| | EPA: Federal Register: State of Alabama; Underground Injection Control Program Revision; Response to Court Remand |
 | | EPA also based its Alabama well classification decision on the fact that the general UIC ``well classification systems found in 40 CFR 144.6 and 146.5 do not expressly include hydraulic fracturing'' and ``the various permitting, construction, and other requirements found in parts 144 and 146 do not specifically address hydraulic fracturing.'' 65 FR 2892. |
 | | One commenter found the distinction between classification of hydraulic fracturing wells as Class II or Class II-like to be of no importance given approval under 1425, while another took issue with the holding in LEAF I, which defined hydraulic fracturing as underground injection under Part C of the SDWA. |
 | | It is true that Alabama's revised UIC program regulating hydraulic fracturing of coalbed formations (1) allows, under certain limited circumstances, the injection of hydraulic fracturing fluids into underground sources of drinking water and (2) does not contain State regulatory provisions analogous to the CFR part 144 and part 146 provisions cited by LEAF. |
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