Public Notice: Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Notice of Draft Permit Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., PAS2D041BBEA

Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Atlantic Region (EPA), announced on September 4, 2025, the reissuance of a draft permit to Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. This permit authorizes the continued operation of a UIC Class IID disposal injection well, John Galey C-5 Well, located in the Blackhawk Storage Field, Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Tentative Public Hearing

EPA has scheduled a tentative virtual public hearing for October 6, 2025. An in-person hearing will not take place. The call-in and log-in information for the virtual meeting is listed below:

Call-in Number: (484) 352-3221 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Conference ID: 625 811 892#     

MS Teams Link: https://msteams.link/8JUR

There is no need to register in advance for the virtual hearing. The meeting organizer will call on people to deliver their oral comments. Participants who want to supply written or printed materials can do so using the information listed below. 

The EPA will hold the virtual public hearing only if the EPA receives requests from the public to do so. Requests to hold this public hearing must be received by the EPA via email or telephone by September 29, 2025. When requesting a public hearing, please state the nature of the issues you propose to raise. The EPA expressly reserves the right to cancel this hearing unless a significant degree of public interest is evidenced by September 29, 2025.

General Notice

If you would like to be added to a general mailing list for notice of any UIC permitting action in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington D.C., please notify the EPA of your interest in being added to the list by sending an email to R3_UIC_Mailbox@epa.gov with the email address you would like the EPA to use for notice to you. Please specify if you are interested in permitting actions in all three jurisdictions (Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington D.C.) or only in particular jurisdiction(s). If you don’t have access to email, you may also send a request to be included on the list to the physical address listed below.

Administrative Record

The Administrative Record for the draft Permit is available for public review. All data submitted by the Permittee in support of the draft Permit, unless deemed confidential, is included in the Administrative Record. The Administrative Record can be requested by contacting the EPA staff listed on this notice.

Applicants or Respondents

Related Documents

• Public Notice (pdf) (133.21 KB)
  Public Notice for Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Notice of Draft Permit Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.
• Draft Permit (pdf) (1.08 MB)
  Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Draft Permit.
• Statement of Basis (pdf) (182.77 KB)
  A document that gives specifics on the proposed injection activity and the reasoning why the EPA believes that the proposed activity doesn’t pose a risk to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDWs).
• Administrative Record Index (pdf) (109.13 KB)
  A list of all resources that EPA accessed to develop the draft Permit. This information can be requested by contacting the EPA staff listed on this notice.
• Permit Application (pdf) (30.51 MB)
  Permit Application submitted to EPA for authorization for the operation of one Class IID disposal injection well, John Galey C-5 Well.