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Region 3 Underground Injection Control Best Management Practices

Below are best management practices for protecting ground water while operating a business that poses a threat of ground water contamination. These businesses include:

  • automotive service stations
  • carwashes
  • dry cleaners
  • electroplaters
  • fabricated metal industry facilities
  • facilities using storm water drainage wells
  • furniture strippers
  • lawn care establishments
  • medical service facilities
  • photographic processing establishments
  • printed circuit board manufacturers
  • print shops
  • other facilities
  • Best Management Practices for Automotive Stations Using Shallow Waste Disposal Wells. (pdf) (100.92 KB, January 1992, 570/9-91-036A)
    Provides BMP's for addressing well closure and alternative disposal methods for automotive service stations using Class V wells
  • Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water - Carwashes Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (55.22 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036L)
    BMP's for protecting ground water -Carwashes using shallow industrial waste disposal wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Dry Cleaners Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (119.76 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036C)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Dry Cleaners Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water for Electroplaters Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (132.55 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9 91-036F)
    Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water for Electroplaters Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Fabricated Metal Industry Facilities Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (68.59 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9 91-036H)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Fabricated Metal Industry Facilities Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Fabricated Metal Industry Facilities Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (105.22 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036B)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Fabricated Metal Industry Facilities Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water Facilities Using Storm Water Drainage Wells, Improved Sinkholes, and Industrial Drainage Wells (pdf) (69.29 KB, January 1992, EPA570/9-91-036M)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water Facilities Using Storm Water Drainage Wells, Improved Sinkholes, and Industrial Drainage Wells
  • Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water For Furniture Strippers Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (65.14 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036E)
    Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water For Furniture Strippers Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Lawn Care Establishments Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (57.39 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036K)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Lawn Care Establishments Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water For Medical Facilities Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (126.86 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036J)
    Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water For Medical Facilities Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Photographic Processing Establishments Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (73.97 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036D)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Photographic Processing Establishments Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (125.85 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036G)
    Best Management Practices For Protecting Ground Water For Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells
  • Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water For Print Shops Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells (pdf) (65.92 KB, January 1992, EPA 570/9-91-036H)
    Best Management Practices for Protecting Ground Water For Print Shops Using Shallow Industrial Waste Disposal Wells

Underground Injection Control (UIC)

  • Class I Industrial and Municipal Waste Disposal Wells
  • Class II Oil and Gas Related Injection Wells
  • Class III Injection Wells for Solution Mining
  • Class IV Shallow Hazardous and Radioactive Injection Wells
  • Class V Wells for Injection of Non-Hazardous Fluids into or Above Underground Sources of Drinking Water
  • Class VI Wells Used for Geologic Sequestration of CO2
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Last updated on June 13, 2024
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