Environmentalists Urge EPA To Strengthen First State CCS Permit Program

July 21, 2017
Environmental groups are urging EPA to strengthen North Dakota's Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) permitting program for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) wells before granting the state's first-in-the-nation application for “primacy” to issue such permits. While they generally acknowledge the state Class VI underground injection control (UIC) program complies with minimum SDWA requirements, they say that it will set a precedent for future state programs and so should be strengthened. “We generally agree with EPA that the program meets minimum...


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