About
This course explains how carbon dioxide (CO₂) injection and storage projects are permitted, monitored, and regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. You will also learn the key phases of the Class VI permitting process and understand your role in maintaining compliance and protecting underground sources of drinking water.
Target Audience
This series provides a wide-ranging overview of CO2 capture. It is suitable for interested parties, such as environmental staff, facilities engineers, and gas processing engineers, including entry-level (1-2 year) engineers, or anyone interested in a general, technically oriented overview of this approach to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation and utilization.
You Will Learn
- Describe early wastewater disposal practices
- Identify what injection wells are
- Explain why the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was enacted
- Describe the federal requirements for injection practices
- Explain the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Recognize the need for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program
- Define what makes an aquifer an underground source of drinking water (USDW)
- Identify the six injection well classes as per the UIC program
- Identify the lifecycle of a Class VI permit
- Describe the sequence of steps in the pre-permitting and pre- construction phases
- Describe the 11 required sections in the Class VI UIC permit application
- Describe the 3 optional sections in the Class VI UIC permit application
- Describe the requirements for completing the pre-operation phase for the Class VI UIC permit process
- Describe the requirements for completing the injection phase of the Class VI UIC permit process
- Describe the requirements for completing the post-injection phase of the Class VI UIC permit process