3/20/17 - CEASE INJECTION ORDER.
ON JUNE 3, 2011, EPA MODIFIED THE UIC PERMIT NO. KY10389 TO REFLECT THE TRANSFER FROM INDUS ENERGY TO RESPONDENT, WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 6, 2011. THE SUBJECT WELL IS PERMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 144.31 AND IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SDWA AND THE UIC REGS.
THE SDWA AND 40 CFR 144.51(a) REQUIRE THE PERMITTEE OF A PERMITTED UIC WELL TO COMPLY WITH ALL CONDITIONS OF THEIR PERMIT.
THE PERMIT AND REGULATIONS FOUND T 40 CFR 144.51(q)(1), REQUIRE THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A PERMITTED CLASS II WELL, TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE SUBJECT WELL AS DEFINED IN 40 CFR 146.8, NO LATER THAN 5 YEARS FROM THE LAST SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF MECHANICAL INTEGRITY. RESPONDENT IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY EPA AND ARRANGE A DATE FOR EPA-AUTHORIZED INSPECTOR TO COME AND WITNESS THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATION OF THE SUBJECT WELL. EPA SHALL THEN REVIEW THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATION RESULTS AND PROVIDE APPROVAL, WHEN SATISFACTORY.
RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO NOTIFY EPA, TO ARRANGE A MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATION OF THE SUBJECT WELL, WHICH SHALL BE WITNESSED BY EPA-APPROVED INSPECTOR, AND SHALL INCLUDE EPA'S APPROVAL OF THE RESULTS, WITHIN 5 YEARS OF THE LAST SUCCESSFUL MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATION, AS SHOW BELOW:
LAST MIT - 10/21/10;
MIT DUE - 10/21/15;
MIT DONE: NOT YET
THEREFORE, RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, 40 CFR 146.8 AND 144.51(q)(1) AND THE UIC PERMIT, FOR F