ODNR plans to implement new regulations on injection wells
ODNR plans to implement new regulations on injection wells
khenkel@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says it plans to release its report on the Youngstown earthquakes within the next few weeks.
Carlo LoParo, communications director at ODNR, said the department is reviewing reforms it plans to implement after the release of the report.
“The report will include a series of recommendations intended to bolster the Class II deep-injection-well program,” LoParo said. “This set of new regulations will place Ohio among the most-carefully monitored deep-injection-well programs in the country.”
LoParo did not disclose any potential reforms but said some will be implemented immediately as conditions of permitting, while others will require changes to the state administrative code.
The report, which compiled information from ODNR’s Division of Mineral Resources Management, Division of Geological Survey and the Ohio Seismic Network, will detail the supposed cause of 12 earthquakes with epicenters in Youngstown since March 17, 2011.
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