United States
Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 5
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590
Mail Code WU-16J
Water Division
Underground Injection Control Branch
PUBLIC NOTICE
JAN 5 2009
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 5 office, plans to reissue an existing injection well
permit. This is your chance to send written comments on the proposed reissuance of this Class V injection well permit.
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires us to regulate underground injection of fluids through wells to protect the quality of
underground sources of drinking water. This is done in part by issuing permits to owners/operators of underground
injection wells. The regulations governing underground injection wells are at Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(40 C.F.R.) Parts 144 and 146. The procedure for the permit process is at 40 C.F.R. Section 124.5. More information
about our program is on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/r5water/uic/uic.htm
Core Energy, LLC will continue to operate one well for a limited test of CO2 injection into the Bass Island Formation at a
depths between 3,442 and 3,515 feet. Core Energy is working with the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration
Partnership (MRCSP) to complete a research project aimed at measuring the behavior of CO2 injected into deep rock
formations, which may reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. Information on the research can be obtained
at the MRCSP website: www.mrcsp.org.
FACTS
Well identification: EPA Draft Permit # MI-137-5X25-0001,
State-Charlton #4-30 Well
Operator: Core Energy, LLC of Traverse City, Michigan
Location: Otsego County , NE >/<, SW 1A, SW 1A, T31N, R1W, Section 30
Permit Writer: Leslie Patterson at (312) 886-4904, or
patterson.leslie@epa.gov via the internet.
You may see the draft permit at: Otsego County Library, 700 South
Otsego, Gaylord, Michigan, Monday-Tuesday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 8
p.m., Thursday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. The draft permit is also on the Internet
at http://www.epa.gov/r5water/uic/uic.htm
Send your written comments to the Permit Writer at the email address listed
above, or to this address.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DI Section (Attn: Lisa Perenchio)
77 West Jackson Boulevard, (WU-16J)
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590
Proposed
State-
Charion
MI-137-5K 25-0001
0
0.5
1 Mile
We must receive your comments within 30 days after the date at the top of this notice. However, be aware that the EPA
does not have the authority to change the surface location of the injection well. Any issues regarding surface facilities,
such as the location of the proposed injection well should be addressed to the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality can be contacted at the following address: P.O. Box 30256,
Lansing, Michigan, 48909-7756 and phone number (517) 241-1515. During the public comment period, you may request
a public hearing in writing. You must state the issues you propose to raise at the hearing. If we receive many comments
on this draft permit decision, we will hold a hearing, and publish a notice of the hearing at least 30 days before the
hearing. If there is a hearing, you may make your comments then. We will consider all comments received and then issue
a final permit decision.
If you wish to visit the Region 5 office, please call the Permit Writer first. The office is at the address listed above, and is
open between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. You may view the administrative record, including all data submitted by
Core Energy, LLC, at the Region 5 office.
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