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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <br />REGION 8 <br />1595 Wynkoop Street <br />DENVER, CO 80202-1129 <br />Phone 800-227-8917 <br />http://www.epa.gov/regionO8 <br />DEC 0 3 2010 <br />Ref. 8P-W-GW <br />Mr. Richard Blubaugh <br />Powertech (USA) Incorporated <br />5575 DTC Parkway, Suite 140 <br />Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 <br />RE: Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program <br />UIC Class V Final Permit <br />Aquifer Recharge Injection Well <br />UIC Permit # C051237-08412 <br />Dear Mr. Blubaugh: <br />Enclosed is the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 (EPA) Underground Injection <br />Control (UIC) Class V Final Permit for the Class V injection well that will be used to reinject <br />groundwater pumped from the Upper Fox Hills Formation back into the same formation from which it <br />was pumped. The second public comment period ended December 24, 2009. The EPA received public <br />comments during both public comment periods and both public hearings. The enclosed document <br />entitled "Responsiveness Summary for the Underground Injection Control Class V Final Permit <br />Decision for the Powertech (USA) Inc. Centennial Site" includes the EPA UIC Program's response to <br />the comments that were directly related to this permitting action. All comments received by the EPA are <br />included in a separate document that is part of the Administrative Record for this permit. This document <br />also contains a summary of the changes in permit requirements from the draft to the final permit. The <br />Statement of Basis for the Final Permit is also enclosed. This document includes a discussion of all the <br />technical aspects upon which permit conditions are based. <br />The date the Final Permit was issued is DEC 0 3 2010 . Because comments were <br />receive ?i Juju the public comment period, the Final Permit will not become effective until <br />u , per Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Section 124.18, to <br />provide a 30-day window for commenters to appeal the Final Permit decision. The procedures for <br />appealing a Final Permit decision are outlined under 40 CFR Section 124.19, which is enclosed.