414-1108 |
West Virginia - State (Class V Wells) |
(James.A.Peterson@wv.gov) |
Environmental Resources Specialist | Stormwater & Groundwater/UIC Programs | West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 601 57th Street, SE Charleston, WV 25304 |
304-881-2636 |
West Virginia - EPA |
(bennett.james@epa.gov) |
EPA State Program Manager | Source Water & UIC Section | US EPA Region 3 (3WD22) Four Penn Center, 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 |
215-814-5469 |