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UIC Break-out Session
Wvndham Galleria Atlanta
Wednesday, October 20
8:30 — 8:45 Introduction
8:45 — 9:30 EPA Update — Brian Smith
• National Priorities
• Regulation/Guidance Updates
9:30 — 10:00 EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts on Drinking Water
Resources
10:00 — 10: 15 Break
10: 15 — 11:30 State Updates
• Short and Long -Term Priorities
• Any upcoming regulation changes impacting UIC?
• Key success/challenges
11:30 — 12:00 State Program Oversight Protocol Development
Purpose: Share draft oversight protocol developed in response to GAO audit
recommendation and identify best practices for implementation.
12:00 — 1:30 Lunch
1:30 — 2:30 Class 11
Purpose: Discuss permitting and compliance challenges and identify best practices for
implementation.
• Evaluating cement plan
• Setting appropriate Area of Review
• Overcoming poor historic records of older wells
2:30 — 2:45 Break
2:45 — 4:00 Class V
Purpose: to provide an opportunity to share state approaches and concerns associated
with permitting and operation of aquifer storage and recovery wells and aquifer recovery
well s.
4:00 — 5:00 State Caucus
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Thursday, October 21
8:30 — 9:00 State Caucus Report Out to EPA Division Director
9:00 — 10:15 Continued Discussion of Class V Implementation
• Permitting of stormwater drainage into the subsurface
• Regulation of improved sinkholes
10:15 — 10:30 Break
10:30 — 11:00 National Data/Reporting Updates - Workshop
Purpose: Identify next steps necessary for providing well specific data to the National
UIC Database as well as any resource or technical assistance needs for progress.
11:00 — 11:30 Wrap-up
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