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~~~• UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <br />_ ,r,~, _ ~ REGION 8 <br />~ll~(/`J S7 99918TM STREET - SU17E 300 <br />DENVER, CO 80202-2486 <br />http:lhvww.epa.gov/reglon08 <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />INTENT TO ISSUE ACLASS INON-HA7.ARDOUS <br />UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PERMIT <br />FOR THE GETTY No. i-7LW <br />TO <br />AMERICAN SODA, LLP. <br />PURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE <br />The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comment on the proposal by the Region VIII <br />Office of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a Permit (C010932-04664) <br />for the recompletion and operation of a Class I non-hazazdous disposal well known as the Getty <br />No. 1-7LW. The Getty well is located about 3 miles northwest of De Beque, Colorado and about <br />11.5 miles southwest of American Soda's soda ash processing plant in neazby Pazachute, <br />Colorado. It is presently permitted as a Class II disposal well. The facility covered by the <br />application is in the south-west portion of the Roan Creek Drainage that is a part of the Piceance <br />Creek Basin, The legal location is: NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 (1282 feet from north line and 356 feet <br />from the east line) of Section 7, Township SSouth -Range 97 West, 6`" PM., Garfield County, <br />Colorado. <br />This injection well will be pertnited for the disposal of reject fluid from the processing of <br />sodium carbonate brines. The well will be permitted for injection into an injection zone that <br />extends from the top of the Cozzette Member of the Iles Formation at a depth of 3,864 feet below <br />ground surface (BGS), perforated from 3,911 to 3,927 feet BGS, to the base of the Corcoran <br />Member of the Iles Formation. The Corcoran Sandstone is perforated from 4,077 to 4,241 feet <br />BGS. These two intervals are sepazated by a shale interval making up the base of the Cozzette <br />Member. The injection zone is confined by a tongue of the Mancos Shale on top, and the main <br />part of the Mancos underlying the injection interval. <br />BACKGROUND <br />EPA Region VIII is currently reviewing an application for aClass Inon-hazazdous <br />Underground Injection Control Permit from American Soda, LLP., regazding the disposal of <br />~Pdnted on Recycled Paper <br />