UIC Permits in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9)
EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9) implements and enforces federal environmental laws in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and 148 tribal nations.
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Federal permits are required for all Class I, II, III, VI wells, and some Class V wells. For a permit application or related information, please see Region 9 contacts or visit the UIC Reporting Forms site. Region 9 states that have delegated programs have permit requirements that vary by jurisdiction and well type. Injection well owners are responsible for determining all applicable requirements. Permit requirements can be found in 40 CFR parts 124, 144 and 146.
Additional UIC information can be found at EPA's National UIC website. For general questions, call the Safe Drinking Water Act Hotline at (800) 426-4791.
Learn More: Underground Injection Control in Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, MP, GU)
UIC Permits
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| Permit Class | Facility/Discharger | Permit Number | City | State |
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| Class I | Bakersfield Renewable Fuels LLC (formerly Alon Bakersfield Property Inc.) |
R9UIC-CA1-FY18-2 | Bakersfield | CA |
| Class I | Chalk Cliff Limited | R9UIC-CA1-FY17-4 | Maricopa | CA |
| Class I | CXA La Paloma LLC | R9UIC-CA1-FY17-1R | McKittrick | CA |
| Class I | El Centro Generating Station | R9UIC-CA1-FY20-2R | El Centro | CA |
| Class I | Hilmar Cheese Company | R9UIC-CA1-FY15-2R | Hilmar | CA |
| Class I | Laguna County Sanitation District Union Sugar No. 13 | R9UIC-CA1-FY20-3R | Santa Maria | CA |
| Class I | Live Oak Limited | R9UIC-CA1-FY17-2 | Bakersfield | CA |
| Class I | McKittrick Limited | R9UIC-CA1-FY17-3 | McKittrick | CA |
| Class I | Newhall Land and Farming Company Inc. | R9UIC-CA1-FY11-4 | Valencia | CA |
| Class I | Northern California Power Agency STIG Project #2 & Lodi Energy Center | R9UIC-CA1-FY19-1R | Lodi | CA |
| Class I | Panoche Energy Center LLC | R9UIC-CA1-FY17-2R | Firebaugh | CA |
| Class I | San Joaquin Refinery Company Inc. | R9UIC-CA1-FY16-1 | Bakersfield | CA |
| Class I | S.M.S. Briners Inc. | CA10910002 | Stockton | CA |
| Class I | Sunrise Power Company LLC | CA1020002 | Bakersfield | CA |
| Class III | 5E Boron Americas (formerly Fort Cady) | R9UIC-CA3-FY19-1 | Hesperia | CA |
| Class III | Excelsior Mining Arizona Inc. Gunnison Copper Project | R9UIC-AZ3-FY16-1 | Phoenix | AZ |
| Class III | Florence Copper Project | R9UIC-AZ3-FY19-1 | Florence | AZ |
| Class III | Florence Copper Project Production Test Facility | R9UIC-AZ3-FY11-1 | Florence | AZ |
| Class III | Morton Salt Inc. Roach-Baker wells #3, #4, #5 | AZS 000 000 005 004 | Glendale | AZ |
| Class III | Searles Valley Minerals (SVM) | CAS000000002 | Trona | CA |
| Class V | Elk Hills Power LLC | R9UIC-CA5-FY20-3 | Tupman | CA |
| Class V | City of Los Angeles – LA Sanitation & Environment Class V Experimental Permit (Biosolids Injection) |
R9UIC-CA5-FY18-1R | San Pedro | CA |
| Class V | Puna Geothermal Venture | R9UIC-HI5-FY16-1R | Pahoa | HI |
Class VI UIC Applications
This table provides UIC Class VI permit application materials submitted to Region 9. EPA provides access to these materials consistent with the Agency's procedures for handling confidential business information (CBI) under 40 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart B. Certain modeling files are not provided due to their file format. If noted, information provided by the applicant has been claimed as CBI and is not publicly releasable under FOIA.
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| Project Name/Company | Date Application Submitted | Location | # of Injection Wells | Project Description | CO2 Injection Volume/Rate Proposed | Application Status & Materials |
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| Tulare County Carbon Storage Project (TCCSP) LLC | 2024/10/07 | Tulare County (Exact Project Location Claimed as CBI) |
2 | CO2 will be sourced from an ethanol plant and other CO2 sources near the project area. |
50 million metric tons over 20 years. |
Application Materials: Tulare County Carbon Storage Project (zip)
Last Updated: November 15, 2024 |
| CarbonFrontier/Aera Energy LLC | 2023/01/19 | North and South Belridge Oil Fields, Kern County, CA |
9 | Project will inject into the North Belridge Oilfield. CO2 will be sourced from Aera's existing oilfield operations, captured from proposed pre- and post-combustion CO2 capture facilities. |
31.7 million tons of CO2 injected over approximately 9.5 years. |
Application administratively complete on March 21, 2023; in technical review.
Application Materials: CarbonFrontier/Aera Energy LLC (Through 1/24/2024) (zip)
Application Materials: CarbonFrontier/Aera Energy LLC (zip)
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| CTV I Elk Hills A1-A2 Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2021/08/30 | Bakersfield, Kern County, CA | 2 | Project will inject into Elk Hills Oil Field. CO2 will be a sourced from either the Elk Hills Oil Field operations or other sources. |
0.25-0.75 million metric tons/year for 15 years. 3.75-11.25 million metric tons total. |
Application administratively complete on September 20, 2021; in technical review. Application Materials: CTV I Elk Hills A1-A2 Storage Project (zip) Last Updated: November 15, 2024 Application material contains claimed CBI. |
| CTV I Elk Hills 26R Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2021/11/05 | Bakersfield, Kern County, CA | 4 |
Project will inject into Elk Hills Oil Field.
