On March 14, residents and officials in Brady Township, Pennsylvania, appealed an underground injection control (UIC) permit issued by U.S. EPA to Windfall Oil and Gas, permitting disposal of oil and gas wastewater by underground injection. The Petitioners assert that the UIC permit is invalid because the permit and its conditions are inadequate to ensure that the permitted injections will not endanger underground drinking water sources (USDWs) because EPA did not adequately consider seismic risks caused by the underground injection. If the appeal is successful, it could force EPA to evaluate UIC permit applications for oil and gas wastewater for… Read more