*>EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
How to comment
You may comment on the proposed
permits in writing. Please refer to
Buckeye Terminals, LLC.
Class I permits:
BDW-1: MI-163-1I-0004
BDW-2: MI-163-1I-0005
BDW-3: MI-163-1I-0006
BDW-4: MI-163-1I-0007
BDW-5: MI-163-1I-0008
Class III area permit:
MI-163-3A-0001
Mail or email your comments to:
Allan Batka (Class I permits)
Email: batka.allan@epa.gov
Phone: (312) 353-7316
William Tong (Class III area permit)
Email: tong. william@epa. gov
Phone: (312) 886-9380
U.S. EPA Region 5, Water Division
Permits Branch
77 W. Jackson Blvd. (WU-16J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Comment period
EPA will accept written comments until
July 3,2019 (midnight postmark).
Administrative Record
You may see the full administrative
record, including all data that Buckeye
Terminals, LLC lias submitted, at EPA's
Chicago regional office (see address
above), between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
weekdays. For an appointment to see the
files, contact Allan Batka (Class I
permits) or William Tong (Class III).
Right to appeal
You have the right to appeal any final
permit decision if you make an official
comment during the comment period or
participate in the public hearing. A public
hearing is not planned at this time. The
first appeal must be made to the
Enviromnental Appeals Board.
EPA Seeks Comments on Six
Underground Fluid Injection Permits
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The U.S. Enviromnental Protection Agency plans to issue what it calls a Class III area
permit for solution mining and five permits for Class I non-hazardous injection wells to
Buckeye Terminals, LLC, of Houston Texas, a limited partnership in the business of
transportation storage, and marketing of liquid petroleum products. The Class III area
permit covers 4 proposed cavern wells to be excavated by solution mining of the Salina B
Salt formation via injection of fresh water and mineral oil or nitrogen gas to a depth of 1070
feet below the surface, at the Buckeye Terminals facility, located south of West Road and
east of Interstate 75 (Detroit-Toledo Freeway) in Woodhaven, Wayne County, Michigan.
Brine (salt water) created from injection of freshwater (not to exceed 1.8 million gallons per
day) will be injected for disposal into any of the five proposed Class I wells into the Mt.
Simon Sandstone, to a depth of 3470 feet below the surface. The top blanket of mineral oil
or nitrogen gas is used to control cavern shape during solution mining operations; mineral
oil will be recovered (nitrogen will not be recovered). The completed caverns will later be
used for storage of liquified petroleum gas.
The local Underground Source of Drinking Water (USDW) is the Sylvania Sandstone, with
a maximum depth of 350 feet below surface. To protect the USDW, each Class I and Class
III injection well will be designed to prevent migration of injection fluid out of the well into
surrounding rock formations by using well casing (steel pipe) with cement between casings.
The Class I injection zone (3470 feet depth) will be separated from the USDW by
approximately 3120 feet of overlying rock formations (including impermeable rock
formations, including the Utica Shale and Black River Formation). The Class III injection
zone (1070 feet depth) is overlain by about 720 feet of impennable rock formations (Salina
Units C, D, E, F, and G and Bass Island Dolomite).
EPA is accepting comments from the public on these proposed permit approvals (see box,
left). The public comment period, which ends July 3,2019, includes 30 days for comments as
required by law, plus an additional three days for any delay caused by mailing.
During the comment period, you may ask EPA - in writing - to hold a formal public hearing
(see address, left). Be sure to say specifically what issues you want to raise. EPA will hold a
hearing if there is significant interest. If there is a hearing, EPA will publish a notice at least
30 days prior. You will have an opportunity to make oral comments or submit written
comments. EPA will consider all comments it receives, and then issue a final decision along
with a response to significant comments.
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to regulate the underground injection of fluids
through wells to protect the quality of underground sources of drinking water. Issuing permits
is one way EPA does this. You can find the regulations governing underground injection
wells at Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 144 and 146. To learn more about
EPA's Underground Injection Control program or to join our mailing list, visit
http://go.usa.gov/3JwFP,

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