Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation; Underground Injection Control; Primacy Application

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The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received an application from the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation requesting primary responsibility for administration and enforcement of the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program for Class II injection wells, that EPA has determined the application contains all the required elements, and that EPA is rescheduling the public hearing originally scheduled for November 14, 1995. Montana's application for primacy is available for inspection and copying at the addresses appearing below, and public comments are requested. The November 14 hearing was canceled due to budgetary circumstances that resulted in a temporary shutdown of EPA. Section 1422 (b) (4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires that prior to approving, disapproving, or approving in part, a State's UIC program, the Administrator provide opportunity for a public hearing. This notification advises the public of the date, time and location of this required public hearing. The public comment period and public hearing is intended to help provide EPA the breadth of information and public opinion necessary to approve,