EPA Region 5 serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 tribes.

• Public Notices and Current Actions
• Contact information
• Who regulates UIC wells in my state?
• Regional guidance documents
• Tribal UIC

Public Notices and Current Actions

• Public Notice: Three Proposed Class I Permits MI-133-1I-0004, -0005, -0006 and one Proposed Class III Permit MI-133-3G-0028: Michigan Potash Operating, LLC (Osceola County & & Mecosta County Mich.)
  • Comment period ends Jan 6, 2017
• Public Notice: Proposed modification to UIC Class VI Permit IL-115-6A-0001: Archer Daniels Midland (Decatur, Ill.)
  • Comment period ends Dec. 13, 2016
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Permit MI-015-2D-0002: Arbor Operating (Barry County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended Oct. 24, 2016
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class III Modified Permit MI-147-3G-A001: Cargill, Incorporated (St. Clair County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended Oct. 17, 2016
• Public Notice: Proposed Consent Agreement and Final Order SDWA-05-2016-0002, Cargill, Inc. (St. Clair County, Michigan).
  • Comment period ended Oct. 17, 2016
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Permit MI-075-2D-0014: Savoy Energy, L.P. (Jackson County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended Aug. 16, 2016
• Public Notice: Proposed Class II Permit MI-039-2R-0029: BreitBurn Operating, L.P. (Crawford County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended August 4, 2016
• Response to Comments and Final Class I Permit MI-119-1I-C002: to Northeastern Exploration, Inc. (Montmorency County, Mich.)
• Public Notice: Two Proposed Class II Permits MI-025-2R-0011 and MI-025-2R-0012: Jordan Development Company, L.L.C. (Calhoun County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended July 11, 2016
• Public Notice: Draft UIC Class II Permit MI-075-2D-0014: Savoy Energy, L.P. (Jackson County, Mich.)
  • Comment period ended Aug. 16, 2016

• Past UIC Public Notices and Actions in Region 5

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  Contact information

  US EPA Region 5
  Mail Code WU-16J
  77 W. Jackson Blvd.
  Chicago, IL 60604-3590
  Fax: 312-886-4235

  Branch Chief Steve Jann (jann.stephen@epa.gov) 312-886-2446
  Section 1 Chief Lisa Perenchio (perenchio.lisa@epa.gov) 312-886-6593
  Section 2 Chief Dana Rzeznik (rzeznik.dana@epa.gov) 312-353-6492

  Contacts by Topic

• Class I Well Permitting/Land Ban Exemptions – Steve Roy (roy.stephen@epa.gov) 312-886-6556
• Class II Contact – Anna Miller (miller.anna@epa.gov) 312-886-7060
• Class III Contact – Janette E. Hansen (hansen.janette@epa.gov) 312-886-0241
• Class IV & Class V Wells Inventory/Closure - Ross Micham (micham.ross@epa.gov) 312-886-4237
• Class V Well Inspections & Outreach – Eva-Marie Rowe (rowe.eva@epa.gov) 312-353-0829
• Class VI Permitting/Carbon Sequestration/Climate Change – Jeffrey McDonald (mcdonald.jeffrey@epa.gov) 312-353-6288
• Compliance Assistance & Enforcement (All Well Classes) – Ray Urchel (urchel.raymond@epa.gov) 312-353-6292
• Scheduling Mechanical Integrity Tests - Jeffrey McDonald (mcdonald.jeffrey@epa.gov) 312-353-6288
• Michigan Class V Inspector -  Robert Julianus (rejulianus@gmail.com)   269-330-6303
  203 W. Franklin Street, Otsego, Michigan 49078
• Minnesota Class V Inspector - Martin McCleery (mrmccleery@aol.com)  612-325-7837
  1918 Autumn Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota  55113
• Minnesota Class V Inspector -  Richard Polanski (rpolanski@comcast.net) 612-280-8657 
  4132 Xerxes Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota  55410

Regional guidance documents

• EPA Region 5 Technical Guidance for Deep Injection Wells
• EPA Region 5 Technical Guidance for Shallow Injection Wells
• EPA Region 5 Example Permit Application & Other Permit Documents
• Region 5 UIC Transfer of Ownership Requirements
• Region 5 Wellbore Schematic Spreadsheet (XLS)(1 pg, 24 K, September 1999) (spreadsheet file to submit with Plugging and Abandonment Plan)
• Region 5 Class V Inventory Sheet and instructions
• Reporting Unwitnessed Mechanical Integrity Tests

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Who regulates UIC wells in my state? 

UIC in Illinois

UIC in Indiana

UIC in Michigan

For questions about any of the six classes of injection wells in Michigan, contact the EPA Region 5 UIC program. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality also enforces its own set of rules for injection wells in Michigan independent of but in coordination with the federal UIC program.

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Minnesota

For questions about any of the six classes of injection wells in Minnesota, contact the EPA Region 5 UIC program.

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Ohio

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Wisconsin

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Tribal UIC

No tribal agency in EPA Region 5 has direct implementation. For questions about any of the six classes of injection wells on tribal lands in Region 5 states, contact the EPA Region 5 UIC program.

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