vvEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
How to comment
You may comment on the proposed
permit approval in writing. Please
refer to State Beaver Creek L7,
permit number MI-039-2R-0031
Mail or email your comments to:
Andrew Greenhagen
U.S. EPA, Water Division
UIC Branch (WU-16J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Email: greenhagen.andrew@epa.gov
Phone: (312) 353-7648
Comment period
The Agency will accept written
comments until December 28, 2015
(midnight postmark).
Information repository
You may see the draft permit at:
Devereaux Memorial Library
201 Plum Street
Grayling, Michigan
or at http://go.usa.gov/3JwFP
Administrative Record
You may see the full administrative
record, including all data BreitBurn
Operating, L.P. submitted, at the
EPA's Chicago regional office
(address above), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
weekdays. For an appointment to
see the files, contact Andrew
Greenhagen(see above).
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
Environmental Appeals Board.
EPA Seeks Comments on Draft
Underground Injection Permit
BreitBurn Operating, L.P.
Crawford County, Michigan
The U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency plans to allow BreitBurn
Operating, L.P., (1165 Elkview Drive, P.O.
Box 1256, Gaylord, Michigan 49735) to
inject fluid underground for enhanced oil
recovery by approving the company's
application for what EPA calls a Class II
injection well permit.
If EPA makes its approval final, BreitBurn
Operating, L.P. may inject produced fluids
into a rock formation 3326 feet below the surface through a well at SW % ,
Section 20, T25N, R04W, Crawford County. BreitBurn Operating, L.P. has also
applied for a permit from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ).
EPA is accepting comments from the public on this proposed permit approval
(see box, left). The public comment period, which ends Monday, December 28,
2015, 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 underground injection
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.
EPA does not have the authority to change the surface location of the injection
well. If you have questions or concerns about the well's location, contact the
MDEQ, P.O. Box 30256, Lansing, Michigan 48909 and phone number (517)
241-1515.
To learn more about EPA's Underground Injection Control program, or to join
our mailing list visit http://go.usa.gov/3JwFP.
November 2015

Godfroy Rd
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Seeley Rd
Fletcher Rd
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Location of Existing
State Beaver Creek
L7 Well

Crawford County, T25
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