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Texas Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Class VI Primacy Application

water-quality · Rule · Published 2025-11-14 · Effective 2025-12-15 · TX · 90 FR 51021

Document

Document number
2025-19898
Federal Register citation
90 FR 51021
CFR reference
40 CFR 147
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
water-quality
Publication date
2025-11-14
Effective date
2025-12-15
State
TX
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0157

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving an application from the State of Texas (the State) that requests primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for Class VI injection wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1422. The EPA's approval of the State's UIC program revision application will allow the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) to issue and enforce compliance with UIC Class VI permits for injection wells used for geologic carbon sequestration. The EPA will remain the permitting authority for Class VI wells on Indian lands within the State.

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