The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $1,930,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) under the CFDA 66.486 Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Grants: Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells.
The grant funding will enable MDEGLE to establish and implement a UIC Class VI injection well permit program. Key activities include promulgating state regulations, incorporating environmental justice principles, conducting stakeholder outreach, submitting a Class VI primacy application to the EPA, developing a Class VI database and program procedures, and reporting to the EPA. The anticipated outcomes are approval of state primacy for the Class VI program, protection of underground drinking water sources, prevention of environmental and public health impacts on overburdened communities, and mitigation of climate change through safe geological carbon dioxide storage. No sub-awards are included in this grant.
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