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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.

On this page:
  • Specific Efforts
  • Permitting and Registration
  • Tribal UIC
  • Contacts

Specific Efforts

  • Pinyon Plain Mine
  • 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 (albright.david@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA, Region 9
Manager, Groundwater Protection Section, WTR-4-2
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3971

Public Notice

Public notices related to UIC Permits in EPA's Pacific Southwest will appear here when available.

Events

  • Public Hearing: Proposed Rulemaking for Arizona Underground Injection Control Primacy Program

    • June 25, 2025

News Release

  • EPA issues first ever underground injection permits for carbon sequestration in California

EPA Staff and Regional Partners in EPA's Pacific Southwest
Area EPA Contacts State/Tribal Partnerships Contacts
Arizona

Deep Wells: Nancy Rumrill rumrill.nancy@epa.gov
(415) 972-3293

Shallow Wells: Kate Rao
(including drywell registration)
rao.kate@epa.gov
(415) 972-3533

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
Groundwater Protection Program
(602) 771-2322 or (602) 771-4362
California

Shallow Wells: David Albright albright.david@epa.gov
(415) 972-3971

Shallow Wells: Kate Rao
(including drywell registration)
rao.kate@epa.gov
(415) 972-3533

California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)
  • Class II Primacy and Geothermal
  • State Water Resources Control Board
Guam David Albright
albright.david@epa.gov
(415) 972-3971
Guam Environmental Protection Agency
Water Resources Program
Hawaii Large Capacity Cesspool Project: Kate Rao
rao.kate@epa.gov
(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
albright.david@epa.gov
(415) 972-3971

Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency
Underground Injection Control Program

Nevada Elise Nord
nord.elise@epa.gov
(415) 972-3079
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
Underground Injection Control Program
Northern Mariana Islands David Albright
albright.david@epa.gov
(415) 972-3971

CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality

Tribes Kate Rao
rao.kate@epa.gov
(415) 972-3533
N/A
All Other Region 9 UIC Inventory Questions r9iWells@epa.gov N/A

Underground Injection Control (UIC)

  • Class I Industrial and Municipal Waste Disposal Wells
  • Class II Oil and Gas Related Injection Wells
  • Class III Injection Wells for Solution Mining
  • Class IV Shallow Hazardous and Radioactive Injection Wells
  • Class V Wells for Injection of Non-Hazardous Fluids into or Above Underground Sources of Drinking Water
  • Class VI Wells Used for Geologic Sequestration of CO2
Contact Us About Underground Injection Control
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Last updated on May 15, 2025
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