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# Shale Webinar Series Underground Injection Control Program January 

# 22, 2015 1:00-2:00 PM Karen Johnson, Chief Ground Water & 

# Enforcement Branch, Philadelphia Regional Office, EPA Dan Brockett, Moderator Penn State Extension Marcellus Education Team 

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- To explain that any own er or operator who inj ects diesel fue l s in HF for oil or gas extraction must obtai n a UIC C l ass II perm it befo re injection ;

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