Underground Injection Control in Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, MP, GU)

EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9) implements and enforces federal environmental laws in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and 148 tribal nations.

• State-Specific Efforts
• Permitting and Registration
• Tribal UIC
• Contacts

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State-Specific Efforts

• Proposed Arizona Underground Injection Control Primacy Program
• Cesspools in Hawaii
• EPA's Review of California's Underground Injection Control Program

Permitting and Registration

• Permits in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9)
• Register Injection Wells (online form)
  Register any class of injection well in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9) using this online inventory form.

Tribal UIC

• Tribal Wastewater
• Final Rulemaking for the Navajo Nation Class II Underground Injection Control Program

Contacts

David Albright ([email protected])
U.S. EPA, Region 9
Manager, Groundwater Protection Section, WTR-4-2
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3971

EPA Staff and Regional Partners in EPA's Pacific Southwest

Regional Contacts

Area	EPA Contacts	State/Tribal Partnerships Contacts
Arizona	Deep Wells: Nancy Rumrill ([email protected]) (415) 972-3293 Shallow Wells: Kate Rao (including drywell registration) ([email protected]) (415) 972-3533	Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Groundwater Protection Program (602) 771-2322 or (602) 771-4362
California	Shallow Wells: David Albright ([email protected]) (415) 972-3971 Shallow Wells: Kate Rao (including drywell registration) ([email protected]) (415) 972-3533	California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) Class II Primacy and Geothermal State Water Resources Control Board
Guam	David Albright ([email protected]) (415) 972-3971	Guam Environmental Protection Agency Water Resources Program
Hawaii	Large Capacity Cesspool Project Kate Rao ([email protected]) (415) 972-3533	Department of Health, Safe Drinking Water Branch Safe Drinking Water Branch (808) 586-4258 Department of Health, Wastewater Branch Wastewater Branch (808) 586-4294
Navajo Nation	David Albright ([email protected]) (415) 972-3971	Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Control Program
Nevada	Elise Nord ([email protected]) (415) 972-3079	Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Underground Injection Control Program
Northern Mariana Islands	David Albright ([email protected]) (415) 972-3971	CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality
Tribes	Kate Rao ([email protected]) (415) 972-3533	N/A
All Other Region 9 UIC Inventory Questions	[email protected]	N/A