On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Texas’s request for primacy over Class VI underground injection control (UIC) wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act, ...

On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Texas’s application for Class VI UIC primacy, giving the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) primary enforcement authority ...

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Texas has been waiting over two years for approval of its application to regulate Class VI injection wells by the Environmental Protection Agency. This week, Texas Congressmen August Pfluger and Dan ...

If approved, Arizona and Texas will join the small group of states with authority to regulate their own CCS wells. On August 1, EPA’s comment period on its proposal to grant Texas “primacy” over ...

After several years, the State of Texas has received approval of its request to administer permitting for Class VI underground injection wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The ...

AUSTIN The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it has approved the State of Texas’ application and will be granting Class VI Underground Injection Control (UIC) primacy to ...