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comment submittals and ensure that the Agency responds to each. Each comment letter

was assigned a Letter ID that corresponds to the last four digits of the docket number of the

original comment (as posted on www.regulations.gov).

• Each response letter includes: comment text; an EPA‐assigned comment code; and an

individual response. These are described and explained below.  

• The data base contains Comment text from the letters submitted by commenters.  

Many hard copy letters were scanned into electronic format for inclusion in the data

base. As a result, there may be some typographical errors attributable to optical

character recognition issues.  However, all original submittals were reviewed in the

process of drafting responses to ensure that the comment content was understood and

appropriately addressed.

• The content of each comment letter was divided into topic areas and assigned a unique

Comment ID.  Additionally, one or more Comment Codes (i.e., unique topic area ID) was

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the data base. To inform final rulemaking decisions, all comments and information

received on a given topic were reviewed by technical experts in each rule area (e.g., on

construction requirements).  

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rule and other responses to similar comments.  Each discrete point made by a

commenter was given a unique response.

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Each letter response is a compilation of each comment and its individual response,

compiled in the order of the original comment letter.  As a result of this process, there is

repetition in the response text.  The Agency believes this approach ensures completeness

and attention to each comment letter that was submitted.   

• All comments in a topic area were reviewed, evaluated, and responded to concurrently.  

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Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0390-0147

Last Name: Anonymous4

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Current Category Code: 260

Comment: 

The Emperor has no clothes! This all seems like a sham, that will only create a

lot of work for some people, cost taxpayers a lot of money over time, and

continue a myth.
Letter ID: 0147 

Commenter: Anonymous4 

 

Letter ID: 0147 Comment ID: 21734 Letter Lines: 16 to 18 

Comment Code: 1340 1.1.3.2 Oppose use of GS in general 

Comment: The Emperor has no clothes! This all seems like a sham, that will only create a 

lot of work for some people, cost taxpayers a lot of money over time, and 

continue a myth. 

Individual Response: EPA does not believe that GS is dangerous. The GS regulation builds 

upon the long-standing protective framework of the UIC program, which has been regulating the 

injection of billions of gallons of liquids for decades. The GS regulation enhances this existing 

framework with requirements for GS wells that are tailored to the unique nature of large scale 

GS of CO2. These additional protective requirements include more extensive geologic testing, 

detailed computational modeling of the AoR and periodic re-evaluations, detailed requirements 

for monitoring and tracking the CO2 plume and pressure front, and extended post-injection 

monitoring and site care. For additional information on EPA’s final regulatory approach, please 

see the final rule and preamble as well as the rulemaking docket. 

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