Opinion ID: 75686
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Heading: Regulation of Underground Injection under the Safe Drinking Water Act

Text: 3 Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is designed to protect underground drinking water sources from contamination caused by underground injection of fluids. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 300h to 300h-8. This program requires EPA to promulgate regulations that set forth minimum requirements for state UIC programs. See id. § 300h. A state must submit to EPA a proposed UIC program that satisfies these minimum requirements, and must meet EPA approval in order to obtain primary regulatory and enforcement responsibility for underground injection activities within that state. See id. § 300h-1. The state retains primary responsibility until EPA determines, by rule, that the state UIC program no longer meets the minimum requirements established under the SDWA. See id. § 300h-1(b)(3). 4