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1.46 million metric tons/year for 26 years. 37.96 million metric tons total. |
See www.regulations.gov under Docket No. EPA-R09-OW-2023-0623. Application material contains CBI. |
| CTV II Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2022/05/03 | Union Island, San Joaquin County, CA | 5 | CO2 will be sourced from direct air capture and other CO2 sources in the project area. |
0.97 million metric tons/year for 23 years. 22.31 million metric tons total. |
Application administratively complete on February 23, 2023; in technical review. Application Materials: CTV II Storage Project (zip) Last Updated: October 3, 2024 |
| CTV III Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2022/05/03 | Victoria Island, San Joaquin County, CA | 6 | CO2 will be sourced from direct air capture and other CO2 sources in the project area. |
2.5 million metric tons/year for 28 years. 70 million metric tons total. CBI Material that contains trade secrets or commercial or financial information that has been claimed as confidential by its source (e.g. a pesticide or new chemical formulation registrant). EPA has special procedures for handling such information. |
Application administratively complete on January 30, 2023; in technical review. Application Materials: CTV III Storage Project (zip) Last Updated: November 15, 2024 Application material contains claimed CBI. |
| San Joaquin Renewables/San Joaquin Renewables LLC (SJR) | 2021/11/03 | McFarland, Kern County, CA | 1 | Project will use biomass to produce renewable natural gas. CO2 created as a byproduct will be injected. |
1,200 metric tons/day or ~0.44 million metric tons/year for 15 years. 6.57 million metric tons total. |
Withdrawn March 29, 2024 Application Materials: San Joaquin Renewables (zip) Last Updated: March 29, 2024 |
| Mendota Carbon Negative Energy Project/Clean Energy Systems (CES) | 2020/02/10 | Mendota, Fresno County, CA | 1 | Project will use biomass to produce renewable hydrogen. CO2 created as a byproduct will be injected. |
0.35 million metric tons/year for 12 years or 20 years. 4.2-7.0 million metric tons total. |
Withdrawn April 13, 2022. Application Materials: Mendota Carbon Negative Energy Project (zip) Application material contains CBI. Last Updated: May 25, 2023 |
| Pelican Renewables LLC | 2023/02/22 | Port of Stockton/ Rindge Tract Island, San Joaquin County, CA |
2 | Project will inject CO2 into the Mokelumne River formation below Rindge Tract Island. CO2 sourced from ethanol plant at Port of Stockton and transported via barge down Stockton Deep Water Channel to injection site. |
40 million metric tons sequestered over a 20-year period. |
Application administratively complete on April 12, 2023; in technical review. Application Materials: Pelican Renewables LLC (zip) Last Updated: November 15, 2024 Application material contains claimed CBI. |
| CTV IV Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2023/04/27 | Sacramento County (Exact location is CBI) |
8 | CO2 will be sourced from direct air capture and other CO2 sources in the project area. |
CBI | Application administratively complete on July 5, 2023; in technical review. Application Materials: CTV IV Storage Project (zip) Last Updated: March 18, 2024 Application material contains claimed CBI. |
| Montezuma NorCal Carbon Hub/Montezuma Carbon LLC | 2023/05/30 | Solano County, CA | 1 | Project will inject into the Montezuma Wetlands. CO2 will be sourced from refineries, hydrogen plants, and power plants. |
1 million metric tons/year over 40 years. 40 million metric tons total. |
Application administratively complete on November 1, 2023; in technical review. Application Materials: Montezuma NorCal Carbon Hub (zip) Last Updated: August 15, 2024 |
| Sutter Decarbonization Project/Calpine California CCUS Holdings, LLC | 2023/06/02 | Sutter County, CA (Well and Project Location CBI) |
3 | The Sutter Decarbonization Project will geologically store the CO2 captured from the Sutter Energy Center (a 525 megawatt (MW) natural gas combined cycle powerplant that produces up to 2.0 million tons of CO2/year) in strata of the Late Cretaceous Starkey sandstones of the Sacramento Basin |
22 million tons of CO2, injected over a period of approximately 12 years |
Application administratively complete on March 13, 2024. Application Materials: Sutter Decarbonization Project (zip) Last Updated: March 18, 2024 Application material contains claimed CBI. |
| CTV V Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2023/07/31 | San Joaquin County, King Island | 6 | CO2 will be sourced from direct air capture and other CO2 sources in the project area. |
16.7 million metric tons over 25 years | Application administratively complete on December 13, 2023. Application Materials: CTV V Storage Project (zip) Last Updated: August 15, 2024 Application material contains claimed CBI. |
| Chevron Kern River Eastridge CCS Project | 2023/12/15 | Kern River Oil Field, Kern County, CA | 4 | CO2 will be sourced from the Eastridge Cogeneration Facility and direct air capture. |
265,000 – 455,000 metric tons/year for 20 years. |
Application administratively complete on April 10, 2024. Application Materials: Chevron Kern River Eastridge CCS Project (zip) Last Updated: April 29, 2024 |
| CTV VI Storage Project/California Resources Corporation (CRC) | 2024/07/31 | Fresno County, CA. (Exact Project Location Claimed as CBI) |
7 | CTV is planning to construct a carbon capture and sequestration “hub” project (i.e., a project that collects CO2 from multiple sources over time and injects the CO2 stream(s) via Class VI UIC permitted injection wells). |
Claimed as CBI |
Application administratively complete on September 20, 2024.
Application Materials: CTV VI Storage Project (zip)
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