Company: WBI
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-202719
Chunk: 228

Company: WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 228
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, the EPA and several environmental groups entered into a consent decree to address EPA’s alleged failure to timely assess its RCRA Subtitle D criteria regulations exempting certain exploration and production related oil and gas wastes from regulation as “hazardous waste” under RCRA. Pursuant to the consent decree, in April 2019, the EPA determined that revision of the Subtitle D criteria regulations pertaining to oil and gas wastes would not be necessary. In the future, any revision to the RCRA exclusion for drilling fluids, produced water and related wastes could result in an increase in the costs to manage and dispose of generated wastes and could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

In the course of our operations, some of our storage and process vessels, piping work areas and other equipment may be exposed to naturally occurring radioactive material (“NORM”) associated with oil and gas production. NORM-contaminated scale deposits and other accumulations exhibiting trace levels of naturally occurring radiation in excess of established state standards are subject to special handling and disposal requirements, and any storage and process vessels, piping and work areas affected by NORM may be subject to remediation or restoration requirements. It is possible that we may incur costs or liabilities associated with elevated levels of NORM.

Subsurface Injections

Our underground injection operations are subject to the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”), as well as analogous state laws and regulations. Under the SDWA, the EPA established the Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) program, which sets minimum requirements for state and local programs regulating underground injection activities. The UIC program includes requirements for permitting, testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting of injection activities, as well as a prohibition against the migration of fluid containing any contaminant into underground sources of drinking water. State regulations require us to obtain a permit from the applicable regulatory agencies to operate our produced water handling facilities. We believe that we have obtained the necessary permits from these agencies for our underground injection wells and that we are in substantial compliance with permit conditions and state rules.

Although we monitor the disposal process of produced water, any potential leakage from the subsurface portions of our produced water handling facilities could cause degradation of fresh groundwater resources, potentially resulting in suspension or revocation of our UIC permit, issuance of fines and penalties from governmental agencies, incurrence of expenditures for remediation of the affected resource and imposition of liability by third-parties for contamination, natural resource damage, property damages and personal injuries. Also, some states have considered laws mandating the recycling of produced water. Our business is designed